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IVIPRO DAYS 2025

The international event dedicated to video games as a resource for showcasing the region and its cultural heritage will be held for the fourth time in Trieste, from Thursday, October 30, to Saturday, November 1, in the now traditional and prestigious setting of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Italy’s most important science fiction event.

Gabriele Mainetti to be Jury President of the Asteroide Award at TS+FF 2025

Gabriele Mainetti will be Jury President for the Asteroide Award, the international prize that each year awards the best film by new directors in the genres of science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

Sara Pichelli has designed the logo for the 2025 Trieste Science+Fiction Festival

The Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Italy’s premier science fiction event, is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary from October 28 through November 2 in the capital of the Julian region: an unmissable edition packed with events dedicated to the infinite variations of the fantasy genre.

Registration is now open for Book Invaders, the literary presentations of TS+FF 25

The new edition of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival is coming up, and following the hosting of Italcon 2024, the book-related events are back as part of the Book Invaders series, which will take place between October 30 and November 2.

Mondofuturo Literary Award: The Finalists of the Second Edition

Time travel and dystopian futures, escapes and extinctions, and mundane objects that plunge humans into disorienting experiences—these are some of the elements that characterize the three finalist books in the second edition of the Mondofuturo Literary Prize, a competition that honors the best science fiction book, an original, untranslated work published in Italy in 2024.

IVIPRO DAYS returns to Trieste from October 30 to November 1

IVIPRO DAYS is back again this year—the international event that explores the connection between video games, culture, and the local area. And that’s not all!

TS+FF goes to River Film Festival di Padova

On Wednesday, June 18, at 10:00 p.m., on the picturesque river steps of Porta Portello in Padua, the River Film Festival will host a special evening in collaboration with the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, Italy’s leading event dedicated to fantasy, science fiction, and futuristic cinema!!!

Movie Night Under the Stars in Basovizza

The INAF Trieste Astronomical Observatory is organizing a program of events for summer 2025: three evenings of movies, music, and outdoor performances, plus a day of solar observation—all free of charge—at the Basovizza observatory on June 11, June 21, July 17, and September 3.

Italcon will return to Trieste in 2027!

Following the hugely successful 2024 edition of Italcon, the Italian Convention of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and given the incredible interest shown by the public in the literary events organized, the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival has decided to immediately submit a bid to host the convention once again: Italcon will return to Trieste for the 2027 edition of the TS+FF.

Fanta Quiz Night

Think you know more than anyone else when it comes to TV shows, movies, and nerd culture? Then round up your friends and put together a team for the FANTA QUIZ NIGHT!