06 May 2026
Four new previews from the official selection have been announced.
Among the titles in the Biografilm Italia section:
What can a son do against the loss of his father’s memories? Giacomo պայքts to keep alive the things and people Sandro has loved: he reconstructs and films with him the key moments of a life that Alzheimer’s is slowly dissolving. Cinema becomes a visionary and deeply tender act of love, capable of preserving shared time forever. The film was awarded, while still a project, at Bio to B Doc and had its world premiere at Hot Docs in Toronto.
In post-war Naples, four daughters quietly challenge the authority of their strict father, Gennaro. Through Super 8 footage, a family’s memories resurface, revealing the lasting impact of patriarchy and a difficult, silent journey toward change at a crucial moment in Italian history. This is the directorial debut of Valerio Bonelli, an acclaimed editor who has worked on the miniseries SanPa – Luci e tenebre di San Patrignano and M – Il figlio del secolo, among many others.
October 13, 1990: Luisa has just given birth to her second child. In the maternity ward, everything seems suspended in a fragile stillness, until something impossible to name draws her toward the window. At just 19, Luisa takes her own life. More than thirty years later, that son composes a portrait of absence. A bold, near-experimental work that confronts the taboo subject of maternal suicide. The soundtrack was composed in a burst of inspiration by Vinicio Capossela, who immediately connected with the film.
Amid drag, dog play, orgies, solitude and ecstasy, people of all kinds gather at Berlin’s legendary KitKatClub in search of love, freedom, limits, and themselves. A cinematic experience about freedom, intimacy, identity, sex, and overcoming shame—both raw and poetic. Presented at Thessaloniki Doc Fest and CPH:DOX, the film portrays a provocative and transgressive club that is, above all, a safe and communal refuge. Entry is affordable and drink prices are standard. The main requirement to get in is to dress extravagantly—the less clothing, the better—and to be ready to shock and be joyfully shocked. The film will be screened as a special event for Pride Month.
