April 10 - 19, 2026

RealeNonReale

Section dedicated to nonfiction, and the most diverse hybrid and documentary forms. As in the case of the Competition, attention will be paid to the more non-conformist films of great masters and new talents, but also to works that are more politically engaged and attentive to the contemporary topical issues of their society.

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Awards

The films selected for the RealeNonReale section will compete for the following awards:

Trentino-Alto Adige Autonomous Region Award for Distribution Support of 10,000 euros;

City of Bolzano Audience Award of the worth 2,000 euros;

ZeLIG - Bolzano Film School Award worth 1,000 euros;

Special Award “Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site” worth 1,000 euros.

Participation guidelines

To participate in the RealeNonReale section, films:

– must be Italian, Austrian, German, Swiss or Slovenian productions or co-productions;
– must never have been presented in public in any form in the Trentino-Alto Adige region and must not have been distributed in commercial cinemas in Italy;
– must have a minimum duration of 60 minutes;
– must have been completed after 1 January of the year preceding the year in which the BFFB takes place.