Antioco Floris is full professor in the scientific-disciplinary field of Cinema, Photography, Radio, Television and Digital Media (PEMM-01/B), at the Department of Humanities, Languages and Cultural Heritage of the University of Cagliari.He teaches Cinema and Audiovisual Techniques in the Master's degree course in Media Production and is also a lecturer in Cinema Aesthetics in the Master's degree course in Architecture and in Image Languages in the Primary Education degree course. He is also Director of the centre for education in the languages of cinema, audiovisuals and multimedia CELCAM and co-director of the class A scientific journal "L'avventura. International Journal of Italian Film and Media Landscapes", published by the publisher Il Mulino, and supervising editor of the class A telematic journal "GAME. The Italian Journal of Game Studies'.

From 2018 to 2024 he was coordinator of the Master's degree in Multimedia Production. From 1998 to 2010, he taught History and Criticism of Cinema at the Faculty of Education of the University of Cagliari and in the same faculty from 2003 to 2011 he held courses in Image Education. Moreover, from 2006 to 2019, he taught Linguaggi del cinema, della televisione e dei new media at the Communication Sciences degree course. He has been the director of the Inter-athenaeum Master's Degree Course for Filmmakers and the Master's Degree Course for Experts in Management, Conservation and Restoration of Audiovisual and Multimedia Products, a member of the University's Board of Directors and Extended Academic Senate, president of the Human Sciences District Library and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Higher Ethnographic Institute and of the Board of Directors of the Cagliari Regional Authority for the Right to Study (ERSU).

In the past, he worked for many years at the Cineteca Sarda and coordinated the cultural activities of the Ente regionale per il diritto allo studio universitario in Cagliari. He is a member of the Consulta Universitaria del Cinema (Cuc) and of the Associazione italiana di ricerche sulla storia del cinema (Airsc), a film critic and publicist journalist.

His research interests in recent years have developed mainly in the field of film history and film and media education. In particular, in the historical perspective, one strand of research is devoted to cinema in Nazi Germany, with specific focus on the work of Leni Riefenstahl and the production of consensus in the Third Reich. Another strand of research is Italian cinema with a focus on the work of Vittorio De Seta and the problems of identity and local cinema linked to Southern Italy and Sardinia. The research around film and media education is mainly developed with the experimentation of basic forms of education in school and university and vocational education. He has published essays and volumes on these topics, participated in various research projects and has also spoken as a speaker at international conferences in Italy and abroad.

As part of his teaching and research commitment, he has produced several documentaries and short films (including some directed by Salvatore Mereu, Enrico Pau, and Peter Marcias) and made various documentaries and video installations.

Curriculum updated to September 2024