Taking part in his year’s YLAB are post-graduate and Master’s degree students from a number of prestigious universities and academies in Milan.
Our intention is to not merely offer them the opportunity to report about a major international event such as Prix Italia and its discussion on “Back to Facts” versus post-truths and fake news, but also to ask them to speak to our guests, who have arrived in Milan from the four corners of the globe, about the city.
The students attending the Master’s course in Journalism of the Statale University are producing a work on “Milan, Open City to Knowledge and Integration”, a project concentrating on the daily experiences of a foreign student on the one hand and of a young immigrant on the other. Students attending a Master’s course in Journalism at the Cattolica University are presenting a multi-media “Dictionary of Milan” project, focusing on a visual representation of the city, via a series of key Milanese words. New Architecture is the idea for another project currently under discussion with students from the Politecnico.
During the Festival, other members of Prix Italia’s YLAB, flanked by a Rai coach, will be reporting about the issues, protagonists, debates on Prix Italia’s web site and social media.
The reporting on Milan and the Festival will be further enhanced by the perspectives offered by three young foreign filmmakers who have been selected by broadcasting organisations, members of Copeam.
Finally, the Academy of Brera is taking part with an Augmented Reality Project in cooperation with the Set Design Department of Rai’s TV Production Centre in Milan.
21. MILAN IN THE NEW CENTURY
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Master in Journalism
The project envisages reporting on how the city of Milan has changed over the years leading up to, during and after Expo and how it has become an irrefutable shining example for the rest of Italy. Despite the country’s crisis and its huge economic and social difficulties, Milan managed to reinvent itself, thrusting itself to the forefront. Unlike Rome, this city has set its sights on one goal: to establish itself as a major European metropolis.
In twenty-one short stories, each lasting three minutes at the most, a fresco is crafted depicting the city’s main features. Twenty-one videos, the same number as the letters in the Italian alphabet, although also as the century in which Milan has made up its mind to become a major player, not just in Italy but also in Europe and the world.
Travelling in a tram through the city’s districts, viewers are brought into contact with the Milan of today, its stories of success and social, economic and cultural revival, without however omitting the shady side of a metropolis’ hustle and bustle, its drive to make a name for itself. A breadthtaking drive, which took off with Expo and has never looked back. What kind of city has Milan become today?
The project was conceived and produced by Stefano Galimberti and Davide Zamberlan.
VIDEO GALLERY
MILAN ABCHANGE
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Master in Journalism
Anyone stepping foot in Milan today arrives in a modern and dynamic city, to all effects a European metropolis: with new skyscrapers, supermarkets open 24 hours a day. Over the last ten years, Milan has successfully reinvented itself, adapting to the demands, challenges currently asked of it to become an international point of reference. This inspiring transformation is narrated in 21 short videos, each themed according to the 21 letters of the Italian alphabet, each on different subjects so as to focus on the multifaceted Milan of today.
A journey taking us through the sites and scenes animating Milan to illustrate what the city is all about today following the major work carried out in the wake of Expo 2015. The project tells about this Milanese Renaissance, from the tourist boom to the rainbow parades of Gay Pride, without however forgetting the city’s security and immigration issues.
Each video, lasting 3 minutes at the most, allows those directly affected by the subjects raised to voice their views via interviews with the authorities, experts and the people of Milan themselves. A number of videos also offer additional infographics and data on topics such as the labour market and civil partnerships.
The project was conceived and produced by Ilaria Mauri and Francesca Oliva.
PRIX ITALIA ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Corso di Laurea Magistrale in Comunicazione per l'Impresa, i Media e le Organizzazioni Complesse
Six female students have been selected to take care of the social communication side of the 69th Prix Italia. The team will have the task of looking after Facebook, Twitter and Instagram starting August until the beginning of October. One month so as to get into the editorial way of thinking of this important Festival, three days to follow every event and the competition live.
The students’ assignment forms part of the “Smart Games” project, promoted by the degree course: its goals are set within a clearly defined period to put what they have been studying into practise and to upgrade their curriculum, while facing up to the challenges posed by major industrial scenarios.
MILAN, REPORTING FROM THREE DIFFERENT ANGLES
Università degli Studi di Milano
"Walter Tobagi" Journalism School
Openness, knowledge and creativity
in an ever-changing city
Openness, knowledge and creativity are the three sides to a Milan that is growing and changing in order to deal with the difficulties of today and take up the challenges of tomorrow. The opening of its doors to the thousands of migrants arriving in the city to start a new life or continue their journey on towards other countries. The knowledge of its universities that are expanding to make themselves attractive on a global stage. Then there is the creativity of design and architecture, which has so successfully transformed Milan in recent years. Our guide as we explore and report will be one girl who fittingly mirrors all three facets of the city. Siham Barrakat arrived in Italy from Morocco at a very young age, graduated from Milan’s “Statale” University and today is an interpreter providing assistance to those who, like herself ten years ago, find themselves living in a city they know nothing about. The skyscrapers, fashion, people, design, opportunities: all, or nearly all, of these she has made her own. Milan has become her city. And now it is left to her to speak about the contradictions of today and its craving for the future.
The project was conceived and produced by Valerio Berra, Valentina Danesi, Marta Facchini, Giovanna Pavesi, Giulia Virzì.
VIDEO
9X9
9 Architectural Works for 9 Observers
Politecnico of Milan
9 architectural works in Milan, either brand new or currently on the drawing board, will be described/viewed/observed/dissected/dismantled/photographed/painted/filmed with the assistance of an observer, who is different for each visit: a university professor, school principle and Rector of Milan Polytechnic etc. Our four protagonists – the director, the architecture, the architect and observer – will all be on an equal footing. Each video lasting 60 seconds will be made using instruments available to the social community: smartphones; digital video cameras; iPads and indeed every device used by the ‘digital natives’ to speak about the city’s spaces and their significance.
The project was conceived and produced by Alessandro Abate, Elizabeth Germana Arthur, Lorenzo Boffi, Michael Camisa, Alessio Canna, Valentina Chiesa, Andrea del Martello, Nikita Mucilli, Giovanni Sannino, Luca Varvello.
VIDEO GALLERY
DESIGNING THE PRIX IN MILAN
Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in cooperation with CPTV Rai of Milan
Three students from the Academy of Brera are joining Prix Italia with an aim to giving a hand in creating set designs at events.
For Prix Italia, they have been working on the planning of the area outside Palazzo Giureconsulti, although also the reception desk inside. They have been responsible for the optimising of the site, the work tables and mounting the sets of the Luca Sala Project and the Chiara Massignan décor.
The venture sprung from an idea from Piero Gaffuri, Director of Rai’s Production Centre in Milan, with the backing of Prof. Francesco Pagliariccio, Television and Cinema Lecturer and Professor Renzo Salvi, who proved invaluable in launching the scheme. So now, let us hope this marks the start of a long-term undertaking.
