A NEW IDEA OF FESTIVAL FOR NEW IDEAS OF CINEMA.
Every edition is created from a concept developed by an artistic director chosen among the Italian filmmaking new generation. We involve the directors into a curatorial experience that has the goal of empowering film literacy and film culture in all its possibilities.
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE SHORT FILMS.
We engage with directors in in-depth conversation about their work. We then bring the public to watch their short and we develop a debate with the public as well. Our spectators usually are film enthusiast or come from the industry. For us, it is all about the content and the form of the film.
SEASON 4 EDITIONS
III EDITION @ ROME
December 18th, 2025, Rome
Artistic direction by Beatrice Baldacci
II EDITION @ ROME
Nov 19th, Rome
Artistic direction by Angela Norelli
I EDITION @ ROME
October 23rd, Rome
Artistic direction by Giulia Cosentino
SEASON 3 EDITIONS
VII EDITION @ ROME
Mar 7th, 2025, Rome
Artistic direction by Gaia Siria Meloni and Giulio Mezza
VI EDITION @ ROME
Nov 28th, Rome
Artistic direction by José Luis Aparicio Ferrera
V EDITION @ ROME
May 3rd, Rome
Artistic direction by Eclettica
IV EDITION @ ROME
Apr 22nd, Rome
Artistic direction by Gabriele Biasi
III EDITION @ PALERMO
Nov 9th, Palermo
Artistic direction by Collettivo Corrente
II EDITION @ ROME
Oct 12th, Rome
Artistic direction by Antonio Romagnoli
I EDITION @ BOLOGNA
April 21st 2023, Bologna
Artistic direction by Olga Torrico & Adam Selo
SEASON 2 EDITIONS
XII EDITION @ ROME
Oct 4th 2022, Rome
Artistic direction by Lorenzo Tardella
XI EDITION @ ROME
Apr 13th 2022, Rome
Artistic direction by Eleonora Contessi
X EDITION @ ROME
Feb 23rd 2022, Rome
Artistic direction by Andrea Gatopoulos
IX EDITION @ ROME
Sep 28th 2021, Rome
Artistic direction by Giulia Grandinetti
VIII EDITION @ ONLINE
May 20-23 2021, Online
Artistic direction by Antonio Di Biase & Davide Perego – Tafano
VII EDITION @ ONLINE
Apr 7-11 2021, Online
Artistic direction by Veronica Spedicati
VI EDITION @ ONLINE
Jan 26-29 2021, Online
Artistic direction by Giulia Di Battista
V EDITION @ ONLINE
Dec 18-22nd 2020, Online
Artistic direction by Tommaso Frangini
IV EDITION @ ROME
Oct 17th 2020, Roma
Artistic direction by Alain Parroni
III EDITION @ SCARIO
Aug 2nd 2020, Scario
Artistic direction by Tommaso Santambrogio
II EDITION @ ROME
Feb 24th 2020, Rome
Artistic direction by Marcello Di Trocchio
I EDITION @ ROME
Jan 3rd 2020, Rome
Artistic direction by Toni Trupia
SEASON 1 EDITIONS
CLOSING CEREMONY @ ROME
Dec 16th 2019, Rome
Hosted by Atelier Montez
X EDITION @ ROME
Nov 25th 2019, Rome
Artistic direction by Daniele Parisi
IX EDITION @ ROME
October 28th 2019, Rome
Artistic direction by Adriano Giotti
VIII EDITION @ ROME
September 30th 2019, Rome
Artistic direction by Paolo Strippoli
VII EDITION @ ATHENS
24th June 2019, Athens
Artistic direction by Konstantinos Stragalinos
VI EDITION @ PESCARA
8th June 2019, Pescara
Artistic direction by Lorenzo Berghella
V EDITION @ ROME
6th May 2019, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Samuele Sestieri
IV EDITION @ ROME
25th February 2019, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Rossella Inglese
III EDITION @ ROME
21st January 2019, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Elio Di Pace
II EDITION @ ROME
19th November 2018, Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Lilian Sassanelli
I EDITION @ ROME
8th October 2018 , Cinema Greenwich, Rome
Artistic direction by Andrea Gatopoulos
STAFF
GAIA SIRIA MELONI
Born in 1990, Gaia Siria Meloni is a director and cultural worker. A sociologist who graduated from La Sapienza University of Rome, she completed a diploma in documentary filmmaking at the Civica Scuola di Cinema in Milan. Winner of the 2022–23 Zavattini Prize, she directed the short documentary ma·tri·mò·nio, awarded at numerous festivals. She has worked as an assistant director on major projects such as Labirinti (Giornate degli Autori 2024) and Gianni Versace. L’imperatore dei sogni (Torino Film Festival 2023). Since 2018, she has run the Nuovo Cinema Aquila and serves as president of the youth association “La Cetra di Apollo” and artistic director of the Free Aquila Festival.
GIULIO MEZZA
Giulio Mezza, born in 1993, graduated from the Teatro Stabile of Genoa and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. He has acted in theatre productions, films, and TV series such as Romanzo Radicale, Mary and George, and A Sudden Case of Christmas. At the same time, he is the artistic director of the Free Aquila Festival, now in its fifth edition, and manages the Nuovo Cinema Aquila together with Cinema Mundi Coop.