Italian cultural and film festival programming

Various cultural and cinematic events are scheduled across Italy for September 2026.

Film-related activities include the Italian premiere of the romantic comedy ‘La bambola’ at the fifth Capalbio Film Festival, as well as a retrospective on director Bernardo Bertolucci at the Vicoli Corti festival in Massafra. The Cecinema Festival in Cecina will focus on ironic and social cinema, while the ‘Evò ce Esù Visioni’ festival in Martignano will highlight minority languages, including Sign Language, Corsican, Sardinian, and Occitan.

The Vicoli Corti – Cinema di Periferia festival in Massafra is concluding its twenty-first edition with a retrospective titled ‘L’Anticonformista’, dedicated to the legendary Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci. Starting September 17, the event will feature three restored films screened at the “N. Resta” Municipal Theater: ‘Prima della rivoluzione’ (1964), ‘Il conformista’ (1970), and ‘The Dreamers’ (2003). Organized in collaboration with the Bernardo Bertolucci Foundation and several other entities, admission to these screenings is free.

Other scheduled performances include the musical fable ‘Polimero, un burattino di plastica’ in Brisighella, which presents an ecological reimagining of Pinocchio to address plastic pollution.