Programme
21:00
Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi in concert
Cinema Teatro San Giovanni Bosco — €18.00 + 1.5 presale fee
Special event
16:00
Masterclass: Before Growing Up — on Abel Ferrara
Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni
Masterclass
18:00
BAFF in the Bookshop: Matteo Inzaghi presents Flashback
Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni
Special event
20:30
Opening night XXIV Edition — Meeting with Abel Ferrara — Turn in the Wound (UK/Germany/Italy/USA, 2024, 77’)
Teatro Sociale Delia Cajelli — €8.00
Special event
10:00
Il gesto delle mani by Francesco Clerici
Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni
Special event
16:00
Masterclass on Rossellini with Michelangelo Frammartino
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €5.00
Masterclass
20:30
La ragazza nella nebbia — Meeting with Donato Carrisi
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €8.00
Special event
10:00
Masterclass: Titicut Follies by Frederick Wiseman
Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni
Masterclass
12:00
BAFF Memorabilia opening
Galleria Boragno
Special event
15:00
Macdo by Racomelia Ezell (Mexico/Greece, 2025, 117’)
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €5.00 (valid for the double afternoon screening)
International competition
20:30
Scerbanenco between novels, cinema and comics
Cinema Nuovo (Varese) — Free admission by reservation
Special event
9:00
Tienimi presente by Alberto Palmiero
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole
Made in Italy Schools
15:00
Boys Go to Jupiter by Julian Glander (USA, 2024, 90’)
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €5.00 (valid for the double afternoon screening)
International competition
17:30
Surprise screening
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole
Special event
20:30
Libera — Meeting with Pappi Corsicato and Isabel Pagliai
Cinema Teatro Dante — €5.00
Special event
9:00
Gioia mia by Margherita Spampinato
Cinema Teatro Manzoni — €5.00
Made in Italy Schools
15:00
Buffet Infinity by Simon Glassman (Canada, 2025, 100’) — with Dino Primo
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €5.00 (valid for the double afternoon screening)
International competition
17:30
Una cosa vicina by Loris G. Nese (Italy, 2025, 90’) — with Loris G. Nese and Chiara Marotta
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole
Italian competition
21:00
Le bambine by Valentina and Nicole Bertani (Italy/Switzerland/France, 2025, 105’) — with Valentina and Nicole Bertani
Sala Ratti — €5.00
Italian competition
21:00
Il mito della Pista Stelvio by Cactus Production in Progress — with Flavio Vanetti
Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni — Free admission
Documentary
9:00
Vita da grandi by Greta Scarano
Cinema Teatro Manzoni — €5.00
Made in Italy Schools
16:00
Masterclass: Afterlives by Kevin B. Lee
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €5.00
Masterclass
20:30
The Chronology of Water by Kristen Stewart (France/Lithuania/UK/USA, 2025, 128’)
Sala Ratti — €5.00
Special event
21:00
Before Growing Up — Short films
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €8.00
Special event
9:30
Orfeo by Virgilio Villoresi
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €5.00
Made in Italy Schools
15:00
Canone effimero by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €5.00
Special event
21:00
I tartassati by Steno — Meeting with Enrico Vanzina
Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole — €8.00
Special event
10:00
The cinema of Gianfranco Brebbia
Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni — €5.00
Special event
15:00
Il damo by Luca Ferri — Meeting with Luca Ferri and Roberto Turigliatto
Sala Piero Monaco (Municipal Library)
Special event
18:00
BAFF in the Bookshop: Davide Ferrario presents La fine della fine
Sala Piero Monaco
Special event
21:00
Closing Night — Gran Concerto Finale
Teatro Sociale Delia Cajelli
Special event
Concert featuring Francesco Tricarico, jazz musician Michele Fazio’s trio (with Carlos Buschini and Mimmo Campanale), accordionist Fausto Beccalossi, Ronnie Jones and singer Dagmar Segbers.
22:00
Hundreds of Beavers by Mike Cheslik
Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni — €5.00
Special event
Guests & Highlights
Education & Culture
Masterclass
6 sessions with great authors of documentary and experimental cinema. From 21 to 27 March, at the Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni and Cinema Fratello Sole.
Discover the Masterclasses6
Sessions
7
Days
2
Venues
Festival Sections
Explore the festival sections
Italian Competition
The best of contemporary Italian cinema in competition.
→International Competition
Films from around the world selected for the international competition.
→Before Growing Up
A retrospective dedicated to the debut films of great directors.
→Special Events
Meetings, masterclasses and special screenings with exceptional guests.
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