Limited spots — Direct registration · Spot confirmed upon payment — Extra Module · 3–4 October 2026 · Sardinia

Percettiva · Sound as Storytelling 2026 · Extra Module

Writing, directing
and producing by ear

Sound is not a technical phase that arrives after the image. It's a narrative tool that begins with the writing and runs through everything that follows. An intensive two-day module with Lorenzo d'Amico De Carvalho and Anne-Riitta Ciccone.

3–4 October 2026
Percettiva Residency, Sardinia
€300 — all inclusive
€150 · MC1 or MC2 participants
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The module

Sound as a point of view
in the construction of a film.

Sound is often perceived as something that arrives once the work is already done — in post-production, when the images are edited and the story is locked. In reality, the most important sound decisions are made much earlier: in the writing, in the choice of locations, in the construction of characters, in the rhythm of scenes.

Lorenzo d'Amico De Carvalho and Anne-Riitta Ciccone will guide participants to work with sound as a narrative dimension already present in the screenplay — a perspective that changes the way scenes are written, characters are built and a film is designed from the inside out.

The module is open to directors, screenwriters, producers and any professional who wants to integrate sound thinking into their own creative and production process. Priority access and a 50% reduced fee for scholarship recipients and for MC1 or MC2 participants.

Extra — Sound as Storytelling 2026
3–4 October 2026
Percettiva Residency, Sardinia
€300
€150 — MC1 or MC2 participants
50% off for anyone taking part in Masterclass 1 (Telling the Story with Sound) or Masterclass 2 (Foley as Storytelling) — whether paid or via an FC scholarship.

The instructors

Lorenzo d'Amico De Carvalho
and Anne-Riitta Ciccone.

A writer and director, and a screenwriter with roots in the Italian cinema tradition. A director and author working between Italy and Finland, with an eye on stories at the margins. Together they co-wrote I'm – Infinita come lo spazio (Venice 2017) and Gli Immortali (Rome 2023).

Lorenzo d'Amico De Carvalho

Lorenzo d'Amico
De Carvalho

IMDb ↗

Writer, director and screenwriter. Grandson of Suso Cecchi d'Amico, he trained as an assistant director with Giuliano Montaldo, Cristina Comencini, Daniele Luchetti and Marco Tullio Giordana. He directed The Rossellinis (2020, nominated for the 2021 David di Donatello) and Gli anni belli (2022). He co-wrote I'm – Infinita come lo spazio (Venice 2017) and Gli Immortali (2024). He teaches at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and at RUFA.

Anne-Riitta Ciccone

Anne-Riitta
Ciccone

IMDb ↗

A Finnish-born, naturalised Italian director and author. She made her debut with Le Sciamane (2000). L'amore di Màrja (2004) earned her the Globo d'Oro from the Foreign Press. With I'm – Infinita come lo spazio (2017) — the first Italian live-action 3D feature directed by a woman — she took part in the Venice Days at the Venice Film Festival. Her most recent film, Gli Immortali (2024), was selected for the Rome Film Fest 2023. She teaches directing at RUFA.

"A film's sound is built before the camera even starts rolling. Every scene has a sound — you have to learn to listen to it before you write it."
Lorenzo d'Amico De Carvalho & Anne-Riitta Ciccone

Programme

Two days. Writing,
directing and production.

3 October
08:00 – 09:00  Breakfast
09:00 – 13:00  Module
13:00 – 14:00  Lunch break
14:00 – 18:00  Module
Dinner · Overnight stay at the residency
4 October
08:00 – 09:00  Breakfast
09:00 – 13:00  Module
13:00 – 14:00  Lunch break
14:00 – 18:00  Module
End of programme
01

The film before the image

Morning

  • Sound in the screenplay: presence, absence, silence
  • Places, characters and sonic memory
  • How a scene changes when thought through what is heard
  • Diegetic sound, off-screen sound, voice, noise, ambience
  • Silence as a dramaturgical decision

Afternoon

  • Analysis of scenes and writing case studies
  • How to communicate sound in a dossier or pitch
  • Sound as an element of a project's identity
  • Exercise: rewrite a scene starting from listening
02

Directing and production

Morning

  • The dialogue between author, producer and creative departments
  • When sound enters the process too late
  • How to protect a sonic vision within production constraints
  • Sound as a production value, not just a cost

Afternoon

  • Discussion of participants' projects
  • How to build sound into a film's development plan
  • Strategies for first features, documentaries and independent productions
  • From subject to sound project

Fee

€300 — max 15 people
50% off for anyone taking part in Masterclass 1 (Telling the Story with Sound) or Masterclass 2 (Foley as Storytelling) — whether paid or via an FC scholarship.

The venue

Percettiva — a residency
in the heart of Gallura, Sardinia.

Percettiva is an artistic residency active in the field of culture and professional training. The venue is located in Sardinia, in a natural setting that fosters concentration, immersion and exchange.

The Sound as Storytelling modules take place in this space: not a conference room, not a hotel — a place of work and encounter, where participants live side by side with the instructors for the entire duration of the programme.

Accommodation, meals and transfer are included in the fee precisely to eliminate any distance between the time of training and the time of life: here you work, eat, sleep, and exchange ideas.

Percettiva mixing room — Pro Tools Carbon Percettiva production room Exterior of the Percettiva residency, Sardinia

Registration

Reserve your spot.

Fill in the form to book your participation. You will receive a confirmation email with instructions to complete payment.

Fee: €300 (full) · €150 (reduced for MC1 or MC2 participants)
If you have taken part in or are enrolled in Masterclass 1 or Masterclass 2 of Sound as Storytelling 2026, you are entitled to the 50% reduced rate. Indicate it in the relevant field — the price will update automatically.
Reduced fee applied: €150 (50% off)
As a Sound as Storytelling 2026 participant.

Billing information

Your spot is confirmed upon receipt of payment.
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