L'AltroFilm Academy

L’Altrofilm has decades of experience in promoting cultural activities through the organisation of conventions, conferences, film courses and public meetings.

Since 2001, L’Altrofilm Academy has offered training courses and workshops covering the many different professions within the world of cinema, addressed to students of all levels and ages.

Since 2016, the Artistic Director of the Academy has been actress Diana Dell’Erba.

Among the programmes offered:

The Universe Is the Highest Book of Truth

Turin, 2025

An intensive theatre seminar with actor, director and pedagogue Mamadou Dioume, based on the poems of the Persian mystic Jalal al-Din Rumi.

Created with the support of MiC and SIAE, as part of the “Per Chi Crea” programme.

L’Altrafiaba

Turin, 2024/25

A theatre-play course for children aged 3 to 8, led by actors Ilenia Speranza and Diego Casale, culminating in the creation of a short film.

Myth and Inclusion

Piedmont, 2022/23

An audiovisual education project for primary and lower and upper secondary schools.

An initiative carried out as part of the National Cinema and Images for Schools Plan promoted by MiC and MiM.

Creator of Worlds | How to Become a Filmmaker

Online, 2020

A journey with director Louis Nero into the magical world of cinema through three of its great pillars: Writing and Symbolism in Cinema, Directing, Production and Distribution.

VFX – How Did They Do That?

Online, 2020

An introductory course to visual effects with Ludmila Gabusi.

The Power of Image in Word

Online, 2020

A journey with Paola Tortora Vintulera Teatro dedicated to meditative practices for the exercise of visionary perception, and to the study of the relationship between image, both external and internal, and word in the actor’s craft.

The Mystery of Dante

Italy, School Project 2019

The protagonists of Louis Nero’s film-documentary The Mystery of Dante meet upper secondary school students in cinemas to revisit Dante’s universe through new eyes.

Cinema as a Way to Understand the Symbolism of the World

Turin, 2017

A programme with director Louis Nero. Myths and symbols within contemporary cinematic works: an approach to the self through the Myth of Cinema. As art did in ancient times, cinema today becomes the place through which the Knowledge of the Divinity within us is revealed.

Intensive Stage Combat Workshop

Turin, 2017

Led by actor and pedagogue Max Giudici. Designed for martial arts enthusiasts, beginner stunt performers and actors, this workshop involved intense physical work aimed at releasing physical and emotional blocks, developing an awareness that allows participants to act fully beyond their own limits and gain consciousness of their potential.

The Essence of Set Design

Turin, 2016

A theoretical and experiential seminar with artist and set designer Vincenzo Fiorito.

Theatre Workshop with Mamadou Dioume

Saliceto (CN), 2016

A theatre course and an encounter with the self, led by Peter Brook actor Mamadou Dioume.

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