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…

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