21:00 - Oscar-winning Documentary 'MR. NOBODY AGAINST PUTIN' (Dir. David Borenstein & Pavel Talankin)
A Russian schoolteacher secretly documents the militarisation and propaganda infiltrating classrooms during the war in Ukraine, risking everything to expose life inside Putin’s Russia.

11:00 – CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS (Dir. Mohammadreza Eyni & Sara Khaki)
An intimate portrait of the first woman elected to a rural Iranian village council as she challenges patriarchy, child marriage, and tradition from within her community.

17:00 – SABBATH QUEEN (Dir. Sandi DuBowski)
Filmed over two decades, this moving documentary follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s journey from Orthodox Jewish heir to radical drag performer and founder of an inclusive New York congregation.

21:00 – COEXISTENCE, MY ASS!(Dir. Amber Fares)
Following Israeli comedian and activist Noam Shuster-Eliassi as she develops her one-woman show, the film uses sharp humour and personal insight to confront inequality, identity, and the realities of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

11:00 – GEN (Dir. Gianluca Matarrese)
A deeply personal coming-of-age documentary exploring gender, identity, and belonging across generations.

17:00 – MOLLY VS THE MACHINES(Dir. Marc Silver)
A devastating and urgent documentary examining the tragic death of 14-year-old Molly Russell and her father’s fight to hold Big Tech accountable.

21:00 – KOMARNICA “THE NATURE THAT REMAINS”(Dir. Emilija Gašić)
A visually stunning conservation documentary about Montenegro’s Komarnica River Canyon — one of Europe’s last free-flowing wild rivers and a critical biodiversity hotspot now threatened by hydropower development.

21:00 – DENIZENS PART III: THE HUMAN LAMENT(Lucas Gutierrez in collaboration with Charlotte Horton, Otis Springer, and Phoebe Reid)
The third chapter in an evolving multimedia installation combining real-time laser projections, soundscapes, and film to explore innovative ways of capturing and preserving the frequencies, rhythms, and visual essence of the plant and human life of Monte Amiata.

11:00 - Documentaries in Progress Workshop with Leslie Knott and Yuval Orr
Award-winning filmmakers Leslie Knott and Yuval Orr present works in progress and discuss their approaches to documentary storytelling, sharing insights into research, editing, collaboration, and the challenges of developing nonfiction films from concept to screen.

17:00 – NATCHEZ(Dir. Suzannah Herbert)
Set in the American South, Natchez examines how a town built on antebellum tourism confronts — and often avoids — the enduring legacy of slavery and racial inequality.

20:00 – Cardellini del Fontanino Concert
Traditional mountain singers from Monte Amiata, the Cardellini del Fontanino preserve and perform the rich oral folk music traditions of southern Tuscany.

21:00 – Golden Globe-winning Documentary THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN(Dir. Eugene Jarecki)
The extraordinary story of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks, and the global battle over truth, secrecy, and freedom of information.cription