All sections BFM 44

BFM — 44
BFM — 44
7 - 15 March 2026

9 days of great cinema: retrospective, animation, contaminations between cinema and the arts, special events and on…

Competition Exhibition

Dedicated to new authors, the international competition will premiere 7 feature films, never before screened in Italy, characterized by their stylistic and narrative originality in dealing with contemporary themes.

Close Up

14 Independent international productions never before screened in Italy. Documentary films in which the inquisitive and attentive gaze of the director delves without hesitation into the heart of reality, proving capable of grasping and synthesising the visible and the invisible, narrating a theme, a place, a character in “close-ups”, with intensity and participation.

Europe, Now!

Ildikó Enyedi and Alex van Warmerdam take centre stage in the section that has long been devoted to contemporary European auteur cinema!

Animation cinema:
*pinscreen*

A focus on pinscreen animation, a handcrafted technique yielding oneiric, dreamlike imagery.

BFM +

A varied section full of surprises, expanding the programme that Bergamo Film Meeting offers its audience. Special events, premieres, classics, and curated strands developed in collaboration with the organisations and institutions the festival has partnered with for many years.

AFFN – Archive Film Festival Network

A journey through 1950s cinema.

Agnieszka Holland retrospective

BFM 44 pays tribute to one of the most significant figures of contemporary European cinema.

Homage to
Louis de Funès

A tribute to Louis de Funès, the legendary star of post-war French comedy.

Homage to
Abbas Kiarostami

On the tenth anniversary of his passing, BFM 44 honours Abbas Kiarostami with a major tribute.

Kino Club

The Festival’s special event for schools!