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TS+FF 25 – Repeat Screenings of Award-Winning Films at the Cinema Ariston

The much-loved day of screenings featuring award-winning films is back at the Cinema Ariston in La Cappella Underground. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, November 3, for the best of the 25th edition, enhanced by a timeless classic—René Laloux’s Le Planète sauvage—and the discussion Defending Middle-earth with Wu Ming 4.

The winners of the 25th edition of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival

The 25th edition of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival—Italy’s leading science fiction event, held at the Rossetti, the Miela Theater, and the Sci-Fi Dome in Piazza della Borsa—concluded with an awards ceremony at the Politeama Rossetti on Sunday, November 2.

“Nero” by Luca Giommoni wins the second edition of the Mondofuturo Literary Prize

“Black. The Conspiracy of Conspiracies” by Luca Giommoni (effequ) wins the second edition of the Mondofuturo Literary Prize, a competition organized by the national research institution Area Science Park and La Cappella Underground , which recognizes the best original, untranslated science fiction book published in Italy in 2024.

TS+FF 25 – Day 6

It’s the final day of the 25th edition of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, which still has plenty of must-see screenings in store

TS+FF 25 – Day 5

Penultimate day of screenings and events at the 25th Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, the most important event dedicated to the fantasy genre, which will conclude on Sunday, November 2.

Ted Chiang Wins Inaf's Event Horizon Award

Imagine being able to understand a language that not only describes reality but also shapes it. It is precisely this frontier between language, perception, and science that science fiction writer Ted Chiang explored in his novel Story of Your Life, which later inspired the hit film Arrival.

TS+FF 25 – Day 4

Among the guests expected for the 2025 edition of the Trieste Science-Fiction Festival will be Gabriele Mainetti, acclaimed director of “ They Called Him Jeeg Robot,” “Freaks Out” and “ La città proibita,” who will chair the jury for the Asteroide Award, the international prize that annually honors the best film by emerging directors in the genresscience fiction, horror and fantasy.

TS+FF 25 – Day 3

Another day of unmissable events and screenings is in store on Thursday, October 30 at the 25th Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, which runs through Sunday, November 2.

TS+FF 25 – Day 2

Day two of the 25th edition of Trieste Science+Fiction, the science fiction festival running through Sunday, November 2, in the capital of the Julian region.

TS+FF 25 – Day 1

Ready for takeoff is the 25th edition of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Italy’s most important event dedicated to all forms of the fantasy genre, which will run through Sunday, November 2.