Schedule

Politics is an invention without a future

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Piccolo Teatro Patafisico, c/o Complesso Pisani, Via F. La Loggia 5 – Palermo, pad. 33
10.00 a.m. Screening of final projects from the Filmmaker Workshop – Department of Mental Health-CSM1 – Palermo

Cinema Rouge et Noir, P.zza G.ppe Verdi 8 – Palermo | Ticket € 6
8.15 p.m. Wine Tasting from Cantine Rallo
9.00 p.m. Film out of competition

After Hours
Martin Scorsese
USA | 1985 | 97′ | o.v. subt. ITA

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Cre.Zi. Plus c/o Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Via P. Gili 4 – Palermo | Free entrance
8.15 p.m. Wine Tasting from Cantine Rallo
9.15 p.m. Short films in competition

Pierwsze Tango (First Tango)
Aleksander Pakulski | Poland | 2024 | 22’24” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

Póg mo Pigeon
Clíodhna Lyons | Ireland | 2024 | 6’48” | animation

Ce qui appartient à César
Violette Gitton | France | 2024 | 17’59” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

Comply
Padrick Sean Ritch | USA | 2024 | 2’59” | video art

Padre
Michele Gallone | Italy | 2024 | 19’03” | fiction | o.v. subt. ENG

Telles que nous sommes
Annabelle Abdul | France | 2024 | 23’09” | documentary | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

Summer triangle
Maryam Esmaeili, Ali Babai | Iran | 2025 | 7’50” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

Friday, November 7, 2025

Cre.Zi. Plus c/o Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Via P. Gili 4 – Palermo | Free entrance
8.15 p.m. Wine Tasting from Cantine Rallo
9.15 p.m. Short films in competition

Such a lovely day
Simon Woods | UK | 2023 | 17’23” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA

Playing God
Matteo Burani | Italy | 2024 | 8’59” | animation

Create; survive
Alex Anna | Canada | 2024 | 19’58” | documentary | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

Schnurrbart Nietzsche, I baffi di Nietzsche
Giuseppe Zimmardi | Italy | 2025 | 8’59” | video art

Martha
Léo Médard | France | 2022 | 24’29” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

Movie & Sound
Daniel Contaldo | Italy | 2024 | 10’39” | documentary | o.v. subt. ENG

Happy snaps
Tyro Heath | UK | 2024 | 12’05” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Cre.Zi. Plus c/o Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Via P. Gili 4 – Palermo | Free entrance
8.15 p.m. Wine Tasting from Cantine Rallo
9.15 p.m. Short films in competition

Campo libero
Cristina Principe | Italy | 2025 | 15’44” | documentary | o.v. subt. ENG

Lost in space
Areta Gàmbaro | Italy | 2025 | 3’55” | animation

Two for the road
Lochlainn McKenna | Ireland | 2023 | 18’35” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA

Phantom Sugar
Shu Cao | China | 2024 | 15’10” | video art | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

The professional parent
Erik Jasaň | Romania, Slovakia | 2024 | 14’28” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA+ENG

Dinosaur Man
Kazuya Ashizawa | Japan | 2025 | 12’22” | documentary

Room taken
TJ O’Grady – Peyton | Ireland | 2023 | 18’30” | fiction | o.v. subt. ITA

Sunday, November 9, 2025

Cinema Rouge et Noir, P.zza G.ppe Verdi 8 – Palermo | Free entrance
8 p.m. Wine Tasting from Cantine Rallo
8.30 p.m. Announcement of the winners and screening of the winning shorts

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