More than 500 films, 8 venues throughout the city, 9 days of shared cinematic passion. Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival turns 40!
tuesday 16 june
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Carlo Verdone
Restoration supported by SIAE
(In case of rain, the screening will move to the Cinema Modernissimo)
Section: Recovered & Restored
wednesday 17 june
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Section: Documents and Documentaries – All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
thursday 18 june
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
With the director Fabrizio Laurenti and Nick Vivarelli
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Ehsan Khoshbakht
Event promoted by Abruzzese and Associati
friday 19 june
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by James Shelby
Introduced by Mariann Lewinsky and Karl Wratschko
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Francesco Zippel
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Jolly Cinema
For accredited free entry until seats are filled
With Marco Bellocchio
Event curated by Cinematocco and Cat People Distribuzione, with the support of Emil Banca
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Nicolas Seydoux (Gaumont)
Section: Recovered & Restored
saturday 20 june
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Caterina D’Amico de Carvalho
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Molly Haskell
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur (Film Heritage Foundation) and Cecilia Cenciarelli
Section: Cinemalibero
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by director Aude Vassallo
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Harp accompaniment by Eduardo Raon
Piano accompaniment by Maud Nelissen
Introduced by Oliver Hanley
Section: Recovered & Restored – One hundred years ago: 1926
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by director Rubika Shah
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Katada Kisayo (narimono), Kawashima Nobuko (biwa) eand live comment by benshi narrator Ichiro Kataoka
Introduced by Johan Nordström
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Julia Mettenleiter (Svenska Filminstitutet) and John Sundholm (Stockholms universitet)
Section: Great small gauges
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Sanghita Sen (Northumbria University) and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Daniele Furlati and violin accompaniment by Silvia Mandolini
Introduced by Tamara Shvediuk (SIAS – State Institute for Art Studies)
Section: Matinée Idols: Women’s Male Stars
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Brian Belovarac (Janus Films)
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinnoteca
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Bérenger Thouin, Enrica Capra and Martin Roux
Section: Special Events
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Alexander Jacoby and Johan Nordström
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Olena Honcharuk (Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre) and Daniel Bird (Friends of Walerian Borowczyk)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Piazza Maggiore
Original music composed and conducted by Timothy Brock and performed by Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
Introduced by Robert Byrne, Kathy Rose O’Regan (San Francisco Film Preserve) and Marco Bellocchio.
Event sponsored by Gruppo Hera
(In case of rain, the screening will take place at Teatro Manzoni)
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Charlotte Barker (Paramount Pictures)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by James Bell (BFI National Archive)
Section: Recovered & Restored
sunday 21 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Maud Nelissen and harp by Eduardo Raon.
Introduced by Charlotte Barker.
Section: Matinée Idols: Women’s Male Stars
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Auditorium DAMSLab
Section: Recovered & Restored
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Caterina D’Amico de Carvalho and, on video, Wes Anderson.
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Antonio Coppola.
Introduced by Maria Wyke (University College London) and Ivo Blom (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Ehsan Khoshbakht.
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Preceding
The 2026 Vittorio Boarini Prize will be awarded to May Hong HaDuong (UCLA).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Auditorium DAMSLab
Section: Recovered & Restored
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Auditorium DAMSLab
Dialogue between Mariann Lewinsky and Karl Wratschko
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Miki Zeze (Kadokawa).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Tamer El Said (Cimatheque – Alternative Film Center) and Ehsan Khoshbakht.
Section: Cinemalibero
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Maud Nelissen.
Introduction by Peter Bagrov (George Eastman Museum).
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne and harp by Eduardo Raon.
Introduced by Mariann Lewinsky and Karl Wratschko.
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Carlos Reviriego (Filmoteca Española).
Section: Juan Antonio Bardem: ¡No pasaran!
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by director Cyril Leuthy.
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Gabriel Thibaudeau and live commentary by benshi narrator Ichiro Kataoka.
Introduced by Johan Nordström.
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Julia Mettenleiter and John Sundholm.
Section: Great small gauges
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Sala Cervi
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Leo Katigbak (Film Development Council of the Philippines).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur.
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Sala Cervi
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Pierre-Henri Deleau and the director Michel La Veaux.
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Frédéric Bonnaud (La Cinémathèque française), Brice Amouroux (INA) and Vassili Silovic.
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Daniele Furlati and violin accompaniment by Silvia Mandolini.
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Isabella Rossellini
The evening is sponsored by Giulio Veronesi Gioiellieri dal 1896
(In case of rain, the screening will be moved to the Cinema Modernissimo and Cinema Jolly)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Robyn Sklaren (Warner Bros. Discovery)
(In case of rain, the screening will be cancelled)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Section: Recovered & Restored
monday 22 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Antonio Coppola.
Section: Matinée Idols: Women’s Male Stars
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Free admission, reservation required
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Caterina D’Amico de Carvalho.
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Imogen Sara Smith.
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen – All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Grand Hotel Majestic
Free admission
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Taylor Morales (Academy Film Archive).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by John Sweeney.
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Auditorium DAMSLab
Dialogue between Kataoka Ichirō (benshi), Shibata Kōtarō (Japanese film scholar), Alexander Jacoby, Johan Nordström
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Europa Cinema
Section: Documents and Documentaries – Special Events
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Todd Wiener (UCLA) and David Stenn
Section: Recovered & Restored
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Aboubakar Sanogo (FEPACI) and Eiman Hussein.
Section: Cinemalibero
Cinema Modernissimo
Musical accompaniment by Katada Kisayo, Kawashima Nobuko, Gabriel Thibaudeau and Ichiro Kataoka.
Introduced by Tamada Kenta (NFAJ) and Johan Nordström.
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Auditorium DAMSLab
Presentation of Quaderni AAMOD #2 – Dirty Laundry, edited by Paola Scarnati, Gabriele Ragonesi, and Luca Ricciardi (AAMOD).
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne and Eduardo Raon.
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Jonás Trueba.
Section: Juan Antonio Bardem: ¡No pasaran!
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Alice Zecchinelli.
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Sophie Seydoux (Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Christian Parkes (Warner Bros. Clockwork).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Julia Mettenleiter and John Sundholm.
Section: Great small gauges
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Sala Cervi
Free admission
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Yolande Zauberman.
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Steve Della Casa (CSC – Cineteca Nazionale) and Stéphanie Chiche (SND Films)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Maud Nelissen.
Section: Recovered & Restored
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: tour@cineteca.bologna.it
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Grover Crisp (Sony Columbia)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by the director Francesco Sossai
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Adriano Fabio, Patrizia Cacciani and Fabrizio Micarelli (Archivio Storico Istituto Luce), Gianandrea Sasso and Simone Venturini (Università di Udine).
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Sala Cervi
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Antonio Coppola.
Introduced by Sophie Seydoux.
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Piazzetta Pier Paolo Pasolini
Free admission
Cinnoteca
Free admission, reservation required
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Europa Cinema
Introduced, in video, by David Gregory
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Jolly Cinema
(In case of rain, the screening will be canceled.)
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Rosalie Varda (Ciné-tamaris) and Thierry Frémaux (Cannes Film Festival)
Evening sponsored by Selenella
(In case of rain, the screening will be moved to the Cinema Modernissimo and Cinema Jolly)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
(In case of rain, the screening will be canceled.)
Section: Recovered & Restored
tuesday 23 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by John Sweeney
Section: Matinée Idols: Women’s Male Stars
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Caterina D’Amico de Carvalho
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Auditorium DAMSLab
Dialogue between Josh Siegel (MoMA), Vincent Paul-Boncour (Carlotta Films), Leo Katigbak (Film Development Council of the Philippines) and Davide Pozzi
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Christian Viviani, who presents his book Barbara Stanwyck: totale et opaque (Carlotta Films, 2026)
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Cassandra Moore (NBCUniversal)
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
Auditorium DAMSLab
Sanghita Sen and Adam Dawtrey present the documentary, in progress, about Ritwik Ghatak
Grand Hotel Majestic
Free admission
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Trailer pentru paradisul lui Dante (Trailer’s for Dante’s Paradise, Italia/2026) R.: Radu Jude. D.: 20’. V. italiana
Introduced by Carlo Chatrian (Museo Nazionale del Cinema) and, on video, Radu Jude
To follow
TADZIO (Paesi Bassi/1991) R.: Frans Franciscus, Erwin Olaf. D.: 37’. V. italiana
Introduced by Lou Burkart (Eye Filmmuseum)
To follow
Une collection particulière (A Private Collection, Francia/1973) R.: Walerian Borowczyk. D.: 14’. V. francese
Introduced by Daniel Bird
Section: Special Events
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Europa Cinema
Section: Documents and Documentaries – Special Events
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Betty Kaklamanidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) e Margaret Bodde
Section: Cinemalibero
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Music accompaniment by Gabriel Thibaudeau and Eduardo Raon, with live narration by Julie Linquette
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Carlos Reviriego
Section: Juan Antonio Bardem: ¡No pasaran!
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Music accompaniment by Maud Nelissen and Frank Bockius
Introduced by Émilie Cauquy (La Cinémathèque française)
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Leo Katigbak and Vincent Paul-Boncour
Section: Cinemalibero
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Julia Mettenleiter e John Sundholm
Section: Great small gauges
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Ian Christie
Section: Special Events
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Biblioteca Comunale Cesare Pavese
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Sala Cervi
Free admission
LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (Italia/1972) By Luigi Comencini
(Ep. 1 D.: 63’)
From 6 years old
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Sanghita Sen
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne
Introduced by Carole Fodor (Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Phil Gries and Ben Wolf
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Piazzetta Pier Paolo Pasolini
Free admission
Serre dei Giardini Margherita
Free admission, reservation required
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Bret Wood
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Ben Crossley-Marra (Janus Films/The Criterion Collection)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Serre dei Giardini Margherita
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Piazza Maggiore
Highlights from Alfred Hitchcock’s Home Movies (USA/1928-1936 ca.) R.: Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville. D.: 16’
Musical accompaniment by Daniele Furlati with live narration by Tessa Idlewine (Academy Film Archive)
To follow
THE STRANGER (Lo straniero, USA/1946) R.: Orson Welles. D.: 95’. V. inglese
Introduced by Frédéric Bonnaud
Event promoted by Terme di Bologna
Section: Recovered & Restored
Piazzetta Pier Paolo Pasolini
Music accompaniment by Gabriel Thibaudeau and Frank Bockius with live narration by Julie Linquette
Introduced by Manuela Padoan (Gaumont Pathé Archives) and Mariann Lewinsky
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
wednesday 24 june
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by James Shelby
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Il Cinema Ritrovato Young
Section: Recovered & Restored
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Stephen Horne (piano), Frank Bockius (drum)
Introduced by Mikko Kuutti and Pekka Tähtinen (KUVI)
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Molly Haskell
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Grand Hotel Majestic
Free admission
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Ian Christie
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Europa Cinema
Section: Documents and Documentaries – Special Events
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Cristina D’Osualdo (Viggo)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Auditorium DAMSLab
Dialogue between Molly Haskell and Imogen Sara Smith
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Antonio Coppola
Introduced by Dave Kehr (MoMA)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Daniele Furlati with texts by Félix Fénéon read by Julie Linquette
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Jeanne Pommeau (Národní filmový archiv)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by John Sweeney
Introduction by Émilie Cauquy
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Auditorium DAMSLab
Following Awarding of the 2026 Vittorio Boarini Prize to Luc Lagier
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introducing Fulvio Baglivi (CSC – Cineteca Nazionale)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with prebooking: bookshop@cineteca.bologna.it
Sala Cervi
Free admission
LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (Italia/1972) By Luigi Comencini
(Ep. 2 D.: 60’)
From 6 years old
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Modernissimo
L’IMAGE ORIGINELLE – WIM WENDERS (Francia/2026) R.: Pierre Henry Gibert. D.: 35’. V. francese
Introduced by Pierre-Henri Gibert
To follow
Diapo Lynch (Francia/2000) R.: Nicolas Saada. D.: 18’. V. inglese
Introduced by Nicolas Saada
Section: Special Events
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: tour@cineteca.bologna.it
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Josephine Botting (BFI National Archive)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by James Shelby
Introducing Masha Matzke (Deutsche Kinemathek)
To follow
Presentation of the book Die Anfänge des Starsystems. Auction Nielsen in Deutschland und Österreich-Ungarn 1911–1914 (Schüren, 2025) by Friederike Grimm:
Martin Loiperdinger (Universität Trier) talks about it.
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Sala Cervi
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Tamada Kenta (NFAJ – National Film Archive of Japan)
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Angela Allen and David Thompson
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Modernissimo
Precedes the event::
CONVERSATION WITH KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO
Section: Special Events
Cinnoteca
Free admission, reservation required
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Ug˘ur Bayazıt (Sinematek/Sinema Evi)
Section: Recovered & Restored
CBF Tasso Inventore
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Piazza Maggiore
With the support of Finnish Film Foundation
Live accompaniment by Cleaning Women
(In case of rain, the screening will be moved to the Cinema Modernissimo)
Section: Special Events – Cine-concerts
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Daphne Dentz (Warner Bros.)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Piazzetta Pier Paolo Pasolini
Piano accompaniment Meg Morley for:
Der Aufstieg (Germania/1926) R.: Walter Ruttmann, Lore Leudesdorff. D.: 3’. Did. tedesche
Jerry the Troublesome Tyke: He Gets Fired (GB/1926) R.: Sid Griffiths. D.: 3’. Did. inglesi
Kemurigusa monogatari (A Story of Tobacco, Giappone/1926) R.: Noburo Ofuji. D.: 3’. Did. giapponesi
The Magician (USA/1926) R.: Walter Lantz. D.: 9’. Did. tedesche
Misical accampaniment by Valeria Sturba
Introduced by Oliver Hanley and Andrea Peraro
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926 – Cine-concerts
thursday 25 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand
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Presenting “Elvira Notari. Pioniera del cinema italiano” box set (Cineteca Nazionale, 2026)
Introduced by Maria Coletti (CSC – Cineteca Nazionale)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Scott Grossman (Amazon MGM Studios)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Caterina D’Amico de Carvalho
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Meg Morley and drums accompaniment by Alice Zecchinelli
Introduced by Kajsa Hedström (Svenska Filminstitutet)
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Wim Wenders
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Grand Hotel Majestic
Free admission
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Pierre Olivier (TF1)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Europa Cinema
Section: Documents and Documentaries – Special Events
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Zeynep Özlem (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University)
Section: Cinemalibero
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Valeria Camporesi (Filmoteca Española)
Section: Juan Antonio Bardem: ¡No pasaran!
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by directors Ian Christie and Roland Denning
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Gabriel Thibaudeau e Alice Zecchinelli with live commentary by barker Julie Linquette
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne
Introduced by Mariann Lewinsky
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Jon Wengström (Svenska Filminstitutet)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Émilie Cauquy and Noémie Jean (La Cinémathèque française)
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Sala Cervi
Free admission
LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (Italia/1972) By Luigi Comencini
(Ep. 3 D.: 61’)
From 6 years old
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Vjeran Pavlinic (Hrvatski Državni Arhiv – Hrvatska Kinoteka)
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission, reservation required
Free admission with pre-booking: tour@cineteca.bologna.it
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Tamada Kenta
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by director Patrick Jeudy
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand
Introduced by Giovanni Lasi
Section: Recovered & Restored
Sala Cervi
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Sanghita Sen
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
Jolly Cinema
(The screening will be cancelled if it rains)
Section: Cinemalibero
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Scott Grossman and Paolo Mereghetti
Promoted by MIAMO
(In case of rain, the screening will be moved to Cinema Modernissimo and to Cinema Jolly)
Section: Special Events
Cinema Modernissimo
(The screening will be cancelled if it rains.)
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
friday 26 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment di Meg Morley [musica]
Section: Matinée Idols: Women’s Male Stars
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Caterina D’Amico de Carvalho
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompainment Neil Brand [musica]
Introduced by Stefan Drößler (Filmmuseum München)
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926
Grand Hotel Majestic
Free admission
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Europa Cinema
Section: Documents and Documentaries – Special Events
Auditorium DAMSLab
With Christopher Frayling, author of the novel of the same name (Reel Art Press, 2025)
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Annouchka de Andrade
Section: Cinemalibero
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Émilie Cauquy
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompainment John Sweeney
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Susan Wittenberg (director) and Kirsten Larvick (Managing Director of IndieCollect)
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Arnaud Desplechin
Section: Special Events
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompainment by Stephen Horne, drum: Frank Bockius
Introduced by Loreleï Riahi Castillo, Claire Macary, Albane Brunel (ECPAD) and Cecilia
Cenciarelli
Following
Presentation of Fondo Albert Samama Chikli at ECPAD
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Christian Bonah, Joël Danet (Université de Strasbourg) and André Habib (Université de Montréal)
Section: Great small gauges
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by the director Chiara Seghetto
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Sala Cervi
Free admission
LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (Italia/1972) By Luigi Comencini
(Ep. 4 D.: 57’)
From 6 years old
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompainment: Gabriel Thibaudeau; english horn: Fabiana Sommariva
Introduced by Émilie Cauquy
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Alexander Jacoby e Johan Nordström
Section: Shadows and Steel: The Cinema of Daisuke Ito
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Audrey Birrien (INA) and, online, Ron Merk
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Sala Cervi
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinnoteca
Free admission, reservation required
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Jolly Cinema
(In case of rain, the screening will be cancelled)
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Pietro Marcello
(In case of rain, the screening will be moved to the Cinema Modernissimo and Cinema Jolly.)
Section: Special Events
Cinema Modernissimo
(In case of rain, the screening will be cancelled)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Piazzetta Pier Paolo Pasolini
Musical accompainment: Paolo Spaccamonti (electric guitar, mandocaster), Ramon Moro (trumpet, flugelhorn) e Andrea Cauduro (baritone guitar, banjo, electronics)
Introduced by Oliver Hanley and Alessandro Criscitiello
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926 – Cine-concerts
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Gerard Damiano Jr. and Christar Damiano
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Section: Recovered & Restored
saturday 27 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Meg Morley and drum accompaniment by Alice Zecchinelli.
Introduced by Pauline de Raymond (La Cinémathèque française).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Biblioteca Renzo Renzi
Free admission
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Caterina d’Amico de Carvalho
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Bryony Dixon (BFI National Archive)
Section: Easy Living with Mitchell Leisen
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand.
Introduced by Dominique Willoughby (Cinédoc Paris Films Coop) and Camille Blot-Wellens.
Section: One hundred years ago: 1926
Grand Hotel Majestic
Free admission
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Following
Award of the 2026 Vittorio Boarini Prize to Mariann Lewinsky
Section: Special Events
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Christine Kopf (Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Jolly Cinema
Introduced by Elsa Charbit (Centre Pompidou) in collaboration with Cinémathèque idéale des banlieues du monde
Section: Cinemalibero
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Émilie Cauquy
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Maud Nelissen
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Gabriel Thibaudeau, drum accompaniment by Frank Bockius and violin accompaniment by Silvia Mandolini
Section: Century of Cinema: 1906
Auditorium DAMSLab
Dialogue between Caterina D’Amico de Carvalho and Gian Luca Farinelli
Section: “Addio del passato”: The Modernity of Luchino Visconti
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Meg Morley and drum accompaniment by Frank Bockius
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Bill Morrison and Aleksandra Vrebalov
Section: Special Events – Cine-concerts
Auditorium DAMSLab
Introduced by Ellen Erwitt and Douglas Sloane
Section: Documents and Documentaries
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Christian Bonah, Joël Danet and André Habib
Section: Great small gauges
Sala Cervi
Free admission
LE AVVENTURE DI PINOCCHIO (Italia/1972) By Luigi Comencini
(Ep. 5 D.: 58’)
From 6 years old
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Pablo La Parra Pérez (Filmoteca de Catalunya)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Sala Cervi
Free admission
Admission for “Kids pass” holders
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Prakash Magdum (NDCL/NFAI)
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Palazzo D’Accursio (Sala d’Ercole)
Free admission, reservation required
Section: Il Cinema Ritrovato Kids & Young
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment for La sindrome dell’aceto: Davide Badini (guitar, electronics), Alessandro De Lorenzi (guitar, electronics)
Introduction by Matteo Pavesi (Cineteca Italiana)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Piazza Maggiore
Music composed by Charles Chaplin, adapted and directed by Timothy Brockand performed by Orchestra Senzaspine
Introduced by Dave Kehr (MoMA) and Arnold Lozano (Association Chaplin/Roy Export)
Promoted by Aeroporto Marconi Bologna
(In case of rain, the screening will be cancelled)
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
sunday 28 june
Archivio Renato Zangheri
Free admission
Section: Joséphine Baker, a Renaissance woman
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Meg Morley
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price: BUY HERE
Galleria espositiva Modernissimo
Festival pass holders are entitled to a reduced ticket price
Grand Hotel Majestic
Free admission
Section: All She Desires: Barbara Stanwyck
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Soil of Bengal, Water of Bengal: The Cinema of Ritwik Ghatak
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Gabriel Thibaudeau
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Piano accompaniment by Daniele Furlati
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Section: Recovered & Restored
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Mel Brooks (on video)
Event promoted by Stefauto
(In case of rain, the screening will move to the Cinema Modernissimo)
Section: Recovered & Restored
monday 29 june
Cinema Modernissimo
Musical accompaniment by Ensemble della Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena, conducted by Maestro Daniele Furlati
Section: Recovered & Restored
Piazza Maggiore
Free admission
Introduced by, in video, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Section: Special Events
tuesday 30 june
wednesday 1 july
thursday 2 july
friday 3 july
Piazza Maggiore
Free admission
Introduced by Lav Diaz
In collaboration with IFA
Section: Special Events
saturday 4 july
sunday 5 july
