The 2026 Lucca Film Festival start this weekend with twelve feature films and twelve short films in competition as well as film premieres, first and second works, out-of-competition films, the Lucca Film Festival for Future, Writing Cinema, Over The Real, the exhibitions, the meetings, Lucca Cinema Effect and much more.

Among the guests Gordon Getty, Julian Schnabel, Liliana Cavani, Nanni Moretti, Julien Temple, Giovanni Veronesi, Pierfrancesco Favino, Silvio Orlando, Giancarlo Giannini, Nicolas Winding Refn, Donatella Finocchiaro, Šarūnas Bartas, the Oscar winner Franca Squarciapino, Michele Riondino, Martin Guigui, Paola Kaze, Jaco Van Dorma

From 26 September to 4 October 2026 the twenty-second edition of the Lucca Film Festival – free admission until seats are exhausted – with the artistic direction of Nicola Borrelli and the contribution of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca. MORE INFORMATION. BOOK TICKETS