Festival du Cinema Italien de Bastia

38^th Edition

when:	January 31st - February 15th, 2026
address:	RCI Rue de la Miséricorde - F-20200 Bastia
tel:	+33 (0)4 95 31 58 86
email:	rci2b@free.fr
website:	www.festivalcineitalienbastia.com/

Bastia is the third member, together with Villerupt and Annecy, of the French nework of Italian Film Festivals.
Its selection normally includes many new films and a tribute to past cinema.
Competition grants several prizes including the Audience Award.
Event is organized with the collaboration of Istituto Luce Cinecittà.

participations

2025	Another summer holiday by Paolo Virzì: Panorama Battleground by Gianni Amelio: Panorama The First Day of My Life by Paolo Genovese: Panorama How kids roll by Loris Lai: Compétition - Prix du Public Mia by Ivano De Matteo: Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury Un oggi alla volta by Nicola Conversa: Compétition Romantic Girls by Pilar Fogliati: Panorama Romeo is Juliet by Giovanni Veronesi: Compétition Taxi Monamour by Ciro De Caro: Panorama The time it takes by Francesca Comencini: Panorama L'ultima volta che siamo stati bambini by Claudio Bisio: Panorama Vermiglio by Maura Delpero: Panorama La vita accanto by Marco Tullio Giordana: Compétition - Prix de la Critique A world apart by Riccardo Milani: Compétition
2024	Adagio by Stefano Sollima: Hommage à Pierfrancesco Favino Anna by Marco Amenta: Compétition The beautiful summer by Laura Luchetti: Compétition The Best Century Of My Life by Alessandro Bardani: Panorama Comandante by Edoardo De Angelis: Hommage à Pierfrancesco Favino Fireworks by Giuseppe Fiorello: Panorama The girl from tomorrow by Marta Savina: L’Italie au féminin Like Sheep Among Wolves by Lyda Patitucci: Compétition The Lord of the Ants by Gianni Amelio: Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury Maria Montessori by Léa Todorov: L’Italie au féminin Nata per te by Fabio Mollo: Compétition - Prix du Public L'ordine del tempo by Liliana Cavani: L’Italie au féminin I peggiori giorni by Massimiliano Bruno, Edoardo Leo: Panorama Quando by Walter Veltroni: Compétition Thank you guys by Riccardo Milani: Panorama There's still tomorrow by Paola Cortellesi: L’Italie au féminin
2023	Amanda by Carolina Cavalli: Portraits de femmes Anima bella by Dario Albertini: Portraits de femmes Belli ciao by Gennaro Nunziante: Compétition Breaking up in Rome by Edoardo Leo: Compétition Caravaggio’s Shadow by Michele Placido: Compétition Dry by Paolo Virzì: Panorama The Eight Mountains by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch: Panorama Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore: Documentaire Girl Returned by Giuseppe Bonito: Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury The Hidden Child by Roberto Andò: Panorama The Hummingbird by Francesca Archibugi: Compétition L'immensità by Emanuele Crialese: Panorama An Italian gourmet crime story by Davide Minnella: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune My Soul Summer by Fabio Mollo: Compétition L'ombra del giorno by Giuseppe Piccioni: Compétition - Prix du Public On Our Watch by Pif: Compétition Run to you by Riccardo Milani: Panorama Spotty & me by Cosimo Gomez: Ciné Jeunesse Strangeness by Roberto Andò: Compétition Superheroes by Paolo Genovese: Compétition Tolo Tolo by Luca Medici aka Checco Zalone: Panorama Where life begins by Stéphane Freiss: Compétition
2022	Assandira by Salvatore Mereu: Compétition - Grand Prix de la Collectivité de Corse Bad Tales by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo: Panorama The Best Years by Gabriele Muccino: Panorama A Bookshop in Paris by Sergio Castellitto: De père en fils Come un gatto in tangenziale - Ritorno a Coccia di Morto by Riccardo Milani: Panorama Feel Your Memories by Cristina Comencini: Compétition Gladiators of Rome by Iginio Straffi: Ciné Jeunesse Hammamet by Gianni Amelio: Panorama I hate Summer by Massimo Venier: Compétition The Inner Cage by Leonardo Di Costanzo: Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury Kidz by Giuseppe Bonito: Compétition The King of Laughter by Mario Martone: Compétition The Macaluso Sisters by Emma Dante: Parfum de… réalisatrice My brother chases dinosaurs by Stefano Cipani: Compétition - Prix du Public Ordinary Justice by Chiara Bellosi: Parfum de… réalisatrice Padrenostro by Claudio Noce: Compétition The Predators by Pietro Castellitto: De père en fils Si vive una volta sola by Carlo Verdone: Panorama A Starry Sky above the Roman Ghetto by Giulio Base: Compétition Thou Shalt Not Hate by Mauro Mancini: Compétition We Still Talk by Pupi Avati: Compétition You came back by Stefano Mordini: Compétition
2021	Amare amaro by Julien Paolini: Panorama The Best Years by Gabriele Muccino: Panorama Citizenzs of the World by Gianni Di Gregorio: Panorama Everything's Gonna Be Alright by Francesco Bruni: Panorama The Goddess of Fortune by Ferzan Ozpetek: Panorama Hidden away by Giorgio Diritti: Panorama the Lamb by Mario Piredda: Cinéma régional Sarde Piranhas by Claudio Giovannesi: Panorama Say It Loud by Guido Chiesa: Panorama
2020	All My Crazy Love by Gabriele Salvatores: Compétition - Mention Spéciale An Almost Ordinary Summer by Simone Godano: Compétition Aspromonte. Land of the Forgotten by Mimmo Calopresti: Compétition The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily by Lorenzo Mattotti: Ciné Jeunesse The Champion by Leonardo D'Agostini: Compétition Don't Stop me Now by Riccardo Milani: Hors-Compétition Emma by Silvio Soldini: Hors-Compétition Equilibrium by Vincenzo Marra: Hors-Compétition Forever You by Marco Danieli: Compétition the Guest by Duccio Chiarini: Hors-Compétition The King's Musketeers by Giovanni Veronesi: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune Laughing by Valerio Mastandrea: Compétition Leo Da Vinci - Mission Mona Lisa by Sergio Manfio: Ciné Jeunesse The Mayor of Rione Sanità by Mario Martone: Hors-Compétition Nour by Maurizio Zaccaro: Compétition - Prix du Public Ordinary Happiness by Daniele Luchetti: Compétition Quo Vado? by Gennaro Nunziante: Hors-Compétition Santiago, Italia by Nanni Moretti: Hors-Compétition Sole by Carlo Sironi: Compétition - Grand prix du Jury, Mention Spéciale pour l’interprétation (Sandra Drzymalska) Tomorrow's A New Day by Simone Spada: Compétition Vivere by Francesca Archibugi: Hors-Compétition Welcome Back Mr. President by Giancarlo Fontana, Giuseppe Stasi: Compétition Wherever you are by Bonifacio Angius: Hors-Compétition
2019	After the War by Annarita Zambrano: Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury As needed by Francesco Falaschi: Compétition - Prix du Public Blessed Madness by Carlo Verdone: Compétition Boys Cry by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo: Compétition Capri-Revolution by Mario Martone: Hors-Compétition Children of the Night by Andrea De Sica: Compétition Daughter of Mine by Laura Bispuri: Hors-Compétition Dogman by Matteo Garrone: Hors-Compétition Il figlio, Manuel by Dario Albertini: Hors-Compétition Hotel Gagarin by Simone Spada: Compétition I'm back by Luca Miniero: Compétition I'm not scared by Gabriele Salvatores: Ciné jeunesse the Intruder by Leonardo Di Costanzo: Hors-Compétition Invisible Boy – Second Generation by Gabriele Salvatores: Ciné jeunesse Just Believe by Alessandro Aronadio: Compétition Like a Cat on a Highway by Riccardo Milani: Compétition Made in Italy by Luciano Ligabue: Hors-Compétition Naples In Veils by Ferzan Ozpetek: Compétition Nome di donna by Marco Tullio Giordana: Compétition Pinocchio by Enzo D'Alò: Ciné jeunesse Red like the sky by Cristiano Bortone: Ciné jeunesse The Stolen Caravaggio by Roberto Andò: Compétition There Is No Place Like Home by Gabriele Muccino: Hors-Compétition La vita possibile by Ivano De Matteo: Hors-Compétition
2018	7 Minutes by Michele Placido: Compétition A Ciambra by Jonas Carpignano: Ciné Jeunesse The Ark of Disperata by Edoardo Winspeare: Hors-Compétition At War for Love by Pierfrancesco Diliberto aka Pif: Compétition Ciao Napoleone by Fabio Di Ranno: Ciné Jeunesse Friends by chance by Francesco Bruni: Compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune The Furlough by Claudio Amendola: Compétition Holding Hands by Gianni Amelio: Hors-Compétition Indivisible by Edoardo De Angelis: Compétition - Prix du Jury RCFM pour la musique, Prix d’interpretation (Angela Fontana) It's the Law by Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone: Compétition Let yourself go! by Francesco Amato: Compétition Mamma o papà by Riccardo Milani: Hors-Compétition The Order of Things by Andrea Segre: Compétition Pure Hearts by Roberto De Paolis: Ciné Jeunesse Rainbow - A private affair by Paolo Taviani: Hors-Compétition Sicilian Ghost Story by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia: Ciné Jeunesse The Stuff of Dreams by Gianfranco Cabiddu: Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury Tainted Souls by Matteo Botrugno, Daniele Coluccini: Compétition - Mention spéciale There is a Light by Fabio Mollo: Compétition - Prix du public Wife & Husband by Simone Godano: Compétition
2017	L'abbiamo fatta grossa by Carlo Verdone: En Compétition The Complexity of Happiness by Gianni Zanasi: Panorama The Confessions by Roberto Andò: En Compétition Feather by Roan Johnson: En Compétition Fiore by Claudio Giovannesi: En Compétition First Light by Vincenzo Marra: En Compétition Italian Race by Matteo Rovere: En Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury, Prix du Jury Jeune The Last will be last by Massimiliano Bruno: En Compétition Like Crazy by Paolo Virzì: Panorama On the Trail of My Father by Marco Segato: En Compétition One Kiss by Ivan Cotroneo: En Compétition - Prix du Public Opopomoz by Enzo D'Alò: Panorama Pinocchio by Enzo D'Alò: Panorama The Ploy by David Grieco: En Compétition Rewined by Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani: Panorama Solo by Laura Morante: Panorama Them who? by Fabio Bonifacci, Francesco Miccichè: En Compétition They call me Jeeg by Gabriele Mainetti: Panorama Tommaso by Kim Rossi Stuart: Panorama Worldly Girl by Marco Danieli: En Compétition - Prix Spécial du Jury, Prix d'interpretation feminine (Sara Serraiocco)
2016	Along the Ridge by Kim Rossi Stuart: Ciné Jeunesse Anna by Giuseppe Gaudino: Hors-Compétition Another South by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli: En Compétition Banana by Andrea Jublin: Ciné Jeunesse The Beginners by Claudio Cupellini: En Compétition - Grand Prix du Jury Chlorine by Lamberto Sanfelice: En Compétition Do you see me? by Riccardo Milani: En Compétition God Willing by Edoardo Falcone: En Compétition - Prix du Public In guerra by Davide Sibaldi: Hors-Compétition Invisible Boy by Gabriele Salvatores: Ciné Jeunesse Io, Arlecchino by Matteo Bini, Giorgio Pasotti: En Compétition An Italian Name by Francesca Archibugi: En Compétition Land of Saints by Fernando Muraca: En Compétition The Legendary Giulia and Other Miracles by Edoardo Leo: Hors-Compétition Me, Myself and Her by Maria Sole Tognazzi: En Compétition Oriana... by Marco Turco: En Compétition Suburra by Stefano Sollima: Hors-Compétition The Wait by Piero Messina: En Compétition You can't save yourself alone by Sergio Castellitto: En Compétition - Prix Jury Jeune
2015	Alì blue eyes by Claudio Giovannesi: Ciné Jeunesse Andiamo a quel paese by Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone: En compétition Black Souls by Francesco Munzi: En compétition - Grand Prix du Jury Buckets of Sunshine by Gennaro Nunziante: En compétition Buoni a nulla by Gianni Di Gregorio: Hors compétition The Chair of Happiness by Carlo Mazzacurati: Hors compétition The Dinner by Ivano De Matteo: En compétition A Golden Boy by Pupi Avati: En compétition How strange to be named Federico! by Ettore Scola: Ciné Docu Intrepido - A lonely hero by Gianni Amelio: En compétition Leopardi by Mario Martone: Hors compétition Like the Wind by Marco Simon Puccioni: En compétition - Prix du Public Mafia & Tomatoes by Giulio Manfredonia: En compétition The Mafia kills only in Summer by Pierfrancesco Diliberto aka Pif: En compétition - Prix Jury Jeune Misunderstood by Asia Argento: En compétition Noi 4 by Francesco Bruni: En compétition Sotto una buona stella by Carlo Verdone: Hors compétition The Story of Cino by Carlo Alberto Pinelli: Ciné Jeunesse Tutta colpa di Freud by Paolo Genovese: En compétition
2014	Benvenuti al nord by Luca Miniero: En compétition The Best Offer by Giuseppe Tornatore: Clôture Cha Cha Cha by Marco Risi: En compétition Cosimo and Nicole by Francesco Amato: En compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune, Prix d’interprétation masculine, Prix d’interprétation féminine, Prix spécial du Jury Dormant Beauty by Marco Bellocchio: Hommage à Toni Servillo Una famiglia perfetta by Paolo Genovese: En compétition First Snowfall by Andrea Segre: En compétition - Prix du Public A Five Star Life by Maria Sole Tognazzi: En compétition The Great Beauty by Paolo Sorrentino: Hommage à Toni Servillo Magnificent Presence by Ferzan Ozpetek: En compétition - Prix du Jury Jeune Me and You by Bernardo Bertolucci: Hors compétition Miele by Valeria Golino: En compétition Pretty Butterflies by Salvatore Mereu: En compétition - Grand Prix du Jury The Referee by Paolo Zucca: Ciné Jeunesse Salvo by Antonio Piazza, Fabio Grassadonia: Hors compétition The Swindler Prince by Alessandro Siani: En compétition Ten winters by Valerio Mieli: Ouverture Those Happy Years by Daniele Luchetti: En compétition Welcome Mr. President by Riccardo Milani: En compétition
2013	A.C.A.B. All Cops Are Bastards by Stefano Sollima: Hors compétition Annalisa by Pippo Mezzapesa: Cine Jeunesse Apartment in Athens by Ruggero Dipaola: En compétition Balancing Act by Ivano De Matteo: En compétition - Prix du jury jeune, Prix du public, Prix de l'interprétation masculine Caesar Must Die by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani: Hors compétition The Commander and the Stork by Silvio Soldini: En compétition - Prix de l'interprétation masculine Il cuore grande delle ragazze by Pupi Avati: En compétition Diaz - Don't clean up this Blood by Daniele Vicari: En compétition - Grand Prix du jury Every Blessed Day by Paolo Virzì: En compétition A Flat for Three by Carlo Verdone: Hors compétition Horses by Michele Rho: En compétition - Mention spéciale jury jeune Kryptonite! by Ivan Cotroneo: En compétition The Landlords by Edoardo Gabbriellini: En compétition - Prix de l'interprétation masculine The Little One by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel: Cine Jeunesse Pinocchio by Enzo D'Alò: Cine Jeunesse Reality by Matteo Garrone: Hors compétition The Red and the Blue by Giuseppe Piccioni: En compétition - Prix spécial du jury Shun Li and the Poet by Andrea Segre: Hors compétition A Special Day by Francesca Comencini: En compétition Workers by Lorenzo Vignolo: En compétition
2012	The Ages of Love by Giovanni Veronesi: Hors compétition Easy by Francesco Bruni: En compétition Escort in Love by Massimiliano Bruno: En compétition The Father and the Foreigner by Ricky Tognazzi: Hors compétition Immature, Generation Crash by Paolo Genovese: En compétition - Prix du public Just Married by Luca Lucini: Hors compétition Make a Fake by Giovanni Albanese: Cine Jeunesse Parents & Children: shake well before use by Giovanni Veronesi: En compétition A quiet Life by Claudio Cupellini: En compétition - Prix d’interprétation masculine Rust by Daniele Gaglianone: En compétition The Salt of Life by Gianni Di Gregorio: Hors compétition A Second Childhood by Pupi Avati: En compétition Seven Acts of Mercy by Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio: Hors compétition Tatanka by Giuseppe Gagliardi: En compétition - Grand Prix du Jury, Prix du jury jeune Terraferma by Emanuele Crialese: En compétition - Prix spécial du Jury Things from Another World by Francesco Patierno: Cine Jeunesse Tutta colpa della musica by Ricky Tognazzi: En compétition Unlikely Revolutionaries by Lucio Pellegrini: En compétition Vallanzasca, Angels of Evil by Michele Placido: Hors compétition What a Nice Day! by Gennaro Nunziante: En compétition
2011	18 anni dopo by Edoardo Leo: En compétition: Panorama - Young Jury Award, Audience Award Baarìa by Giuseppe Tornatore: Hors compétition Benvenuti al sud by Luca Miniero: Hors compétition Diaries by Attilio Azzola: Cine Jeunesse The Double Hour by Giuseppe Capotondi: En compétition : Panorama Gorbaciòf by Stefano Incerti: En compétition: Panorama - Best Actor Award Happy Family by Gabriele Salvatores: En compétition : Panorama I Am Love by Luca Guadagnino: En compétition : Panorama Io loro e Lara by Carlo Verdone: En compétition : Panorama Io, Don Giovanni by Carlos Saura: L’opéra au cinéma Kiss me again by Gabriele Muccino: En compétition : Panorama The Man Who Will Come by Giorgio Diritti: En compétition : Panorama - Grand Jury Prize Many Kisses Later by Fausto Brizzi: Hors compétition La nostra vita by Daniele Luchetti: En compétition : Panorama Red like the sky by Cristiano Bortone: Cine Jeunesse The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Saverio Costanzo: En compétition: Panorama - Best Actress Award A stroke of luck by Francesca Archibugi: En compétition : Panorama The Viceroys by Roberto Faenza: Hors compétition What More Do I Want by Silvio Soldini: En compétition : Panorama
2010	As God Commands by Gabriele Salvatores: In Competition - Best Actor Award Beautiful People by Ivano De Matteo: In Competition - Best Actress Award, Grand Jury Prize The Big Dream by Michele Placido: Out of Competition Christine by Stefania Sandrelli: Out of Competition Different from Whom? by Umberto Carteni: In Competition Fortapàsc by Marco Risi: In Conmpetition - Special Mention of the Students of Université de Corte The friends at the Margherita Cafè by Pupi Avati: In Competition The Front Line by Renato De Maria: Out of Competition Giovanna’s Father by Pupi Avati: Out of Competition Giulia doesn’t date at night by Giuseppe Piccioni: In Competition Italians by Giovanni Veronesi: In Competition Perfect Skin by Luca Lucini: In Competition The Sicilian Girl by Marco Amenta: In Competition - Young Jury Award, Audience Award Vincere by Marco Bellocchio We Can Do That by Giulio Manfredonia: In Competition - Special Jury Mention
2009	The Ball by Claudio Antonini: Best First Feature Film Biùtiful cauntri by Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D'Ambrosio, Peppe Ruggiero: Documentaries Black and White by Cristina Comencini: Best Actress (Aissa Maiga) Black Sea by Federico Bondi: In Competiton Il divo by Paolo Sorrentino: Out of Competiton Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone: Out of Competiton Grande, grosso e Verdone by Carlo Verdone: In Competiton Lessons in Chocolate by Claudio Cupellini: In Competiton Love, Soccer and Other Catastrophes by Luca Lucini: Jury Prize; Public Award Mid-August Lunch by Gianni di Gregorio: Out of Competiton L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio by Agostino Ferrente: Documentaries Piano, solo by Riccardo Milani: Best Actor (Kim Rossi Stuart) Quiet chaos by Antonello Grimaldi: Out of Competiton The Right Distance by Carlo Mazzacurati: Young Jury Award Tutto torna by Enrico Pitzianti: In Competiton A Whole Life Ahead by Paolo Virzì: Out of Competiton Wild Blood by Marco Tullio Giordana: Special Jury Prize Winx Club - The Secret of The Lost Kingdom by Iginio Straffi: Cine Jeunesse
2008	Baciami piccina by Roberto Cimpanelli: Out of Competition Commediasexy by Alessandro D'Alatri: In Competition: Public Award Desert Roses by Mario Monicelli: In Competition The Feast by Mimmo Calopresti: Out of Competition I Trust You by Massimo Venier: In Competition: Prix du jury des étudiants de l'université de Corte The Lark Farm by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani: In Competition Manuale d'amore 2 by Giovanni Veronesi: In Competition Me, the Other by Mohsen Melliti: Out of Competition My Brother is an Only Child by Daniele Luchetti: Out of Competition Night Bus by Davide Marengo: Out of Competition One Hundred Nails by Ermanno Olmi: In Competition Our Country by Francesca Comencini: In Competition Pinocchio by Roberto Benigni: Cine Jeunesse Quell'estate felice by Beppe Cino: In Competition: Best Actress (Olivia Magnani) Salvatore questa è la vita by Gian Paolo Cugno: In Competition Saturn in Opposition by Ferzan Ozpetek: In Competition Tutte le donne della mia vita by Simona Izzo: In Competition L'uomo di vetro by Stefano Incerti: In Competition: Best Actor (David Coco); Special Jury Award The Viceroys by Roberto Faenza: Out of Competition
2007	Agente matrimoniale by Christian Bisceglia: In Competition Along the Ridge by Kim Rossi Stuart: Jury Prize Dark sea by Roberta Torre: Out of Competition The days of abandonment by Roberto Faenza: In Competition Don’t Make Any Plans for Tonight by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli: Best Actress (Micaella Ramazzotti) Fire at my Heart by Lamberto Lambertini: In Competition The goodbye kiss by Michele Soavi: Best Actor (Alessio Boni) Jimmy della Collina by Enrico Pau: Special Mention Manuale d'amore by Giovanni Veronesi: In Competition My Best Enemy by Carlo Verdone: Public Prize N (Napoleon and me) by Paolo Virzì: Out of Competition The Night before finals by Fausto Brizzi: Young Jury Award The Second Wedding Night by Pupi Avati: In Competition The Unknown by Giuseppe Tornatore: Special Mention What I’m doing here! by Francesco Amato: Out of Competition The wind blows round by Giorgio Diritti: In Competition
2005	After midnight by Davide Ferrario: Bastia Award Not me by Simona Izzo, Ricky Tognazzi: Public Award
2004	The best of youth by Marco Tullio Giordana: Public Award the Soul keeper by Roberto Faenza: Bastia Award
2003	Three wives by Marco Risi: Public Award
2002	The Hundred Steps by Marco Tullio Giordana: Public Award
2001	Placido rizzotto by Pasquale Scimeca: Public Award

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