{"id":55035,"date":"2025-10-28T10:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T09:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?p=55035"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:31:27","slug":"tsff-25-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/tsff-25-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TS+FF 25 – Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ready for takeoff <\/span>is the 25th edition of the <\/b>Trieste Science+Fiction Festival<\/b>, Italy\u2019s most important event dedicated to all forms of the fantasy genre, which will run <\/span>through Sunday, November 2<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Organized by the center for film and audiovisual research and experimentation <\/span>La Cappella Underground<\/b>, the festival brings the best fantasy-genre productions to the big screen, featuring <\/span>over<\/b>50 <\/b>world, international, and national film premieres<\/b> in the presence of directors, actors, and writers from around the world. For its <\/span>25th anniversary <\/b>the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival is preparing for <\/span>a special edition,<\/b> bringing the best of international science fiction to the big screen in preview screenings, along with a packed schedule of events spanning <\/span>film, literature, exhibitions, video games, and new technologies<\/b>\u2014as always, striking a perfect balance between science and science fiction.<\/span>
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\u201c The festival team has worked tirelessly to put together a one-of-a-kind program for our 25th anniversary\u201d <\/span><\/i>\u2013 said <\/span>Festival Artistic Director Alan Jones<\/b> \u2013 <\/span>\u201c25 years of curating the best of science fiction for our loyal and discerning audience, which grows with every edition. The Trieste Science+Fiction Festival remains the only film event in the world entirely dedicated to fans of the genre, and we take our role very seriously: to always bring you surprising new voices, an innovative program, and bold choices. So this year, expect the unexpected: must-see blockbusters, eccentric indie films, thought-provoking documentaries, unusual classics, and world-class celebrity guests to celebrate 25 epic years.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The event opens <\/span>on Tuesday, October 28<\/b> at the Politeama Rossetti <\/b>at <\/span>8:00 p.m.<\/b> with the traditional<\/span> opening ceremony<\/b>, followed by the film <\/span>\u201cThe Shrinking Man <\/i><\/b>(\u201c<\/span>L\u2019Homme qui r\u00e9tr\u00e9cit\u201d, <\/i><\/b>France\/Belgium, 2025) <\/span>directed by Jan Kounen,<\/b> based on Richard Matheson\u2019s cult novel in which a man\u2014played by Oscar\u00a9 winner <\/span>Jean Dujardin <\/b>\u2014following a mysterious exposure\u2014begins to shrink and struggles to survive in a world that has become gigantic and dangerous,<\/span> which will be screened <\/span>in an Italian premiere<\/b> in collaboration with Rai Cinema<\/span> in the <\/span>presence of the director<\/b>. The evening will continue at the Rossetti with the premiere, in collaboration with I Wonder Pictures, of <\/span>\u201cThe Ugly Stepsister\u201d<\/i><\/b> (Sweden\/Denmark\/Romania\/Poland, 2025) <\/span>by Emilie Blichfeldt, <\/b>a reimagining of the Brothers Grimm\u2019s Cinderella in the style of <\/span>body horror, <\/span><\/i>scheduled for <\/span>10:30 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pronta al decollo la 25\u00b0 edizione del Trieste Science+Fiction Festival, la pi\u00f9 importante manifestazione italiana dedicata a tutte le declinazioni del genere fantastico, che proseguir\u00e0 fino a domenica 2 novembre. More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59,174,630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-_featured","category-_ok","category-630"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55035"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57129,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55035\/revisions\/57129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}