Marco DALLA GASSA

Marco Dalla Gassa is an Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, specializing in Film Studies and Cultural Heritage. He teaches courses on cinema analysis, visual cultures, and film theory. His research focuses on Asian cinema, film festivals, postcolonial studies, and intercultural dynamics. Dalla Gassa has authored monographs on Abbas Kiarostami and Zhang Yimou, and co-edited volumes on film festival studies. He participates in editorial boards for journals like Cinergie and directs the 'Biblioteca: Cinema, Media, and Cultural Studies' series. His work bridges academic research with film curation, including roles at festivals like Udine Far East Film Festival and Venice's Iuav University collaborations.

Education: PhD in Film History (2014, Ca' Foscari), Laurea in Film Studies (1998, University of Turin).

Research interests include Iranian and Far Eastern cinema, festival historiography, and the politics of representation. He leads projects like the RIFF initiative on Italian film festivals and contributes to grants on cultural heritage and care narratives.

His articles explore experimental cinema, authorship, and visual theory, with a focus on non-Western film traditions. He actively supervises graduate theses and participates in international academic networks like NECS and AISU.