The Capital lights up with cinema!
From October 13 to 25, the Rome Film Fest returns to MAXXI — a journey through films, talks, and great emotions.
Monica Vitti is the star of the official poster for the 21st edition of the Festival. Ninety-five years after her birth, the Festival is honouring the great actress – one of the finest performers in Italian cinema – with a photograph taken by Sergio Strizzi on the set of *L’eclisse*, Michelangelo Antonioni’s masterpiece, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.
Ticket or accreditation holders for the 21st edition of the Festival are entitled to reduced admission to all Museum exhibitions. Conversely, visitors with a MAXXI ticket or a myMAXXI card can enjoy a 20% discount on all Festival events.
all screenings at MAXXI
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER
3:30 pm – Special Screenings
Artefici di meraviglia. Viaggio nell’illusionismo
Francesca Bellucci, Italia, 2026, 51’
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5 pm – Freestyle Arts
L’imaginifico. Gabriele d’Annunzio
Mauro Bartoli, Italy, 2026, 70’
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7 pm – Special Screenings
Birds of War
Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak, UK, Syria, Lebanon, 2026, 85’
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9 pm – Freestyle Film
Mission
Paul Wright, UK, 2026, 87’
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FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER
3 pm – Grand Public
The Secret Reading Club of Kabul
Shakiba Adil, Elina Hirvonen, Finland, Norway, 2026, 95’
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5 pm – Special Screenings
Un hiver russe
Patric Chiha, France, 2026, 87’
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7:15 pm – Special Screenings
L’incontro
Fabrizio Galatea, Italy, 2026, 94’
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9:30 pm – Special Screenings
Wax & Gold
Ruth Beckermann, Austria, Italy, Ethiopia, 2026, 97’
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SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER
3:30 pm
- Special Screenings
Eva Mameli Calvino. La Signora dei fiori
Alessandra Usai, Italy, 2026, 74’
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5:30 pm – Special Screenings
Alea Jacarandas
Hassen Ferhani, Algeria, France, 2026
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7:30 pm – Special Screenings
Nowruz – Nuovo giorno
Francesco Cannavà, Italy, 2026, 74’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self
Sabine Lidl, Germany, Swiss, 2026, 110’
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SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Blu
Denis Brotto, Italy, 2026, 85’
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5:15 pm – Freestyle Film
Bloques erráticos
Thomas Woodroffe, Chile, France, Argentina, 2026, 92’
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7:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
La linea dell’orizzonte
Federico Frascherelli, Italy, 2026, 67’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Walking with Animators
Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet, France, 2026, 104’
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MONDAY 19 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
To Hold a Mountain
Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 105’
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5:15 pm – Freestyle Arts
L’ultimo abbraccio “Chi come me”
Michele Mally, Italy, 2026, 75’
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7:15 pm – Freestyle Film
Interno familiare
Paolo Coletta, Italy, France, 2026, 85’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Spaccanapoli Times
Nadia Baldi, Italy, 2026, 120’
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TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
A mare
Alessandra Cutolo, Italy, 2026, 70’
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5:30 pm – Special Screenings
La stanza degli altri
Enrico Maisto, Italy, Swiss, 2026, 79’
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7:30 pm – Special Screenings
Give Me the Ball!
Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff, USA, 2026, 102’
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9:30 pm – Special Screenings
Giudecca
Maria Tilli, Italy, 2026, 83’
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WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Tutte le stanze che servono
Francesca Sironi, Alberto Gottardo, Italy, 2026, 42’
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4:30 pm – other events
Contemporaneo
free admittance until cpacity
7 pm – Special Screenings
Five Living Buildings (by Renzo Piano)
Jonathan Goodman Levitt, China, Italy, USA, 2026, 85’
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9:30 pm – Special Screenings
Non importa dove
Francesco Fei, Consuelo Moschella, Italy, 2026, 94’
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THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Pegah Ahangarani, Czech Republic, Spain, 2026, 95’
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5 pm – Special Screenings
I fili dell’anima
Francesco Fei, Italy, 2026, 71’
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7 pm – Special Screenings
Il gioco del silenzio
Vincenzo De Caro, Italy, Swiss, 2026, 80’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Ingeborg Bachmann – Someone Who Was Once Me
Regina Schilling, Germany, Austria, 2026, 97’
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FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER
3 pm – Freestyle Arts
Il caso Modigliani
Luca Rea, Italy, 2026, 75’
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5 pm – Special Screenings
Dans la gueule de l’ogre
Mahsa Karampour, France, 2026, 86’
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7 pm – Freestyle Arts
I pesci non chiudono gli occhi
Audrey Gordon, Italy, France, 2026, 65’
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9 pm – Special Screenings
Custodi della memoria. La Natura al tempo del Fuoco
Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini, Italy, 2026, 80’
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SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Alla tua partenza sarà notte
Nicolò Ribolla, Italy, 2026, 94’
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5:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Lucia Di Luciano
Fabio Cherstich, Italy, 2026, 60’
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7 pm – Freestyle Arts
The Oligarch and the Art Dealer
Andreas Dalsgaard, Denmark, France, USA, Netherlands, Swiss, 2026, 118’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Pinocchio, il bambino del mondo
Paolo Borraccetti, Italy, France, 2026, 90’
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SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER
screenings of award-winning films
4pm/em> Festa 8 buy online
6:30 pm/em> Festa 9 buy online
9 pm Festa 5 buy online
The Capital lights up with cinema!
From October 13 to 25, the Rome Film Fest returns to MAXXI — a journey through films, talks, and great emotions.
Monica Vitti is the star of the official poster for the 21st edition of the Festival. Ninety-five years after her birth, the Festival is honouring the great actress – one of the finest performers in Italian cinema – with a photograph taken by Sergio Strizzi on the set of *L’eclisse*, Michelangelo Antonioni’s masterpiece, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962.
Ticket or accreditation holders for the 21st edition of the Festival are entitled to reduced admission to all Museum exhibitions. Conversely, visitors with a MAXXI ticket or a myMAXXI card can enjoy a 20% discount on all Festival events.
all screenings at MAXXI
THURSDAY 15 OCTOBER
3:30 pm – Special Screenings
Artefici di meraviglia. Viaggio nell’illusionismo
Francesca Bellucci, Italia, 2026, 51’
buy online
5 pm – Freestyle Arts
L’imaginifico. Gabriele d’Annunzio
Mauro Bartoli, Italy, 2026, 70’
buy online
7 pm – Special Screenings
Birds of War
Janay Boulos, Abd Alkader Habak, UK, Syria, Lebanon, 2026, 85’
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9 pm – Freestyle Film
Mission
Paul Wright, UK, 2026, 87’
acquista online
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER
3 pm – Grand Public
The Secret Reading Club of Kabul
Shakiba Adil, Elina Hirvonen, Finland, Norway, 2026, 95’
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5 pm – Special Screenings
Un hiver russe
Patric Chiha, France, 2026, 87’
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7:15 pm – Special Screenings
L’incontro
Fabrizio Galatea, Italy, 2026, 94’
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9:30 pm – Special Screenings
Wax & Gold
Ruth Beckermann, Austria, Italy, Ethiopia, 2026, 97’
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SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER
3:30 pm - Special Screenings
Eva Mameli Calvino. La Signora dei fiori
Alessandra Usai, Italy, 2026, 74’
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5:30 pm – Special Screenings
Alea Jacarandas
Hassen Ferhani, Algeria, France, 2026
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7:30 pm – Special Screenings
Nowruz – Nuovo giorno
Francesco Cannavà, Italy, 2026, 74’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self
Sabine Lidl, Germany, Swiss, 2026, 110’
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SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Blu
Denis Brotto, Italy, 2026, 85’
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5:15 pm – Freestyle Film
Bloques erráticos
Thomas Woodroffe, Chile, France, Argentina, 2026, 92’
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7:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
La linea dell’orizzonte
Federico Frascherelli, Italy, 2026, 67’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Walking with Animators
Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet, France, 2026, 104’
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MONDAY 19 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
To Hold a Mountain
Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia, Croatia, 2026, 105’
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5:15 pm – Freestyle Arts
L’ultimo abbraccio “Chi come me”
Michele Mally, Italy, 2026, 75’
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7:15 pm – Freestyle Film
Interno familiare
Paolo Coletta, Italy, France, 2026, 85’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Spaccanapoli Times
Nadia Baldi, Italy, 2026, 120’
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TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
A mare
Alessandra Cutolo, Italy, 2026, 70’
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5:30 pm – Special Screenings
La stanza degli altri
Enrico Maisto, Italy, Swiss, 2026, 79’
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7:30 pm – Special Screenings
Give Me the Ball!
Liz Garbus, Elizabeth Wolff, USA, 2026, 102’
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9:30 pm – Special Screenings
Giudecca
Maria Tilli, Italy, 2026, 83’
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WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Tutte le stanze che servono
Francesca Sironi, Alberto Gottardo, Italy, 2026, 42’
buy online
4:30 pm – other events
Contemporaneo
free admittance until cpacity
7 pm – Special Screenings
Five Living Buildings (by Renzo Piano)
Jonathan Goodman Levitt, China, Italy, USA, 2026, 85’
buy online
9:30 pm – Special Screenings
Non importa dove
Francesco Fei, Consuelo Moschella, Italy, 2026, 94’
buy online
THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Rehearsals for a Revolution
Pegah Ahangarani, Czech Republic, Spain, 2026, 95’
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5 pm – Special Screenings
I fili dell’anima
Francesco Fei, Italy, 2026, 71’
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7 pm – Special Screenings
Il gioco del silenzio
Vincenzo De Caro, Italy, Swiss, 2026, 80’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Ingeborg Bachmann – Someone Who Was Once Me
Regina Schilling, Germany, Austria, 2026, 97’
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FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER
3 pm – Freestyle Arts
Il caso Modigliani
Luca Rea, Italy, 2026, 75’
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5 pm – Special Screenings
Dans la gueule de l’ogre
Mahsa Karampour, France, 2026, 86’
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7 pm – Freestyle Arts
I pesci non chiudono gli occhi
Audrey Gordon, Italy, France, 2026, 65’
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9 pm – Special Screenings
Custodi della memoria. La Natura al tempo del Fuoco
Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini, Italy, 2026, 80’
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SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER
3 pm – Special Screenings
Alla tua partenza sarà notte
Nicolò Ribolla, Italy, 2026, 94’
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5:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Lucia Di Luciano
Fabio Cherstich, Italy, 2026, 60’
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7 pm – Freestyle Arts
The Oligarch and the Art Dealer
Andreas Dalsgaard, Denmark, France, USA, Netherlands, Swiss, 2026, 118’
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9:30 pm – Freestyle Arts
Pinocchio, il bambino del mondo
Paolo Borraccetti, Italy, France, 2026, 90’
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SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER
screenings of award-winning films
4pm/em> Festa 8 buy online
6:30 pm/em> Festa 9 buy online
9 pm Festa 5 buy online