9 December

Information Desk Opening – Accreditation Office

Opening – Welcome addresses

Opening of the exhibitions

followed by

Screening of Short Films in Competition

Videopoetry Section

Papa by Mathieu Samaille (Canada, 3’53’’)

Bridge by Adam E. Stone (USA, 2’)

Transcrisis: Awareness sparks as spider silk by Jansword Zhu (China, Japan, 3’27’’)

Music Videos Section

An Angel by François Vogel, Luigi Faloci (France, 4’59’’)

Gun by Lado Kvataniya (Russian Federation, 5’)

Contemporary Vision Section

Sabbia e Cenere by Federico Cadamuro (Italy, 18’52’’)

In the presence of actress Carla Breton

Fiction Shorts Section

La chambre des âmes by Kevin Mischel (France, 16’59’’)

Remember by Huseyin Kupeli (Turkey, 14’48’’)

Versitalk - Meet the guests of Versi di Luce 2025

Opening Concert
“L’inno del poeta resta” with Bartholomew Fortino-Shields
Film music for solo violin

An emotional journey through the most evocative melodies of great cinema, performed by violinist Bartholomew Fortino-Shields, who opens the 2025 edition of the Festival with a tribute to the poetry of images and the universal power of music.

Eva degli Iris by Isabel Russinova (Italy, 60')

In the presence of the director