Adonella Marena Award by Michele Vicenti, Italy, 2025, 20 min. - In competition, regional premiere In the arid landscape of the Alta Murgia, Raffaele—a farmer and guardian of the land—faces recurring wildfires that threaten the fields and biodiversity. His daily role as a sentinel reveals the fragility of a land undergoing desertification and the impact of the climate crisis on the lives of those who live there. #ClimateChange #Desertification #EnvironmentalCrisis Michele Vic

Pace Preventiva Award by Gabriele Gravagna, Italy, 2023, 15' – In competition Three Nigerian girls were killed in Palermo in 2011. The public will say they were just “prostitutes,” but the woman who tells us this story, looking us straight in the eye, reminds us that Loveth, Favour, and Bose were human beings. Osas Egbon is the president of the first Italian association against the exploitation of prostitution, made up entirely of Nigerian women who were former victims of tra

gli occhiali di Gandhi Award by Amir Zargara, Iran, 2025, 25' – In Competition, Regional Premiere The story follows Arash, a dedicated professional wrestler who strives to win gold medals for his country, but who ends up caught up in the turmoil of political instability and social unrest. He is faced with a choice: stand up to tyranny or pursue his personal ambitions. The film is inspired by the life of Navid Afkari, an Iranian wrestler who was executed under controversial ci