A Smashing Edition
The third edition of the NOAM Faenza Film Festival marks the end of the first cycle of a journey we hope will be broad and lasting. Two years ago, we began our reflections by imagining the start of a journey westward that concludes this year with the unprecedented exhibition Western Simulacrum by Emanuele Mengotti. This time, Emanuele doesn’t accompany us on the journey with his films, but with his photographs that highlight all the contradictions the myth of the West carries with it. Along this line, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid opens the Festival and takes us back in the history of cinema and the history of the United States when the allure of bandits (and the stars who portrayed them) still had the power to shape the very idea of a nation.
The classics section pays tribute to three fundamental figures for those of us who love cinema. Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, and David Lynch have been three artists capable of making a difference in shaping the idea we have today of a cinema that is free even before it is independent. Robert Redford was the father of the Sundance Film Festival, an event that largely inspired the creation of NOAM and was a decisive experience for those eager to carve out a space away from Los Angeles. Gene Hackman was a formidable actor capable of giving voice to directors very different from each other, over the decades, ranging from the biggest names of New Hollywood to the early Wes Anderson and beyond. David Lynch changed the history of audiovisuals, from cinema to television, with a disruptive idea of authorship that always went beyond the screen, entering life and vice versa.
However, history is accompanied by the new, and that’s why the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Eliza Hittman: an incredibly powerful and consistent author in her research. The recognition rewards the ability and strength of having decided to tell small, diverse stories, running the risk that they might go unnoticed (not to mention hindered). With her three feature films, Eliza Hittman represents everything NOAM wants to promote, and we see her cinema as the perfect continuation of a research path aimed at new voices.
Eva Victor, Nicolás Pereda, Sook-Yin Lee, Carmen Emmi, Max Walker-Silverman, Oscar Boyson, Ernesto Martínez Bucio, Francis Bordeleau, and Hailey Gates tell with very different trajectories and nuances a common theme, namely the difficulty of living in such an uncertain present where individuals are often asked to remain passive. The desire not to remain silent and to act characterizes many of the protagonists: new, small heroes often secondary to distracted eyes that we are sure will steal your heart after having already taken ours. Voices of a crisis that echo with multiple tones also in the renewed competitive section of NOAM LAB short films, accompanied by the strength of new young selectors in the NOAM YOUTH section.
The cellulose UFO doesn’t land because, as highlighted by Alice Iuri’s beautiful illustration, it helps us not to bow our heads and to look proudly upwards. A propensity not to give up and to fight that adds a ring, the third and largest in the historic center, that of Cinema Italia to present you with an edition that we hope will be remembered in every way as Smashing.
Program
Wednesday, November 12
Thursday, November 13
Friday, November 14
- NOAM PartyNOAM Party
Dalle 23 till late
DJ set:
Cobo
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Il suo set mescola le radici Hip Hop alla Club Culture e a sperimentazioni funky ed elettroniche. Fondatore del duo culto Microspasmi, negli anni ha collaborato tra gli altri con Bassi Maestro, Fabri Fibra e Massimo Pericolo. È direttore artistico di Basta Session.Ingresso con Accredito NOAM o acquistando in prevendita il biglietto su party.noamfestival.it (non sarà possibile acquistare biglietti alla porta)
Saturday, November 15
Sunday, November 16
- EventoPremiazione
Saranno presenti:
Eliza Hittman – Premio NOAM alla carriera 2025
Casey Kauffman – Presidente della Giuria lungometraggi NOAM 2025
Vito Palmieri – Presidente della Giuria cortometraggi NOAM 2025Con proiezione del cortometraggio Premio del Pubblico Giovani NOAM 2025
Information
Prices
Evening screenings
Full €8.50
Reduced* €7.00
Afternoon and night screenings
Full €7.50
Reduced* €6.00
Tickets can be purchased at the cinema box offices on the days of the Festival starting 30 minutes before the first show begins.
Festival Accreditation
Access to all screenings and events, tote bag, and complimentary drink at MEET NOAM bar.
Available online in presale and at cinema box offices during the Festival days.
Full €40.00
Reduced* €35.00
*Reductions for:
- Filmeeting APS members
- under 30
- over 65
- legal categories
- Green Reduction: showing a valid train or bus ticket to reach the Festival
Sales Conditions
Tickets can be purchased at the cinema box office before the screenings start.
Accreditation is nominative, strictly personal, and non-transferable. The name provided at the time of purchase must match the user’s name.
Accreditation pickup hours at MEET NOAM
Wed 12 – Thu 13 – Fri 14
from 10:30 AM to 9:30 PM
Sat 15
from 9:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Sun 16
from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Locations
All events take place in Faenza
Cinema Europa
via Sant’Antonino, 2
Cinema Italia
via Pier Maria Cavina, 3
Cinema Sarti
via Cesare Scaletta, 10
MEET NOAM
Galleria Comunale d’Arte della Molinella
voltone della Molinella, 2
Biblioteca Manfrediana
via Manfredi, 14
Giradischi Club
viale Baccarini, 27
Colophon
NOAM Faenza Film Festival
3rd Edition
November 12 – 16, 2025
Organized by
Filmeeting APS
noamfestival.it
info@noamfestival.it
Co-financed by
Erasmus+ Program of the European Union
Italian Youth Agency
With the sponsorship and contribution of
Ministry of Culture – Directorate General Cinema and Audiovisual
Ministry of Education and Merit
National Plan Cinema and Images for School
Emilia-Romagna Region
Emilia-Romagna Film Commission
Union of Municipalities of Romagna Faentina
Municipality of Faenza
With the sponsorship of
Embassy of Mexico in Italy
CaMexItal – Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Italy
Canadian Chamber in Italy
NOAM Lab & Youth is realized with the support of
Ministry of Culture
SIAE – within the program “Per Chi Crea”
Organizational partners
Cinemaincentro
Cinema Europa
Cineclub Il Raggio Verde
Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana di Faenza
Award partner
Ital Sab – Faenza
Mobility partner
Ghetti Multiservice Ravenna
Media partner
CineFacts
longtake
Menabò Group
Podcast partner
Casaba
Local partners
CNA Area Romagna Faentina
CNA Cinema e Audiovisivo Ravenna
Fondazione Banca del Monte e Cassa di Risparmio di Faenza
Cinedream Multiplex Faenza
Ente Ceramica
Algheri Arredamenti
Caffè Nove100
Clandestino
Fmarket
Mens Faenza
Artistic Director
Andrea Valmori
Organizational Director
Gian Marco Magnani
General curation of selection
Marco Lovisato
Feature film section selectors
Andrea Chimento
Andrea Valmori
Short film section selectors
Riccardo Copreni
Dario Marchiani
NOAM Youth Staff
Hospitality and accreditation
Alessandra Pellegri
Dalia Rovito
Laura Sansoni
DCP management, copy traffic and projection
Simone Romboli
Technical staff
Marta Casanova
Lorenzo Paganelli
Set design
Fabio Monducci
Event supervision
Filippo Pizzigoti
Press Office and Newsletter
Luca Gorini
Website
Lorenzo Paganelli – Osteria del Server
Simone Romboli – Osteria del Server
Social media
Silvia Santinami
General curation of subtitles and translations
Sofia Quadrelli
Support for subtitle and translation curation
Francesca Egidio
Subtitles
Annalisa Betti
Giorgia Bueti
Giuseppe Campese
Alessandra Gaiba
Veronica Massolin
Elena Neri
Caterina Zucchelli
Interpretation
Sofia Quadrelli
Caterina Zucchelli
Illustration
Alice Iuri
Graphic Design
Matteo Vandelli
Videomaking
Gabriele Randi
Photography
Viviella Costantino
Rachele Giovannini
Trailer
Carlo Venturi
Support for organization
Federico Francesconi
Agnese Graziani
Nicola Peroni
Mattia Rizzi
Eva Sangiorgi
Catalog supervision
Gian Marco Magnani
Catalog editor-in-chief
Mattia Rizzi
Catalog printing
Litografia Fabbri – Modigliana
Award design and creation
Andrea Salvatori Studio
Bookshops
Libreria Moby Dick – Faenza
Service
Milk Shake Service – Lugo
Set design realization
Algheri Arredamenti – Faenza
Faenza Legno – Faenza
Officina Meccanica Magnani – Faenza
SIAN – Forlì
Therios – Ozzano dell’Emilia
Staff coordination
Alessandra Pellegri
Giulia Vallicelli
Festival staff
Matilde Barone
Manfredi Cacicia
Martina Calderoni
Andrea Casadio
Luca del Console
Ruggero Foà
Camilla Faccani
Annalia Leone
Cecilia Liverani
Daniel Manenti
Ada Caterina Nanni
Leonardo Neri
Danai Nakou
Sofia Stucchi
Silvia Turrini
Giulio Venturelli
NOAM 2025 Volunteers
Special thanks
Emilia-Romagna Region
– Niccolò Bosi
– Eleonora Proni
Emilia-Romagna Film Commission
– Fabio Abagnato
– Davide Zanza
– Anna Sbarrai
Municipality of Faenza
– Massimo Isola
– Davide Agresti
– Gastone Bosio
– Paola Bagnolini
– Mattia Calderoni
– Sara Valgimigli
– Antonio Veca
Embassy of Mexico in Italy
– Genaro Fausto Lozano Valencia
– Héctor Alcántara Palacios
– Chiara Morani
CaMexItal – Mexican Chamber of Commerce in Italy
– Letizia Magaldi
Canadian Chamber in Italy
– Caterina Passariello
– Sergio Passariello
– Mitzy Delorcy
Cinemaincentro
– Alberto Beltrani
– Barbara Bandini
– Nicolò Baraccani
– Emilia Tassi
Cinema Europa
– Don Massimo Geminiani
– Don Andrea Rigoni
– Don Marco Ferrini
– Marco Utili
Cineclub il Raggio Verde
– Gianluca Nediani
– Michele Ragazzini
– Enrico Gaudenzi
– Federico Lega
– Gabriele Lega
Biblioteca Comunale Manfrediana di Faenza
– Daniela Simonini
– Giorgia Plachesi
– Giulia Romualdi
– Pier Giorgio Patuelli
Ital Sab
– Cristina Griguolo
– Nicolò Coralli
Ghetti Multiservice Ravenna
– Gian Luca Ghetti
Morena Andalò
Michele Argnani
Benedetta Bentini
Matteo Bolognesi
Leonardo Bondi
Davide Bulzaga
Leo Canali
Luna Capalti
Rita Cerini
Francesco Corbara
Nicola Giada
Elvira Keller
Lisa Lelli
Andrea Malucelli
Fabrizio Mantovani
Paolo Martinengo
Enrico Minardi
Omar Montanari
Camilla Pelliconi
Chiara Perini
Giulia Quintabà
Jacopo Renzi
Edoardo Saccone
Nevio Salimbeni
Barbara Savorani
Stefano Scozzoli
Simone Soranna
Roberta Tabanelli
Deborah Ugolini
Jimmy Valentini
Teo Youssoufian
Federica Zannoni
Matteo Zauli
