At the Nuovo Cinema Aquila, the program on Monday the 24th will feature Luca Immesi’s “Arte Sciopero” at 6:30 pm, Adolfo Dávila’s Mexican film “Violent Butterfly” at 8:15 pm, and the international shorts “Magid/Zafar” by Luís Hindman and “Pies Manos” by Paco Calvo at 4:00 pm. Tuesday the 25th will feature short films by film schools, followed by Marco Kuveiller’s documentary “Paolo Chimeri – Libera Sostanza” at 7:45 pm, and Tekla Taidelli’s feature film “6.06,” winner of the SIAE Award at Venezia82 and two awards at the 2025 Ortigia Film Festival, at 9:30 pm.
RIFF 2026, Italian cinema in short form: 23 short films—featuring both emerging talents and established actors—that explore memory, identity, social transformation, and experimentation, weaving a collective narrative about the anxieties and possibilities of the present day…
The 25th edition of the Rome Independent Film Festival presents a selection of 23 Italian short films that showcase the vitality of contemporary cinema, featuring a mix of new talent, established directors, and notable performers. The cast includes Edoardo Pesce and Thony in “Viveur” by
