Rinaldo Censi

Rinaldo Censi serves as a Professor at Ababo, teaching the characterizing course "Film and Video Restoration" (Code ABPR28, 8 credits) within the "Restoration – Library and Archive Material PFP5" program during the 4th academic year. His instruction employs frontal lectures with discussion components and is evaluated through oral examinations.

His research operates at disciplinary frontiers, specializing in film restoration theory, film preservation history, cinema philology, and silent film textual criticism. He has authored foundational works including "Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi" (Doppiozero, 2013) examining experimental filmmakers, and "Original Copies. Hyperrealisms between Painting and Cinema" (Johan & Levi, 2014) exploring cross-medium relationships through hyperrealist frameworks.

Censi maintains a significant curatorial partnership with Cineteca di Bologna, where he spearheaded the DVD release of Jean-Luc Godard's "Histoire(s) du cinéma" and produced filmmaker retrospectives covering Straub-Huillet, Charley Bowers, Pedro Costa, Philippe Garrel, Peter Tscherkassky, Karl Kels, Jean Eustache, and Peter Kubelka.

Documentation provides no specifics regarding graduate student supervision, research grants, or dedicated laboratory facilities. His academic contributions remain centered on archival collaboration and pedagogical development within film restoration studies, with no formal advising structures or funded research initiatives referenced in available materials.