Federico Vitella

Biography

Federico Vitella is a Full Professor at the University of Messina, where he teaches film history and theory. His research focuses on the cultural and social history of Italian cinema, with particular attention to stardom, fandom, screen technologies and media reception. His most recent books include Maggiorate. Divismo e celebrità nella nuova Italia (2024) and Lettere ad Alida Valli. Il culto di una diva nell’Italia fascista (2025). He is also the author of L’età dello schermo panoramico. Il cinema italiano e la rivoluzione widescreen (2018), the first comprehensive study of Italy’s widescreen transition, offering an integrated analysis of its technologies, industrial strategies and aesthetic transformations.