Rossella Catanese

Rossella Catanese is a Senior Researcher at the Università degli Studi della Tuscia in Viterbo, Italy. She has an extensive academic background, having completed her PhD at the University of Rome La Sapienza in 2012, where her dissertation focused on film restoration and digital technologies, titled Lacune binarie: il restauro dei film e le tecnologie digitali .13

Throughout her career, Catanese has held various academic positions, including as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Udine and the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca. She has collaborated with several prestigious institutions such as Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Milan – Bicocca .15

Her research primarily revolves around film studies, particularly focusing on film restoration, film history, experimental cinema, and the Italian avant-garde movement, specifically Futurism. Catanese has authored several significant publications, including:

• Futurist Cinema: Studies on Italian Avant-garde Film (Amsterdam University Press, 2017)
• From Sensation to Synaesthesia in Film and New Media (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019), co-edited with Francesca Scotto Lavina and Valentina Valente .15

In addition to her research work, she is actively involved in academic discourse through various platforms, including her contributions to journals and conferences related to film heritage and digital media .24