by Nebojsa Slijepcevic, Croatia, Bulgaria, France, Slovenia, 2024, 14' – Out of competition, regional premiere February 27, 1993, Štrpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces carrying out an ethnic cleansing operation. Of all the innocent civilians on board, only one in 500 passengers dares to oppose them. This is the true story of Tomo Buzov, the man who could not remain silent. #ethniccleansing #balkans #war Born i

by Filippo Ciccone, 20', Italy, 2024 - In competition, regional premiere A journey through four communities in Ecuador and Colombia who have chosen to radically change their lifestyles to live in harmony with nature. Through faces, everyday gestures, and lush landscapes, the film presents a possible model of sustainability, where caring for the environment becomes a collective choice and a shared dream. Yo vivo aquÍ fits into the contemporary environmental film genre, but wi

by Hamed Nobari, 1', Iran, 2024 - In competition, national preview A minute of visual poetry celebrating the wonder of childhood. Through the contrast of red and blue, the film follows a child immersed in the magic of the sea and its fish, transforming a simple gesture into a small ritual of discovery. #ecology #CinemaDArte #NatureToProtect Hamed Nobari is an Iranian director working in short films and audiovisual production. He is the founder of Elixir Image, a production a

by Farnoosh Abedi, Negar Fardiah, Iran, 2025, 25' – in competition, national premiere The unbearable lightness of the death of loved ones... There are wounds in life that eat away at you like the plague. The weight of the death of loved ones sometimes becomes so oppressive that another birth is inevitable to free oneself from it. #endoflife #parents #biology #accompanyingdeath Farnoosh Abedi was born in 1985 in Isfahan, Iran. A graduate of the Faculty of Arts and Architectur

by Marco Di Gerlando and Ludovica Gibelli, Italy, 13' - regional premiere, in competition On Holocaust Remembrance Day, a professor proposes an experiment to his class that highlights the dynamics of exclusion and responsibility. Through the students' eyes, the film questions the present and invites reflection on how the mechanisms of discrimination arise—and how to counteract them. #DayOfRemembrance #AgainstDiscrimination #CivicEducation #CollectiveResponsibility #NoToExclus

by Antoine Chapon, France, 2025, 23' – In Competition, Regional Premiere Ten years after the demolition of the Basateen al-Razi neighborhood in Damascus, two former residents reconstruct, using their memories, what no longer exists. Through testimonies, archival materials, and the very 3D animations created by the regime to promote the new "Marota City," the film explores the violent erasure of a place and the resistance of the stories that inhabited it. A work that intertwin

by Emmanuel Rondeau, France, 2024, 24' - out of competition, regional preview Just two hours from Rome, in the wild heart of Italy, the central Apennines are home to deer, wild boar, bears, and wolves. With the return of nature, it is increasingly intertwined with the lives of the rural communities that inhabit this region. "A Story of Coexistence" explores the evolving relationship between nature and people. For those with open minds and hearts, there are surprising opportun

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

by Benjamin Hindrichs 2024, 14' – Spain/Brazil/Germany - In Competition, Regional Premiere Lucila, an elderly indigenous healer living in the Amazon rainforest, watches the fires approach her home and community. As the threat grows, an ancient desire resurfaces, a lifelong dream, and she asks a question that is both intimate and cosmic: "What will happen when we die—me and the forest?" The film intertwines intimacy, spirituality, and the climate crisis, revealing the fragilit

by Cesare Maglioni, 2025, 22, out of competition, regional preview A filmic letter a father dedicates to his newborn daughter becomes the starting point for a reflection on the future, the fragility of the planet, and the memory of women persecuted as "witches." Through poetic images and water as a recurring symbol, Maglioni intertwines intimacy and civic engagement, questioning the world we will leave to future generations. #ecology, #eco-sustainability #women'srights Cesare

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

by Danilo Stanimirović, Serbia, 2024, 13' – In Competition, National Premiere Miša is a quiet boy living in a Serbian immigrant neighborhood in Zurich. One day, he finds an abandoned kitten and puts it in his backpack. #deeprelationships, #affection #innerpeace Danilo Stanimirović is a young film student living in Belgrade, Serbia. He was born at the end of the 20th century in a small town, where he attended elementary and middle school. He currently studies film and digita

Sometimes we would like our awards to change the world. Watching these two documentaries, we realized that this is not as important as facing conflicts without giving up, stubbornly continuing to recognize a possible solution: and doing so with the joyful awareness that we are fighting for a world of peace. For this reason, the jury of Gandhi's Glasses awards the prize ex aequo to: COEXISTENCE, MY ASS! by Amber Fares and THE CLOWN OF GAZA by Abdulrahman Sabbah For transformi

By Dario Cambiano In recent days, the film festival created by our Study Centre, Give Peace a Screen, was hosted by the Festival delle Missioni and the Municipality of Modica: two events that allowed us to create synergy by talking to dozens of people and discussing together how art, specifically cinema, can contribute to peace processes. Cinema mirrors our behaviour and attitudes, and observing ourselves “from the outside”, through the staging created by other human beings,

The jury of the Preventive Peace prize offered by Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, formed by Paolo Naldini, Fortunato D'Amico, Ruggero Poi and Saverio Teruzzi, awards the prize to EKSI BIR by Ömer Ferhat Özmen, Turkey The Preventive Peace 2024 Award passes through the kitchen of Omer Ferhat Ozmen and is awarded to Eksi Bir with the following motivation: for narrating the metaphorical descent-ascent of the protagonist through his own certainties in the scenic backdrop

By Yaser Talebi, Iran, 2023, 25 ' - out of competition - national premiere After the death of her mother, 18-year-old Sahar is left to...

by Rianne Stremmelaar, Netherlands, 2023, 2' - in competition A colony of crows lives in a forest near a house from which a little girl...

by Saeed Moltaji, Iran, 9' - out of competition In war-torn Gaza, a determined reporter struggling with poor Internet conditions decides...

by Elissa Melconian, Tess Lanfranchi-Rezzouk, France, 2023, 30', in competition A victim of sexual abuse, Charlie runs away from her life...

By Kaveh Sistani, Fariba Farzanfar, Iran, 2023, 6' - out of competition Waking up from a dream, a soldier preparing for a shooting...