On Sunday the 23rd, starting at 3:30 PM, the festival explores cinema created with artificial intelligence, with works such as Animalz – Part One by Luca Ontino and Simone Bocchino and Echo Hunter by Kavan Cardoza. This will be followed by the roundtable discussion “Disobedient Visions: Cinema, Algorithms, and AI” at 5:00 PM, and a small selection of Italian shorts from 6:30 PM. The evening will feature Lauro Cress’s Impatience of the Heart at 8:15 PM, and Davide Giorni’s Buio in Sala at 10:20 PM.

Between roots and experimentation: the National Feature Film section explores new forms of Italian cinema. Four feature films that reject standardized formulas to delve into the nuances of contemporary storytelling…
Four feature films that reject standardized formulas to delve into the nuances of contemporary storytelling, presenting tales of obstinacy, vulnerability, and rupture. This selection explores the landscape of independent Italian cinema, highlighting a recurring theme: territory—both physical and emotional-as a space defined by conflict, contradiction,

