TSFF ACADEMY: THE FESTIVAL FOR FILM STUDENTS FROM CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Alpe Adria Cinema has been interested in the education of young people since its inception. One of its main goals has always been to introduce new generations to the world of cinema. Over the years, thanks to this custom and also thanks to a programming of events that consistently tries to be more transversal and of interest to different audiences, the number of students has grown steadily.
The TSFF ACADEMY was established in 2020.
The TSFF Academy in numbers:
- 100 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
- 24 UNIVERSITIES AND FILM ACADEMIES INVOLVED
- 14 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
- 5 DAYS OF FESTIVALS
- MASTERCLASSES, MEETINGS, TRAINING EVENTS
- 5 NIGHTS + ACCREDITATION OFFERED BY THE FESTIVAL
The TSFF Academy was created to give film students, from Central and Eastern Europe, the opportunity to have an educational experience in an international context such as the Trieste Film Festival. The selection is made through the most prestigious universities and film academies in the different countries involved, among them Italy, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia. Slovakia, and Slovenia.
In 2026, the TSFF Academy hosted 100 young people for five days of the festival (Jan. 20-24, 2026) offering them a structured itinerary that included screenings, masterclasses, and meetings with expert figures from the industry world: an intense and engaging program to fully experience one of Europe’s leading events dedicated to Central and Eastern European cinema. Participants were asked to review three films.
Reviews produced by TSFF ACADEMY 2026 students can be read HERE.
Film Academies and Universities involved in the TSFF Academy 2026 project:
Universities and Academies represented this year are Academy of Dramatic Art (ADU) (Croatia), Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade (Serbia), Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU) ( Slovakia), Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Filmakademie Wien (Austria), IULM (Italy), Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Lithuania), National Academy for Theatre & Film Arts (NATFA) (Bulgaria), National Film School of the Latvian Academy of Culture (Latvia), The Film Academy of Miroslav Ondricek in Pisek (Rep. Czech), Ca’ Foscari University (Italy), University of Bari (Italy), University of Bologna (Italy), University of Padua (Italy), University of Pisa (Italy), University of Salerno (Italy), University of Udine (Italy), University La Sapienza Roma 1 (Italy), University of Roma 3 (Italy), Universității I.L. Caragiale București (Romania), University of Nova Gorica School of Arts (Slovenia), University of Theatre and Film Arts of Budapest (Hungary), University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
The TSFF Academy project is possible thanks to the generous contribution of the Pietro Pittini Foundation (www.fondazionepittini.it) and the CEI Central European Initiative (www.cei.int).
For more information email aac@alpeadriacinema.it
