Learn Cinema in Italy. Find Your Voice. Bring Your Film to Life.
Welcome to the Mompeo International Film Academy (MIFA), created around the filmmaking vision of director Adrian Bol — a vision centered on clarity, courage, and the power of personal storytelling.
Here in Mompeo - one hour from Rome - filmmakers from around the world come to learn, create, and grow, guided by real working directors, writers, and artists in the extraordinary village of Mompeo, Italy.
For Adrian, filmmaking is not just a craft. It’s a journey of focus, inner strength, and creative rebirth. The Academy was built to help you experience that same transformation.
Whether you're just beginning or ready to take your screenplay, your short film, or your career to the next level, this is the place where your vision becomes real.
145+
Completed Projects
Together, our students have brought over 145 projects to life, created with clarity, precision, and a shared passion for storytelling.
Our Mission is Simple:
Inspire filmmakers, honor authentic stories, and create a learning space where creativity and craft meet.
Creating Stories that Matter
2,100+
filmmakers and creatives in our online community
600+
students trained through free education programs
20+
years of directing & screenwriting experience
25+
Countries engaged with our creative programs
A Different Kind of Film Academy
An International Film Academy Rooted in an Italian Village of Creativity
In the medieval village of Mompeo, creativity flows naturally from the landscape — stone alleyways, open skies, and a quiet that invites imagination. At the heart of this setting stands Viva Mompeo, and within its ancient castle the Mompeo International Film Academy has found its home.
Studying filmmaking inside the castle transforms learning into an immersive experience. History surrounds every lesson, offering a sense of depth and presence no classroom can match. Students often describe their time here as stepping into a story that helps shape their own.
Filmmaking in Mompeo follows the rhythm of the village: slower, more attentive, and deeply connected to place. Each walk, discussion, and moment of stillness becomes part of the creative process, allowing ideas to form with clarity.
The castle now also hosts our Writers’ Retreat, giving storytellers the chance to work in a setting where inspiration feels immediate and unavoidable. Here, creativity doesn’t need to be forced — it rises from the world around you, finding a natural home within these walls.
The Italy Castle Writers’ Retreat
Escape to the medieval castle of Mompeo (one hour from Rome) for an intimate, all-inclusive retreat designed for writers who want space, clarity, and creative renewal.
With only four participants, this experience offers a rare blend of solitude, mentorship, and inspiration in one of Italy’s most peaceful hilltop villages.
Only 4 Spots, All-Inclusive
You’ll write inside ancient stone rooms, share ideas over meals prepared for you, explore the village’s quiet pathways, and receive personal guidance to develop your project with confidence.
Everything is taken care of — lodging, meals, workshops, and daily one-on-one sessions with Adrian Bol — so you can focus entirely on your story.
Whether you want to write, direct, or build your first film, we guide you step by step.
Start Free Online. Keep Growing. Create the Stories Only You Can Tell.
Begin with our Free Filmmaking Foundation Program, an in-depth and inspiring introduction to the core creative and technical tools every filmmaker needs to start strong.
This program gives you the essential grounding in storytelling, directing, cinematography, and the mindset required to grow confidently on your filmmaking journey.
FREE: No-Budget Short Film Course
This directing course is an online, intensive, hands-on experience that takes you from idea to finished film with clarity and confidence.
You’ll learn to create a cinematic, emotionally powerful short using craft and resourcefulness—not money—supported by a community of emerging filmmakers.
By the end, you leave with new skills, new collaborators, and a completed film that reflects your voice, courage, and vision.
FREE: Signature Concept Course
This writing course is a transformative journey that helps you discover the one idea only you can create — the concept shaped by your voice, your perspective, and your identity as a filmmaker.
In a world crowded with content, this course guides you toward the story that stands apart because it comes from your most authentic creative place.
Led by filmmaker Adrian Bol, you’ll learn to craft a cinematic concept that is bold, personal, emotionally resonant, and commercially compelling — the kind of idea that can launch a film, a career, or a whole artistic direction.
FREE: Signature Screenplay Program
This screenwriting program is an immersive journey into writing a screenplay that reflects your truth, your voice, and your cinematic vision on every page.
Building on the Signature Concept Course, this program teaches you to transform a powerful idea into a fully realized script — structured, compelling, and ready for production or pitching.
Led by filmmaker and writer Adrian Bol, you’ll gain the clarity, discipline, and craft needed to write the screenplay only you can write, whether it’s your first short or your breakout feature.
Adrian Bol — The Creative Force Behind MIFA
Adrian Bol is the founder of the Mompeo International Film Academy (MIFA) — a filmmaker known for the action thriller Legacy of Lies, which reached #2 on Netflix in the United States, and for his work with cinematographer Andrzej Sekula (Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, American Psycho).
A writer-director with a distinctive cinematic style, Adrian brings decades of experience in storytelling, directing, and visual craft. His mission is to train filmmakers to think boldly, create with clarity, and tell stories that resonate with truth, depth, and purpose.
Filmography Adrian Bol:
Legacy of Lies ranked #2 on Netflix in the USA
Produced on a $4.5 million budget, the film punches well above its weight, showcasing how precision, craft, and intent can rival far larger productions. Its international scope and contemporary relevance give it a modern edge, while its stripped-down approach keeps the tension personal and immediate.
That combination clearly resonated with audiences. Upon release on Netflix, Legacy of Lies quickly climbed the platform’s charts, reaching the #2 spot in the United States and #4 in the United Kingdom — a notable achievement for an independent spy thriller competing alongside major studio titles.
The film’s performance cemented it as a standout example of how focused, director-driven genre filmmaking can break through in a crowded streaming landscape.
Breaking Cover is bold and uncompromising
What sets Breaking Cover apart is its mythic visual language. Drawing heavily on elemental symbolism — water, fire, forest, and darkness — Bol crafts a film that feels both grounded and operatic. Each environment reflects a stage in Will’s internal journey, transforming action set pieces into moments of psychological and moral consequence.
The film goes far beyond genre mechanics, unfolding as a stark meditation on fatherhood, trauma, and the cost of violence. Set against the unforgiving wilderness of rural Oregon, Breaking Cover follows Will Fisher, a former Special Forces operative haunted by his past and estranged from his teenage daughter, Tee.
With Breaking Cover, Adrian Bol proves his ability to fuse muscular action filmmaking with thematic depth, delivering a film that is as emotionally resonant as it is viscerally gripping.
From Concept to Creation
#1
Find Your Signature Concept
Discover the idea that carries your voice, your vision, and your identity as a filmmaker — the concept that only you could create.
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#2
Write Your Signature Screenplay
A guided process to help you structure, develop, and write a screenplay that stands out for its clarity, craft, and authenticity.
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#3
Get on Set and Direct YOUR Film
Enter the world you imagined and shape every moment — directing your film with courage, intention, and creative truth.
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SUCCES STORIES
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Bruno Timoteo, Miami
“The Red Truck just WON Best Thriller Screenplay at the Los Angeles Film Awards!
The Signature Screenplay Program made me grow in ways I didn’t expect. I’m truly grateful for Adrian’s support and for this community — without it, this award wouldn’t have happened.”
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Bruno Timoteo
Signature Screenplay Program
Winner "Best Thriller Screenplay" at the Los Angeles Film Awards
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