Cinecittà si Mostra historical timeline

Last updated on October 6, 2026

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A production studio founded in 1937 that started showing itself to the public in 2011, and kept two of its own sets standing to do it.

Chronology

1937 — Cinecittà is founded, becoming a temple of cinema in Italy.
1974–2013 — the partnership of Ettore Scola and Luciano Ricceri runs through C'eravamo tanto amati (1974), Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (1976), Una giornata particolare (1977), La terrazza (1980), La famiglia (1987), Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (1990), La cena (1998), Concorrenza sleale (2001) and Che strano chiamarsi Federico (2013), which Scola dedicated to Federico Fellini and shot in Teatro 5.
1976 — the head of Venusia is made for Fellini's Il Casanova.
2011 — the exhibition and museum structure begins its continuous expansion.
Today — the visit takes in Cinecittà si Mostra and the MIAC, four exhibition routes, the permanent Roma Antica set built for the HBO series Rome, the "Un medico in famiglia" set, Studio EL and, from October to June, Cinebimbicittà.

Verified against Turismo Roma, October 2026.

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Checked against Turismo Roma — Turismo Roma records that Cinecittà, a temple of cinema in Italy since 1937, the year of its foundation, combines the activity of a pole of production and realisation of cinematographic works with that of an exhibition and museum structure in continuous expansion since 2011; and that entering from the historic rationalist entrance on via Tuscolana and continuing into the green area of the park, visitors are met by scenic elements such as the Rocking Horse from Pinocchio and the mysterious head of Venusia, made for Federico Fellini's Il Casanova of 1976, the visit taking in the exhibition routes of Cinecittà si Mostra and of the MIAC, the Italian Museum of the Audiovisual and of Cinema, Turismo Roma records that in the historic buildings four exhibition routes recount the history of the Studios and of Italian and international cinema interactively: "Girando a Cinecittà", to immerse oneself in the history of the great films through images, videos, interviews and original costumes; "Backstage - Un percorso didattico per Cinecittà", to discover the trades of cinema; "Il sottomarino S-33", the set made for Jonathan Mostow's film U-571; and the fourth, "FELLINIANA - Ferretti sogna Fellini", signed by Francesca Lo Schiavo and by Dante Ferretti, the Oscar-winning set designer who gave body to Fellini's dreams and visions, in a true immersion in the Fellinian imagination, Turismo Roma records that the MIAC, the Italian Museum of the Audiovisual and of Cinema, is a thematic and immersive route among hundreds of films from the most important film libraries of Italy, interactive installations, video art and multimedia routes, and preserves and exhibits a core of the permanent collection with original sculptures from films such as Fellini's La dolce vita and Visconti's Ludwig, besides works by Vanessa Beecroft documenting the performance VB93 which the artist carried out in Teatro 5 at Cinecittà, Turismo Roma records that Studio EL is also part of Cinecittà's heritage — the studio of the director Ettore Scola and the set designer Luciano Ricceri, testifying to the long artistic partnership that saw them work together on unforgettable films including C'eravamo tanto amati (1974), Brutti, sporchi e cattivi (1976), Una giornata particolare (1977), La terrazza (1980), La famiglia (1987), Il viaggio di Capitan Fracassa (1990), La cena (1998), Concorrenza sleale (2001) and Che strano chiamarsi Federico (2013), which Scola dedicated to his great friend Federico Fellini and shot in Teatro 5 at Cinecittà — and that the studio preserves hundreds of original sketches, projects, documents and models and can be visited only with compulsory booking for groups (October 2026).

Cinecittà si Mostra historical timeline

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