Event schedule
Cinema Montini - Presented by FABIO BERNACCONI and MATTEO CECCHI
Thursday 29 October
h 20.30 EXTRA
Opening of the 14th Fabriano Film Fest. Meet the jury members of the “Women Empowerment”: Lucianna De Falco (actress and Jury President) and Paola Ribacchi (Lions Club)
h 21.00 GUEST
Actress Irene Maiorino (co-star of “My Brilliant Friend”, Season 4) meets the FFF audience. Presentation of the “Premio Fabriano Film Fest”.
h 21.30 COMPETITION
“Lions” Women Empowerment Award: stories of strength, self-esteem and awareness - screening of 6 short films (1h 26m), followed by the award presentation:
Astronauta, by Giorgio Giampà (France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, 16’00”)
Ultima Notte, by Andrea Santoro (Italy, 14’40”)
Two Mothers, by Anastasia Koretskaya (Russia, 17’00”)
Cos te costa, by Davide Del Degan (Italy, Slovenia, 13’00”)
MOM, by Ivan Sosnin (Russia, 11’08”)
The Cut, by Julia Staniszewska (Poland, 14’00”)
Friday 30 October
h 10.00 EXTRA SCHOOL
Presentation of animation projects by students of the “E. Mannucci” Art High School in Fabriano, supervised by teacher Marco Giombini.
h 10.30 EXTRA SCHOOL
Animation workshop led by director Alessandro Rak (2026 Nastro d’Argento winner for Best Animated Short Film).
h 16.30 EXTRA
Screening of 4 short films made by the city’s historic districts (Porte) for the “Valentina Tomada” Award at the 2026 Palio di San Giovanni Battista .
h 17.00 COMPETITION | KIDS
Screening of 4 short films (40m) for children aged 6–10:
The Rumble-Bumble Rally, by Annette Saugestad Helland, Johan Kaos (Norway, 8’40”)
Il tuffo, by Eleonora Savoia (Italy, 2’36”))
Bees, by Svetlana Akhmadishina (Russia, 18’02”)
Slipper Keeper Kitty, by di Rok Predin (Slovenia, 10’31”)
h 18.00 COMPETITION | CONTEST MICRO 5
Screening of the 9 selected short films (39m). Project curated by Marco Galli – Cahiers du Cinéma.
Profitable place, by Alex Maximov (Belarus, 5’11”) .
Hold On, by David Barbieri (Italy, 4’04”) .
Fog, by Chasuob Shim (South Korea, 5’12”)
Qahwa Sada, by Alex Amoresano, Maria Alessia Di Maio (Italy, 2’08”)
The modern aristocrat, by Sultan Kutaraev (Russia, 5’20”)
A message between Times, by Joonhyeong Kim (South Korea, 4’43”)
Rain was not in the forecast, by Brian Russell (United States, 4’39”)
Una rosa, by Simone Massi (Italy, 5’00”)
King Karno, by Richard Thompson (United States, 3’00”)
h 19.00 THIRD SECTOR
Meet Massimo Frascarello, National Medical Director of Lega del Filo D’Oro.
h 19.30 DRINK & FOOD
Aperitivo at the Palazzo. Tastings at Palazzo Moscatelli.
h 20.30 GUEST
Actor and director Edoardo Leomeets the FFF audience. Presentation of the “Premio Filigrana d’Autore” and the Faber “The Purest Air Experience” Award.
Followed by a reading from his show “Letture semiserie e tragicomiche”, with musical improvisations by actor Jonis Bascir .
h 21.30 COMPETITION | FFF IN CORTO
Round 1 –screening of 6 competition short films (1h 28m):
A friend of Dorothy, by Lee Knight (United Kingdom, 20’00”)
Great Expectations, by Bruno Ugioli, Mattia Capone, Alessandro Garelli (Italy, 10’00”)
Room Number, by Silvia Lorenzi (Estonia, 16’10”)
Dustlover, by Daniel Meier (Germany, 7’00”)
Rochelle, by Tom Furniss (New Zealand, 20’00”)
Esagerata, by Giuseppe Cacace, Daniele Stocchi (Italy, 15’00”)
Saturday 31 October
h 10.00 COMPETITION SCHOOL | TEENS
Screening of 7 short films (1h 35m) for teenagers, with students from the “Giovanni Paolo II” Middle School in Fabriano.
I fiori non hanno le scarpe, by Matteo Vicentini Orgnani (Italy, 11’50”)
Lights in the Night Sky, by Octavio Daniel Carreño (Mexico, 15’00”)
The Leap, by Camilla Trigona (Brazil, 12’52”)
Rukeli, by Alessandro Rak (Italy, 6’00”)
Showtime, Lam Can-zhao (China, Malaysia, Switzerland, 15’00”)
Dalla Lana alla Luna, by Leonardo Ferro (Italy, 16’44”)
Manga Day, by Andrey Vasilyev (Russia, 17’08”)
h 15.00 COMPETITION | FFF IN CORTO
Round 2 – screening of 8 competition short films (1h 58m):
The incredible summer of Jesús, by Sebastián Díaz Barriga (Mexico, 14’25”)
Fortuna, by Maurizio Forcella (Italy, 14’30”)
Catalogue of suicides (for demanding people), by Diego Vargas (Spain, 18’47”)
Rhubarb Rhubarb, by Kate McMullen (United Kingdom, 15’00”)
In each other's place, by Alejandro G. Iglesias (France, Spain, 17’25”)
Silent Night, by Michat Cygan (United Kingdom, 10’58”)
Simply Divine, by Mélody Boulissière, Bogdan Stamatin (Romania, 14’07”)
Un piede nella fossa, by Jozef Gjura (Italy, 11’56”)
h 17.30 TERRA DI MARCHE – COMPETITION
Screening of 3 short films (13m) from the Marche region, with presentation of the “ Fondazione Carifac Award” for Best Marche Film. Jury President: Rosa Rita Silva (Fondazione Carifac).
Solo un istante, by Riccardo De Angelis (Italy, 5’00”)
Kamera, by Daniele Zanardi (Italy, 5’00”)
Pane, amore e libertà, by Rovero Impiglia, Giacomo Cagnetti (Italy, 3’23”)
h 18.00 EXTRA
Out-of-competition screening of the feature film “142 secondi – il battito della terra” (45m), written by Simone Alessandrini, and directed by Alessandro Beltrame, with the author in attendance.
h 19.00 EXTRA SCHOOL
Screening of the short film about Luigi Pirandello, “Come mi scrivevi” (6m), made by students of the Istituto Tecnico Economico e del Turismo “A. Morea” in Fabriano, winner of First Prize at the 62nd International Conference on Pirandello Studies. Meet the students and their teacher Stefano Ambrosini.
h 19.30 DRINK & FOOD
Aperitivo at the Palazzo. Tastings at Palazzo Moscatelli.
h 21.00 COMPETITION | FFF IN CORTO
Round 3 – screening of 7 competition short films (1h 36m):
Lemonade, by Diego Fandos (Czech Republic, Spain, Ukraine, 8’00”)
Arca, by Lorenzo Quagliozzi (Italy, 20’00”)
La mort, by Jesús Martínez Nota (Spain, 12’43”)
Colombia, by Alessandro Rajola(Italy, 12’00”)
America, by Javier Arias-stella (Peru, 15’00”)
The Children, by Eduart Grishaj (Albania, 15’00”)
Healthy, by Ksenia Andrianova (Russia, 13’25”)
h 23.00 COMPETITION | WINNERS
Final awards ceremony for the winning short films of the 14th edition (including Best Short Film – "Bisci Award",Best Director - "Rotary Award", and Best Comedy – "IBeer Award")
Sunday 1 November
11.30 EXTRA
“La settima arte” – (The Seventh Art) – The final evening of an old cinema. A disillusioned photographer and a mysterious caretaker explore the history of cinema through a two-voice performance. With Fabio Bernacconi and Matteo Cecchi.Musical interludes by Rosita Tassi (piano) and Fausto Patassi (double bass).
Oratorio della Carità
17.00 COMPETITION | WINNERS
Screening of the award-winning short films across the various categories