Trieste – October 29-November 1, 2025
The Fantastic Film Forum is the section of the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival dedicated to film professionals.
The 2025 edition spans the four central days of the festival, each day focusing on a specific topic: artificial intelligence, video games, fantastic cinema, science documentaries. The programme offers a high-profile schedule of meetings, networking events and workshops, designed to provide an insight into the best opportunities and tools to develop, finance and sell your project, and particularly to favour the exchange of experiences and contacts.
The 2025 edition will take place in person at Casa del Cinema (Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi 3, Trieste).
Infos
forum[a]sciencefictionfestival.org
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 29th October, 2025
AI-powered tools for audiovisual content production
Masterclass
Two masterclasses to concretely examine the features and benefits of AI-powered tools in the creation of audiovisual content.
Thursday 30th October, 2025
Press Start to Play
Masterclass + lectures + panels
A special session focusing on video games, featuring round tables and talks on the video game industry in Italy and in some Eastern Europe countries (Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia), and a masterclass on the use of AI-powered tools in the production of video games.
In association with IVIPRO – Italian Videogame Program
Friday 31st October, 2025
Fantastic Films
Meetings + panels + 1:1 meetings
A morning agenda of conferences and panels and an afternoon session of in-person one-to-one meetings.
Saturday 1st November, 2025
Science Doc Day
Meetings + 1:1 meetings
Science communication and documentary between traditional media and new technologies: a session of meetings and case studies to investigate how science and audiovisual media can cooperate.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
How to attend
Access to all events is reserved to registered Sci-Fi Pro participants only (except for the meetings on the afternoon of October 30th, free upon registration here).
Registration required on Eventival.
Fees: € 50,00; partners € 25,00*.
* List of partners: professionals and companies of Friuli-Venezia Giulia; CNA Cinema e Audiovisivo Friuli-Venezia Giulia members
