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BFM — 44
BFM — 44

Cult Movies
Tony Curtis

Tribute to Tony Curtis, the actor chosen as testimonial for BFM 44’s Support campaign.

  • No Room for the GroomItalian title: Non c’è posto per lo sposo
    Directed by Douglas Sirk
    Usa / 1952 / 82’, bw, O.V., o.v. sub. it.
  • Some Like it HotItalian title: A qualcuno piace caldo
    Directed by Billy Wilder
    Usa / 1959 / 121’, bw, O.V., o.v. sub. it.
  • Some Like it HotItalian title: A qualcuno piace caldo
    Directed by Billy Wilder
    Usa / 1959 / 121’, bw, O.V., o.v. sub. it.
  • The Defiant OnesItalian title: La parete di fango
    Directed by Stanley Kramer
    Usa / 1958 / 96’, bw, O.V., o.v. sub. it.
  • Who Was That Lady?Italian title: Chi era quella signora?
    Directed by George Sidney
    Usa / 1960 / 115’, bw, O.V., o.v. sub. it.

The other Wajda

A tribute to the master of Polish cinema Andrzej Wajda, on the centenary of his birth and ten years after his death.

In collaboration with Istituto Polacco di Roma and Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych.

  • BrzezinaItalian title: Il bosco di betulle
    Directed by Andrzej Wajda
    Poland / 1970 / 99’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.
  • Panny z WilkaItalian title: Le signorine di Wilko
    Directed by Andrzej Wajda
    Poland, France / 1979 / 118’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.
  • TatarakItalian title: Tatarak
    Directed by Andrzej Wajda
    Poland / 1985 / 85’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.
  • Ziemia obiecanaItalian title: La terra della grande promessa
    Directed by Andrzej Wajda
    Poland / 1975 / 179’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.

IFF Integrazione
Film Festival

Organised by Cooperativa Ruah, the IFF – Integrazione Film Festival is an event that has been exploring themes related to identity, inclusion and interculturalism for twenty years. The selection proposed at BFM 2026 brings together some of the most significant short films from recent editions of the Festival, which stand out for their ability to offer intimate and original perspectives on experiences of migration, dual cultural belonging, motherhood and choice.

  • A.O.C. – Appellation d’Origine ContrôléeItalian title: DOP – Denominazione di Origine Protetta [t.l.]
    Directed by Samy Sidali
    France / 2022 / 18’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.
  • In una gocciaItalian title: In una goccia
    Directed by Valeria Weerasinghe
    Italy / 2023 / 8’, col., O.V., no dialogue
  • Tria – Del sentimento di tradireItalian title: Tria – Del sentimento di tradire
    Directed by Giulia Grandinetti
    Italy / 2022 / 17', col., O.V., o.v. sub. en.
  • أعجوبة الحياةItalian title: Il miracolo della vita [t.l.]
    Directed by Sabrine Khoury
    Palestine, The Netherlands / 2025 / 8’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.

Sci-fi marathon

  • De dødes tjernItalian title: Il lago dei morti [t.l.]
    Directed by Kåre Bergstrøm
    Norway / 1958 / 76’, bw, O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.
  • Friday the 13thItalian title: Venerdì 13
    Directed by Sean S. Cunningham
    Usa / 1980 / 95’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it.

Film without borders

The audio description is made by Centro Diego Fabbri. Subtitles for the hearing impaired are provided by Giuliana Sana (SLang – Soluzioni Linguistiche). The event is in collaboration with MovieReading.

An event organised by “Spazi aperti per una cultura accessibile”, a project promoted by Fondazione Comunità Bergamasca as part of Fondazione Cariplo’s Crowd4Culture call for proposals

  • Non ci resta che piangereItalian title: Non ci resta che piangere
    Directed by Roberto Benigni, Massimo Troisi
    Italy / 1984 / 107’, col., O.V., v.o. SDH it. / sub en.

50 years of
Lab 80 film

  • El cochecitoItalian title: El cochecito – La vetturetta
    Directed by Marco Ferreri
    Spain / 1960 / 85’, bw, 35 mm, sub. en.
  • Il vento fa il suo giroItalian title: Il vento fa il suo giro
    Directed by Giorgio Diritti
    Italy / 2005 / 110’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.
  • KárhozatItalian title: Perdizione
    Directed by Béla Tarr
    Hungary / 1987 / 116’, bw, O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.

Encounters: Cinema and Contemporary Art

This year’s event, curated by The Blank, features Elena Duque, a Spanish-Venezuelan director, programmer, writer and lecturer. The selection offers seven videos in which the artist alternates dreamlike everyday scenes with frames that appear as a rhythmic escalation of stills, windows, tiles, postcards and various modules that link together in an evolving visual mosaic. Elena Duque will return to Bergamo in November as a guest of the 16th edition of ArtDate, the contemporary art festival organised by The Blank, which this year has MAGIC as its theme.

  • Menta y canelaItalian title: Menta e cannella [t.l.]
    Directed by Elena Duque
    Spain / 2016 / 4’, col., O.V., no dialogue
  • Ojitos mentirososItalian title: Occhietti bugiardi [t.l.]
    Directed by Elena Duque
    Spain / 2023 / 6’, col., O.V., no dialogue
  • Pla y CancelaItalian title: Pla y Cancela
    Directed by Elena Duque
    Spain / 2017 / 2’41’’, col., O.V., no dialogue
  • PortalesItalian title: Portali [t.l.]
    Directed by Elena Duque
    Spain / 2025 / 15’45’’, col., O.V., no dialogue
  • PostalesItalian title: Cartoline [t.l.]
    Directed by Elena Duque
    Spain / 2016 / 3’, col., O.V., no dialogue
  • ValdediósItalian title: Valdediós
    Directed by Elena Duque
    Spain / 2019 / 3’11’’, col., O.V., no dialogue
  • ÑamItalian title: Gnàm [t.l.]
    Directed by Elena Duque
    Spain / 2014 / 2’, col., O.V., no dialogue

Ermanno Olmi Prize

In 2019, the City of Bergamo established the Ermanno Olmi Award in memoriam of the late lamented director and fellow citizen. Main goal of the Ermanno Olmi Award is the promotion of young filmmakers and their works. It is addressed to filmmakers of all nationalities and not older than 30. The short film El pütì pèrs/The Lost Child by Paolo Baiguera (Italy, 2025) won first prize and will be screened again during this edition of the Festival, along with the other finalist films.

  • Alien MindsItalian title: Menti aliene [t.l.]
    Directed by Florian Rudolph
    Germany, Switzerland / 2025 / 5’24’’, col. , O.V., o.v. sub. it.
  • El pütì pèrsItalian title: Il bambino smarrito [t.l.]
    Directed by Paolo Baiguera
    Italy / 2025 / 13’11’’, col., O.V., o.v. sub. it./en.
  • Two ShipsItalian title: Due navi [t.l.]
    Directed by McKinley Benson
    Portugal, Usa / 2025 / 6’50’’, col., O.V., no dialogue

BFM opens
Bergamo Jazz

The customary handover between Bergamo Film Meeting and Bergamo Jazz Festival this year features a live soundtrack for Rudolf Biebrach’s film Gräfin Küchenfee/Countess Kitchenmaid (Germany, 1918) by Virginia Sutera, one of the leading figures on the contemporary improvised music scene.

In collaboration with Bergamo Jazz Festival