14 Nov For the section Black Films Matters, on Saturday, November 18 at Cinema Aquila will take place the film of Kelley Kali’s “Kemba”. The screening begins at 9:00 p.m. and the director will meet the audience.

The “Black Films Matter” section has the intention, being the first official section in an italian festival dedicated to this cinematography, of bringing the audience closer to a reality that can no be longer ignored. Nowadays, talking about afroamerican cinema means getting to know films...

14 Nov Opening Night Film – The festival opens on Friday 17 November at 8pm at the Nuovo Cinema Aquila with “White Paradise”, (France) by Guillaume Renusson, the first film in competition and Italian premiere, in the presence of the director.

After the death of his wife, Samuel needs to get away from his everyday life and decides to retire to his family chalet in the heart of the Italian Alps. One night, a young woman takes refuge inside the chalet. This woman is Afghan and...

13 Nov The film Be My Voice by Nahid Persson opens for the Festival’s out-of-competition events. Friday 17th at 4.00pm. Journalist and activist Masih Alinejad urged Iranian women to rise up against forced hijab on social media. His call to action has become one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Iran today…

Being the voice of those who have had to give up their own voice. Being the connection point between those who cannot speak and those who are free to listen. This is the narrative urgency of Be My Voice, which tells the story of a...

09 Nov A film school experience for the students of the Gagini Institute of Syracuse with the screening of a short film made as part of the National Cinema and Images Plan for Schools promoted by MiC and MIM. On November 18th at 4pm the short film “The loss of the future”.

“La perdita del futuro” è un cortometraggio che verte sul tema della dispersione scolastica. Il soggetto, scritto dalla dirigente scolastica Giovanna Strano, è stato pensato in modo da rendere artefici principali gli studenti degli istituti comprensivi partecipanti al progetto che hanno avuto ruoli di comparse...

04 Nov Having entrusted the works of Jafar Panahi and the collective film A Sense of Place formed by Wim Wenders to the out-of-competition spaces, between Sunday 19th and Tuesday 21st the offi-cial selection will present another four feature films under the international documentary compe-tition section.

While faces and words from Iran will dominate the debate with dedicated meetings and lessons, the official competition will give space to different perspectives, other places and other styles to tell the story of European and non-European contemporaneity.   Two different vectors guide the themes: that linked...

16 Oct Workshops, Special Events, Video Stories and Q&A with the directors. Focus on LGBTQ issues, women’s rights, Black Films Matter and GIGs. Masterclass with Sandro de Frino and Pitch with the screenwriters. Follow the program of this XXII edition which will be published from October 25th on our website…