71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026
23/31 Oct. 2026
71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
These thematic routes invite audiences to discover the festival in a more personal and engaging way, tailoring each experience to their individual interests and sensibilities. Festivalgoers can choose the route that best reflects their curiosity and enjoy the festival from a more personal, diverse and participatory perspective.
The boldest side of SEMINCI. Films that take risks, break conventions and plunge headfirst into experimentation. A cinematic journey for those who see the world through young and, above all, fearless eyes.
Roots growing beneath the water. Families torn apart and brought back together. Time transforms homes and those who grow up in them. A son leaves home. A mother takes a fresh look at her own life. What we inherit takes on new forms. One shared root, countless ways to blossom.
A suitcase packed in haste. A border to cross. A war that ends but lives on for decades in bodies and memories. These films explore conflict through the eyes of those who endure it, inherit its legacy or struggle to survive it. Discover war from the SEMINCI trenches: an antidote to false neutrality.
First times. Two people meeting just when it seemed impossible. Love stories that last fifty years. Desire, doubt, farewells and the occasional second chance. Even amid wars, loss and the end of the world, cinema keeps finding reasons to fall in love.
Tales of rage and courage. Stories that ask neither for forgiveness nor permission. Bodies that resist and untamed spirits that carve their own paths, like water flowing between stones.
Cinema as an assembly, the screen as a platform and every shot a vote of conscience. Here, speeches are not delivered into microphones but through glances, silences and metaphors. In times when the political and social climate increasingly resembles a family Christmas Eve dinner, this selection would win by an absolute majority.
A journey celebrating the freedom to be oneself and the dignity of existence. A toast to the privilege of seeing one another through our differences, from the seats of SEMINCI's cinemas. Love, friendship, sensuality, doubt and healing come together in the search for kindred spirits — and the Rainbow Spike Award.
Cinema as a journey into the heart of nature. A return to what truly matters. Films that leave you with soil on your shoes. Poetry of origins and belonging. Stories that sow the unsettling question of whether we are building a good place to call home.