Paolo Villa is postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pavia, after being a member of the ViCTOR-E project at the University of Udine. Alongside articles on journals and edited volumes, he authored a book on art documentaries in Italy, La camera di Stendhal. Il film sull’arte in Italia (1945–1970). His research focuses on non-fiction and industrial cinema, the mediatisation of cultural heritage and landscape, the history of movie theaters in Italy.