La Settima Arte - Cinema & Industry

Film Festival in Rimini - VIII Edition

from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 May 2025
Multiple Events

The Seventh Art - Cinema and Industry is back to Rimini. Now in its seventh edition, the event, organized by Confindustria Romagna, Cinema Fulgor and University of Bologna - Department of Arts, in collaboration with the Municipality of Rimini, was created with the aim of spreading the values of the film industry and supporting the sector and all its related industries.
Four days divided into a program of free events, with screenings, masterclasses, training sessions, conferences, exhibitions, book presentations, up to the ceremony for the awarding of the "Cinema and Industry" award assigned by a jury of experts chaired by the famous director Pupi Avati. 
 In its seventh edition, the Settima Arte Cinema e Industria will celebrate the Italian and international industry committed to facing constant changes and abrupt technological changes, such as Artificial Intelligence, but which always manages to resist and face challenges by appealing to the public thanks to the quality of its productions. 
Among this year's novelties is the twinning of La Settima Arte and #24FramealSecondo Rome Short Film Festival, with the aim of highlighting the talents of the ‘Z generation’, aspiring future professionals in the sector.

Info

Place: 
Rimini, several venues
Entrance: 
gratuito
Manifesto La Settima Arte Cinema e Industria

Additional information

Poster of the seventh edition. The image, as per tradition, is intended as a tribute to the great names in the history of Italian cinema. It was chosen a photograph of a moment of work on the set of Pasqualino Settebellezze, celebrating its 50th anniversary, with director Lina Wertmüller and the film's protagonist Giancarlo Giannini. The shot was taken by photographer Tony Benetti and is kept at the Cineteca Nazionale - CSC Photographic Archive. The film brought Lina Wertmüller a nomination for four Academy Awards and she was also the first woman to be nominated for the Best Director award for this work.