WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10
— Fortezza di Montalcino —
8:30 PM
Welcome drinks, with live music (Offered by Col d’Orcia)
9:20 PM
Opening Ceremony
9:30 PM
International Features Competition
KNEECAP ( 2024 | Ireland, UK – 105 min.) watch the TRAILER
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
— Teatro degli Astrusi, Montalcino —
02:30 PM
Children’s Workshop
03:30 PM
Red Line KIDS Competition
A DREAMS TAKES FLIGHT (Italy, 5 min), BAKING WITH BORIS (France, 8 min), HONEYMOON (Italy, 4 min), ONCE UPON A TIME IN DRAGONVILLE (France/Switzerland, 8 min), PROUT (Belgium, 7min), THE LEGEND OF THE HUMMINGBIRD (France, 9 min), followed by Q&A.
Out of Competition – Screening video made by the students of Liceo Linguistico “Lambruschini”
05:00 PM
International Short Competition – Running time 105 min
VULTURES (France/South Africa, 15 min), POCKET MONEY (Austria, 16 min), WE NEED TO TALK (UK, 7:16) GEKAS (Greece, 25 min), UNREAL ESTATE AGENT (Netherlands, 12 min), A STRANGER IN THE WORLD (Norway, 30 min) followed by Q&A.
— Fortezza di Montalcino —
09:30 PM
International Features Competition
THE BLUE TRAIL ( 2025 | Brazil, 105 min.) watch the TRAILER
FRIDAY, JUNE 12
— Teatro degli Astrusi, Montalcino —
03:30 PM
La Caméra portée – Masterclass with Patrick Tresch on real and fiction cinema
05:00 PM
Censorship, Artistic Freedom, and Cinema – Conversation about cinema with Vanessa Thorpe (Journalist), Martin Bright (Journalist) and Sir Quentin Thomas (former president of the British Board of Film Classification)
07:00 PM
International Short Competition – Running time 87 min
MOVING MOUNTAINS (Italy, 30 m), SPINE (Russian Federation, 15 m), ROCHELLE (New Zealand, 20 min), BEFORE THE NIGHT – AVANT LA NUIT (France, 23 min) followed by Q&A.
— Fortezza di Montalcino —
09:30 PM
International Features Competition
HEADS OR TAILS? ( 2025 | Italy, 116 min.) watch the TRAILER
SATURDAY, JUNE 13
— Teatro degli Astrusi, Montalcino —
09:30 AM
Out of Competition – Rediscovered jewels (Shorts film)
11:00 AM
Out of Competition
IL BACIO DI GIUDA (1988 | Italy, 87 min.) followed by Q&A with Roberto Chiesi and Paolo Benvenuti
04:15 PM
International Short Competition – Running time 89 min
THE AXE FORGETS (Ireland, 18 min), PROVING TIME TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE, TOMORROW (Iceland, 6 min), THE FUTURE (Italy, 15), EKSI BIR (Turkey, 15 min), THIN LINE (Germany, 20 min), THE PROFESSIONAL PARENT (Romania/Slovakia/Spain, 14 min) followed by Q&A.
07:30 PM
Theatrical Performance
BETUN performed by Teatro Strappato.
— Fortezza di Montalcino —
09:30 PM
International Features Competition
CHOPIN, CHOPIN! ( 2025 | Poland, 133 min.) watch the TRAILER
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
— Teatro degli Astrusi, Montalcino —
04:00 PM
International Short Competition – Running time 69 min
RHUBARB RHUBARB (UK, 15 min), DEEP IN MY HEART IS A SONG (United States, 15 min), BLACK BEAST (France, 22min), THE SPECTACLE (France/Hungary, 17 min) followed by Q&A.
07:00 PM
AWARD CEREMONY