The eleventh edition of Filming Italy – Los Angeles, conceived and directed by Tiziana Rocca, will be held from 10 to 14 February 2026. More than the number of editions, to count is the way the festival has built over time its identity: an event that puts in circulation films, people and relationships, bringing Italian cinema out of its natural context and forcing it every year to confront a different productive, cultural and industrial system.
The official presentation of the initiative has returned this complexity in advance. Distance links, institutions, artists, music and cinema have intertwined in an online meeting with irregular but familiar operation: sudden inputs and exits, interventions from the phone, some absence due to technical problems. A light chaos that ended up reflecting, without wanting, the very nature of the festival.
The 2026 edition will be marked by two supporting axes. The first is the tribute to Franco Nero, who will receive the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category Motion Pictures, becoming the third Italian artist celebrated by the festival after Gina Lollobrigida and Giancarlo Giannini. Black will also be dedicated a retrospective, with a selection of titles that cross over sixty years of career. The second is the presence of Anna Ferzetti as the ambassador of the festival: the actress will present The grace of Paolo Sorrentino, for which he will receive the Best Performance Award, and Tomorrow I interrupt, confirming an increasingly marked female centrality in the program.
During the presentation, Chiara Sbarigia, president of the APA – Audiovisual Manufacturers Association, reiterated the value of Filming Italy – Los Angeles as an instrument of international circulation of Italian audiovisual, capable of strengthening professional relations and cultural dialogue in a market that is now structurally global.
Among the interventions also that of Paolo Genovese, veteran from the exit in room of FolleMente, comedy that will be presented during the festival. The film is part of a program that alternates very different titles: from the popular success of Buen Camino di Checco Zalone to author films such as Zvanì – The family novel by Giovanni Pascoli by Giuseppe Piccioni, passing through documentaries like In-I in Motion by Juliette Binoche and Waiting for King Lear by Alessandro Preziosi.
Binoche was also the protagonist of one of the most surreal moments of the presentation. Connected punctually and ready for the interview, she found herself in a virtual room still being set up, with the organization blocked by technical problems. With naturalness, he greeted everyone explaining to have a few minutes available and left the connection. A short, elegant appearance, without friction: an involuntary scene that recalled how, even in the most structured contexts, the unexpected remains part of the game.
Next to the cinema, music will play a central role. Fausto Leali will receive the Filming Italy Los Angeles Achievement Award, while Clara, who has won the Best Music Award for television and pop music. To open the festival will be Allevi – Back to Life, a documentary in which Giovanni Allevi tells his return to the scene after the illness, presented at the Italian Institute of Culture in Los Angeles.
The program will also include television series, short films, early works by women directors in collaboration with Women in Film, and a Classic section dedicated to the great restored films, from Rome 11 am to Il delitto Matteotti. In addition to the screenings, masterclasses and panel will involve many Italian and international artists, including Luca Zingaretti, Sergio Castellitto, Micaela Ramazzotti and Giuseppe Piccioni.
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