Works by PJAIT students PJAIT the Pinerolo Festival!

This coming Friday, June 19, 2026, the first screening of animations by PJAIT students will take place PJAIT part of the Pinerolo Festival!

Pinerolo Film Festival

The PiFF Pinerolo Film Festival is a film festival organized by the Italian cultural association Wel Theater and Movie aps. The event was created to promote independent cinema, with a particular focus on works related to the Piedmont region.

The festival showcases short films from Italy and abroad that are distinguished by their high artistic merit and address important social, humanistic, and cultural themes. The program places special emphasis on productions aimed at children, youth, and teenagers, as well as films that address issues relevant to contemporary society.

The festival program includes several thematic sections: a day dedicated to films for children and young people, including animated films, fantasy, feature films, and adventure films; a day devoted to social issues; a day showcasing short films produced in Piedmont; and a day dedicated to filmmakers affiliated withFEDIC, the Italian Federation of Film Clubs.

Screenings take place at the headquarters of the Wel Theater and Movie aps association and at a movie theater inPinerolo. The festival concludes with a screening of the finalist films and an awards ceremony in four categories: children and youth, social issues, Piedmont, and FEDIC.

Works by students on display

The collection presented here is a carefully curated selection of films produced over the past three years under the guidance of experienced faculty members. The program primarily features graduation films created by students in full-time programs—taught in Polish and English—as well as part-time programs.

The exhibition showcases a wide range of techniques, from traditional animation to modern digital solutions, as well as an exceptional variety of themes explored by the students. For years, Faculty of New Media Arts at theFaculty of New Media Arts Academy of Information Technology has placed great emphasis on the development of the art of the moving image, making animation one of the key pillars of its curriculum.

This is a unique opportunity to see how a new generation of artists from various fields of study interprets contemporary reality and uses advanced technological tools to create original, personal narratives.

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