The Festival of Cinema in Rome and Alice in the city returns to the Capital from 13 to 25 October 2026, with a program that brings together Italian and international cinemas, previews, documentaries, meetings with stars and new television productions. The twenty-first edition of the Festival takes place mainly at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, while the twenty-fourth edition of Alice in the city flanks the main event a path dedicated above all to young people and new generations.
Many appointments with movies that are out and TV series coming. A great stock soup for an event that attracts for the big names brought, difficult to follow and that does nothing but increase the background noise around the audiovisual industry, too much chaos and nothing really remains. For record, here are some highlights of the most important things there will be.
Festa del Cinema di Roma 2026: i film più attesi
The sound of the new things of Paolo Genovese, with Emanuela Fanelli, Edoardo Pesce, Claudia Pandolfi, Lino Musella, Stefano Accorsi, Vittoria Puccini and Claudio Santamaria. Among the Italian titles to keep an eye on there is also Cambodia, debut at the direction of Valerio Lundini with Benedetta Porcaroli and Gabriel Montesi, while Susanna Nicchiarelli presents Happy Days, with Carlotta Gamba and Riccardo Scamarcio.
The international program brings established authors and interpreters to Rome. In The Debut, directed by Jesse Eisenberg, they play Julianne Moore, Paul Giamatti and Halle Bailey; Simon Stone’s Elsinore brings together Andrew Scott, Olivia Colman and Billie Piper. Among the most recognizable previews for the general public are also Klara and the Sun, directed by Taika Waititi and interpreted by Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams and Steve Buscemi, and Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, with Deva Cassel and Romain Duris.
Other events include Je so’ lunatic, with Massimiliano Caiazzo, and Me, You by Bille August, who sets an international cast in which Brian Cox, Tim Roth and Laura Morante appear. On the documentary side, Kasia Smutniak presents Mustang, while other titles explore figures and worlds of culture, art and entertainment.
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Le serie TV alla Festa del Cinema: da All’s Fair a VisionQuest
Many TV series presented, not with some criteria but only with the aim of having cast members. It is true that one of the worst titles of last year, All’s Fair, is presented with the world premiere of the first episode of the second season and the presence of the cast that sees Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson and Niecy Nash-Betts. Always Disney brings VisionQuest with Paul Bettany and James Spader, presented with the first two episodes and a preview of the third. The programme also includes 177 days. The kidnapping of Farouk coming on Rai 1, series of Carlo Carlei with Marco Bocci and Antonia Desplat who reconstructs the kidnapping of the child occurred in Sardinia in 1992, and Melania Rea, directed by Stefano Mordini and interpreted by Maria Esposito who will be on HBO Max. Other Italian productions include Chiaroscuro, crime with Pierpaolo Spollon, Matilde Gioli in November on Netflix; The Panini family – The adventure of figurines, with Serena Ross in December on the Raii; Livatino – The judge and his assassins, directed by Michele Placido for the Rai; and Il milanese, with Alessandro Tedeschi and Vittoria Puccini always on the Rai.
Gli ospiti più attesi della Festa
Among the international names associated with the films are Jenna Ortega, protagonist of Klara and the Sun, Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, in the cast of The Debut, as well as Andrew Scott and Olivia Colman, interpreters of Elsinore. Great attention also for Deva Cassel, protagonist of Le Fantôme de l’Opéra, and for Kasia Smutniak, who returns to Rome with the documentary Mustang.
The edition also offers space to very popular Italian faces, from Valerio Lundini to Benedetta Porcaroli, passing through Massimiliano Caiazzo, Riccardo Scamarcio and Carlotta Gamba. The actual presence of the artists on the red carpet can vary according to the commitments and organizational confirmations: the names related to the films in the program do not automatically match the presences guaranteed to each projection.
Alice nella città 2026: Barry Keoghan, Jeremy Renner e Susan Sarandon
In parallel to the Festival there is the twenty-fourth edition of Alice in the city, with an international competition, special screenings and a section dedicated to Italian cinema. Among the guests announced stands Barry Keoghan, expected to accompany Butterfly Jam, film directed by Kantemir Balagov. The presence of Jeremy Renner, the protagonist of a masterclass dedicated to acting and his career, during which he will present the memoir My Next Breath, focused on rebirth after the serious accident of 2023.
Another important event is Susan Sarandon, who accompanied The Accompanist, directed by Zach Woods, and received the Womenlands Excellence Award 2026. The same award is awarded to Carmen Consoli and Giovanna Mezzogiorno, confirming a program that supports cinema to other forms of artistic expression and the valorization of women’s work.
Among the Italian films to follow is If tomorrow I do not return Paola Randi, presented in co-production with the Festa del Cinema and linked to a topic of strong topicality: violence against women. Alice also offers international titles in competition, meetings with authors and projections designed to bring the youngest audience to the cinema.
Dove si svolgono la Festa del Cinema e Alice nella città
The Festival of Cinema in Rome takes place from 13 to 25 October 2026, with its main center at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone and events also distributed in other cultural places of the city. Alice in the city takes place on the same dates, with an autonomous and parallel program. For timetables, rooms and ticket availability it is advisable to consult the official calendars, because individual projections and meetings with guests can have different access modes.
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