On Thursday, November 27, starting at 4:00 PM, Magdalena Ralcheva's Wedlock will be screened, an intense Bulgarian melodrama set in the Rhodope Mountains, where the forbidden love between Hathe and Meto is intertwined with traditions, guilt, and desires that overwhelm all certainties. At 6:00 PM,...

On Wednesday, November 26, starting at 4:30 PM, the Nuovo Cinema Aquila welcomes a new group of international short films. Meteoric, by Irish director Paul Ó Muiris, constructs a dimension suspended between reality and perception; Anima, by Canadian director Fabio Bonvicini, explores the boundaries between...

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...

Syria: The Fall of The Assad Clan - France, 2025, Color, 70’ - L’8 dicembre 2024, il dittatore siriano Bashar al-Assad e la sua intera famiglia sono fuggiti dal Paese, chiedendo asilo in Russia. La rapida caduta del “Macellaio di Damasco”, l’uomo che, dopo aver...

The Sami Song of Survival - USA/Norway/Sweden/Finland/Russia, 2025, Color, 49’35’’ - Il popolo Sámi, stanziato principalmente in Norvegia, Svezia, Finlandia e Russia, continua la propria lotta contro le forme nuove e antiche di oppressione e colonialismo. Da secoli affronta il razzismo istituzionalizzato, l’emarginazione e la...

Eva, a trans woman, takes on the care of her granddaughter after the sudden death of her daughter-in-law. While processing the grief, she tries to help her son connect emotionally with the baby. Amid tensions, reproaches, and silence, mother and son embark on a path...

In a constantly evolving audiovisual landscape, where the boundaries between cinema and television are increasingly blurred, writing remains the beating heart of every story. This masterclass brings together some of the most acclaimed voices in international screenwriting for an open conversation about the challenges and...

On Sunday the 23rd, the highly anticipated new competition dedicated to cinema created with artificial intelligence will begin at 3:30 pm. Ten titles will be presented as Italian premieres. This will be followed by the roundtable discussion "Disobedient Visions: Cinema, Algorithms, and AI" at 5:00...

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...

The program for Saturday 22nd - at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila from 4:00 pm the program dedicated to Italian short films. At 6:00 pm there is a masterclass with the director of photography Roberto Forza, followed at 8:15 pm by the previews of Even by...