More than 500 films, 8 venues throughout the city, 9 days of shared cinematic passion. Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival turns 40!
tuesday 16 june
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
thursday 18 june
friday 19 june
Piazza Maggiore
Introduced by Nicolas Seydoux (Gaumont)
Section: Recovered & Restored
saturday 20 june
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
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Olena Honcharuk (Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Centre) and Daniel Bird (Friends of Walerian Borowczyk)
Section: Recovered & Restored
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
Auditorium DAMSLab
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Preceding
The 2026 Vittorio Boarini Prize will be awarded to May Hong HaDuong (UCLA).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Auditorium DAMSLab
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Miki Zeze (Kadokawa).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Maud Nelissen.
Introduction by Peter Bagrov (George Eastman Museum).
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Leo Katigbak (Film Development Council of the Philippines).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Daniele Furlati and violin accompaniment by Silvia Mandolini.
Section: Recovered & Restored
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 Scorsese
Introduced by Taylor Morales (Academy Film Archive).
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Todd Wiener (UCLA) and David Stenn
Section: Recovered & Restored
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
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
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Grover Crisp (Sony Columbia)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Musical accompaniment by Antonio Coppola.
Introduced by Sophie Seydoux.
Section: Recovered & Restored
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
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Roberto Perpignani
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Stephen Horne
Introduced by Carole Fodor (Fondation Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Ben Crossley-Marra (Janus Films/The Criterion Collection)
Section: Recovered & Restored
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
wednesday 24 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by James Shelby
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Il Cinema Ritrovato Young
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Cristina D’Osualdo (Viggo)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Antonio Coppola
Introduced by Dave Kehr (MoMA)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Jeanne Pommeau (Národní filmový archiv)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introducing Fulvio Baglivi (CSC – Cineteca Nazionale)
Section: Recovered & Restored
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
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Ug˘ur Bayazıt (Sinematek/Sinema Evi)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Introduced by Daphne Dentz (Warner Bros.)
Section: Recovered & Restored
thursday 25 june
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand
Up next
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
Cinema Lumiere – Sala Scorsese
Introduced by Pierre Olivier (TF1)
Section: Recovered & Restored
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 Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompaniment by Neil Brand
Introduced by Giovanni Lasi
Section: Recovered & Restored
friday 26 june
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 Officinema/Mastroianni
Piano accompainment: Gabriel Thibaudeau; english horn: Fabiana Sommariva
Introduced by Émilie Cauquy
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
(In case of rain, the screening will be cancelled)
Section: Recovered & Restored
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
Arlecchino Cinema
Introduced by Christine Kopf (Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum)
Section: Recovered & Restored
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Maud Nelissen
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
Europa Cinema
Introduced by Pablo La Parra Pérez (Filmoteca de Catalunya)
Section: Recovered & Restored
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
Cinema Modernissimo
Piano accompaniment by Meg Morley
Section: Recovered & Restored – Cine-concerts
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
thursday 2 july
saturday 4 july
sunday 5 july
