Rome Film Festival announces juries for 2026 edition

The Rome Film Festival has announced the juries for its twenty-first edition, scheduled to take place from October 13 to 25, 2026, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone. The festival is presided over by Salvatore Nastasi with artistic direction by Paola Malanga.

Polish director and screenwriter Jan Komasa will chair the Progressive Cinema competition jury. He is joined by Brazilian actress and producer Alice Braga, Palestinian-Canadian poet and actress Saja Kilani, Spanish director Carlos Marques-Marcet, and Italian-American director Alessio Rigo de Righi. The jury will award prizes for Best Film, Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, and a Special Jury Prize among eighteen competing titles.

A separate jury for the Best Work award, focusing on young authors, will be led by Italian director Ludovica Rampoldi, alongside French director Pauline Loquès and Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu.