1st Edition | September 22-26, 2025

Faculty
Claudia Sissi, University of Padova
Riccardo Rigo, University of Padova
Francesco Mantegazza, University of Milano-Bicocca
Elisabetta Groaz, KU Leuven
Jurij Lah, University of Ljubljana
Caterina Carraro, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
Lukas Trantirek, Central European Institute of Technology of Masaryk University)
Leonard Prins, University of Padova

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The short movies produced by the student participants of VIU's Summer School on Films in Venice and Filming Venice have been presented in the special program Young Filmmakers at Ca’ Foscari of the Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival.  You can find more information about the short film festival in Venice, Italy, here. The short films of past alumni participants have reflected new and diverse storytelling.

6th Edition | August 26 - September 4, 2024

Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 15 | March 19-22, 2025

Found and Lost by Hugo Martinho Chaves, Ada Jarzębińska, Nike Matthes, Anna-Katharina Ullrich, Yulu Zhao, Lili Szuhay-Murciano (Tutor)
Pronta a morire. by Jiwon Choi, Ella Harding, Emma Havard, Ana Francisca Simões, Bella MacLusky, Rebecca Legnaro (Tutor)
Repose by Esme North, Zigi Omerzel, Erin Davey, Momoka Furusawa, Angelica Vuocolo (Tutor)
Undecided by Ema Bohane, Kyong Chun, Sara Korolija, Ayaka Miyauchi, Lara Valle Portella Lima, Alessio Barbazza (Tutor)

5th Edition | August 28 - September 6, 2023

Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 14 | March 20-23, 2024

A Nun’s Day Out by Esmé Fenick, Teresa Hunscheidt, Mariko Catherine Hynes, Jeffrey Lo, Shih Jane Saw, Rebecca Legnaro (tutor)
Anna by Althea Araya, Nydia del Carmen, Yukinobu Ege, Allison Geyer, Emilie Vanhove, Flavio Brunelli (tutor)
Ekstasis by Bilge Erkent, Vanja Gruntar, David Maria Ondarza, Maks Stern, Ming Yi, Lili Viràg Szuhay-Murciano (tutor)
La Pietra Rossa by Laura Cutello, Clara Löffler, Luna Ryckman, Anton Van der Velden, Wei Yi, Simone Bonfrisco (tutor)

4th Edition | August 29 – September 7, 2022

Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 13 | March 22-25, 2023

Dear Vito, by Afonso Caetano, Hanna Sophia Hörl, Shi Jiaxuan, Manca Novak, Eef Van De Vyver, Lili Virag Szuhay-Murciano (tutor)
Departure by Mina Abdelmalik, Eli Demidov, Timothy Jacobi, Sally Li, Avien Rohark, Lydia O'Malley (tutor)
Lost Gaze by Chia-Chi Chang, Barbara Galova, Maayan Kershenbaum, Mojca Radkovič, Tomily Shani, Hanna Ammari (tutor)
Moses by Ela Božič, Abby Delio, Hanna Humaira, Tamara Lautenschläger, Stani Miles, Giovanni Pinna (tutor)
The Farewell Collections Vol. 1 by Pablo Biedma, Ana Božič, Mina Cansiz, Cheyenne Krieger, Jin Lee, Giulio Venturi (tutor)

3rd Edition | August 30 – September 8, 2021

Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 11 | October 6-9, 2021

Elementi Minimi by Pietro Agnoletto, Noemi Petrasso, Baiba Pruse, Yan Guan Rosanna Suter
Il Lilo by Beatrice Peghin, Manon Cools, Ruby Amber Dorney, Lili Viràg Szuhay-Murciano
Links by Viktoria Molnar, Charline Lara Coquoz, Polona Zabret, Fran Apprich, Christian Fuechsl, Irene Losi, Christan Barnard
Nostalgia by Andrea Mazzoleni, Maria Ballico, Felix Keilhack, Yael Shmuelov, Loïc Schalbetter

2nd Edition | August 26 – September 4, 2019

Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 10 | October 7-10, 2020

Photo Trip by Ori Wolf, Monique Pisani, Azumi Sakamoto, Inbar Markfield
Incontro by Ching-Ying Huang, Umayma Diab, Sophie Herzner, Xiaoyang Yue
The Bite by Milena Plach, Nora Meisser, Ang Li, Moselle Kleiner, Yanhe Wang

1st Edition | August 27 – September 5, 2018

Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival 9 | March 20-23, 2019

La Bauta by Claudia Liz Poli, Lisa Marzahn, Marko Begić, Roy Tahar, Siyu Lu, Tianjing Zhang
Mildness by Amandine Bourse, Matan Tal, Nikolai Ostrikov, Hikaru Kodama, Chen Cohen, Susanne Spielvogel
Flyfight by Laura Leone, Yuval Safarov, Alena Rolinski, Hsieh Tsai Shu, Yael Benaya, Susanne Spielvogel, Flavio Brunelli
Bound to Venice by Roy Tahar, Rie Kamie, Monica Chang, Hannah Berbner
Stranded by Alessio Pepe, Andrea Bernadette Bonea, Kenta Kato, Micki Nelso, Lynn Song

You can download the past editions of Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival catalogues here.

May 20-24, 2024

Applications Closed

This Graduate Seminar will be led by:
- IUAV University of Venice, Italy
- University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

The adoption of data science in environmental and earth sciences, physical geography, humanities, and social sciences, has begun to emerge as self-contained discipline only recently, demonstrating exceptional efficiency in addressing the complexity of the investigated phenomena. This trend encourages contemporary scientists to collaborate with disciplines that may initially appear distant from their own expertise. Such an interdisciplinary openness is of growing significance as society struggles to respond to the implication of anthropogenic pressures on different issues, including natural hazards and climate change, or the harmful impacts of human activities on biodiversity, water and air quality, and human health. Therefore, there is a real need for the development of novel techniques that facilitate the extraction of insights from data and the subsequent transformation of this information into actionable knowledge

Faculty
Marj Tonini, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (Scientific Coordinator)
Sebastiano Trevisani, Iuav University of Venice, Italy (Co-coordinator)
Pietro Omodeo, University of Ca’ Foscari, Venice, Italy (Co-coordinator)
Mikhail Kanevski, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Francesco Luzzini, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy, and Johns Hopkins University, USA
Alejandra Morán-Ordóñez, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Filippo Catani, University of Padua, Italy
Paolo Fabbri, University of Padua, Italy
Dario Camuffo, National Research Council of Italy
Donata Canu, National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Italy

Topics
- Theoretical prospective of the role of geoenvironmental data and other source of information for the characterization, analysis, and modelling of the geosphere and the anthroposphere, from historical times to present.
- The derivation of quantitative data from historical documents will also be introduced in this first part of the seminar, crucial for stimulating open discussions among the participants.
- Practical concepts and environmental applications of the main techniques of analysis in Geo-Data Science, in particular geostatistics and machine learning.

Learning outcomes
- To gain a good understanding of main theoretical and practical concepts of Geo-Data Science and its applications
- To learn about the quantitative analysis of geoenvironmental data in the context of sustainability and management of the environment in current and historical times, as well as the role of expert-knowledge on the application of geocomputational approaches.
- To promote a wide and holistic view on geoenvironmental and geoengineering issues.
- To handle different methods of Data Science, such as exploratory data analysis and data visualization; key concepts of Geostatistics with practical skills in the implementation of kriging algorithms, unsupervised and supervised machine-learning approaches for regression, classification, and prediction mapping.

Who can apply?
This Graduate Seminar is offered to advanced Master, early PhD students and junior researchers in Earth/Environmental Sciences, Biology and Spatial ecology, Physical geography, and equivalent disciplines. Students in Architecture, Humanities, Planning and Arts related disciplines can also apply. The participants should have a good knowledge of mathematics and statistics; skills in geographical information systems and notions in R programming language are also required. Students need their laptops for the practical parts of the seminar.

Fees & grant support
Students from the VIU member institutions will pay no participation fees. Grant support is also available to support, partially or fully, the costs of international travel and accommodation. The participation fee for students of non-member institutions is Euro 1.150 VAT included. The fee is inclusive of tuition, course materials, accommodation, lunches, social events and taxes. Students from non-member institutions are not eligible for VIU grant support. VIU Alumni are eligible for a reduced fee.

Applicants must submit the application form, a letter of motivation – which should include a brief description of the candidate’s research interests, a curriculum vitae and a photo.

For further information please download the Brochure and the Program or write to: summerschools@univiu.org 

March 23-27, 2026 | 3rd Edition

Call for applications: December 2, 2025 - January 15, 2026