The International Filmmaking Academy brings together the future generation of filmmakers with the knowledge and experience of the world’s most important film authors, such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Abbas Kiarostami, Béla Tarr and Jane Campion, to mention a few of the IFA previous Master Teachers.The IFA aims to help the young filmmakers in finding their own poetic voice and promotes the talent of each filmmaker in an environment of freedom and respect for individual cultures, with the goal of assisting in the formation of a new generation of film auteurs. IFA supports the opportunities for lifelong networking with fellow filmmakers from throughout the world.The International Filmmaking Academy was founded in Bologna in 2012 by the Italian film director and producer Gian Vittorio Baldi (among others he produced movies by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Robert Bresson, Glauber Rocha, Jean-Marie Straub, Jean-Luc Godard). Baldi founded IFA together with the directors of the 20 most prestigious film schools in the world. The headquarters of IFA is in Bologna, the city that hosts the oldest university in the western world founded in 1088.IFA collaborates with CILECT, the international association of 180 film schools from 71 countries. The member schools are dedicated to a philosophy that recognizes humanity’s interconnectivity and believes in the need for constant practical support for creativity, diversity, intercultural thinking and sustainable development as fundamental prerequisites for our human existence.IFA is also a partner of ZUMEFF, Abu Dhabi - Zayed University Middle East Film Festival, which collaborate with 40 film schools and select young directors from 20 Middle Eastern countries.An important part of the IFA is to involve talents in the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival / Cineteca di Bologna, one of the most prestigious in the world specialized in restored and classic cinema.