From Saturday, March 21 to Saturday, March 28, the 24th edition of the BAFF - BA FILM FESTIVAL returns.

Monday, March 23 – 9:00 p.m., Varese
The Cinema Teatro Nuovo in Varese will host a conversation with Elisabetta Sgarbi, organizer of La Milanesiana, director of the publishing house La Nave di Teseo (founded with Umberto Eco), and filmmaker. 
Speakers for the event will include Eugenio Lio, La Nave di Teseo, Paolo Bacilleri, comic book artist and illustrator, and Alberto Pezzotta, film scholar and film critic for Il Corriere della Sera.
The event will be followed by a showing of the film L’isola degli idealisti (2024), directed by Elisabetta Sgarbi.

*Booking for the event at the Cinema Teatro Nuovo in Varese

Full Program 

Friday, March 20

•  Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi in concerto
  9:00 pm, Cinema Teatro San Giovanni Bosco - Busto Arsizio (€ 18,00)

Saturday, March 21 

• Masterclass: Before Growing Up — on Abel Ferrara
  4:00 pm, Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni - Busto Arsizio
• BAFF at the Bookstore: Matteo Inzaghi presents Flashback
  6:00 pm, Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni - Busto Arsizio
• Opening Night of the 24th Edition — Meeting with Abel Ferrara — Turn in the Wound (UK/Germany/Italy/USA, 2024, 77 min.)
  8:30 pm, Teatro Sociale Delia Cajelli - Busto Arsizio (€ 8,00)

Sunday, March 22

• The Gesture of the Hands by Francesco Clerici
  10:00 am, Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni - Busto Arsizio
• Masterclass on Rossellini with Michelangelo Frammartino
  4:00 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arizio (€ 5,00)
• The Girl in the Fog — Q&A with Donato Carrisi
  8:30 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio (€ 8,00)

Monday, March 2

• Masterclass: Titicut Follies by Frederick Wiseman
  10:00 am, Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni - Busto Arsizio
• BAFF Memorabilia Opening
  12:00 pm, Galleria Boragno - Busto Arsizio
• Macdo by Racomelia Ezell (Messico/Grecia, 2025, 117’)
  3:00 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio (€5,00 - valid for the double afternoon showing)
• Scerbanenco: Novels, Cinema, and Comics
  8:30 pm, Cinema Teatro Nuovo - Varese (free admission with reservation)

Tuesday, March 2

• Tienimi presente by Alberto Palmiero
  9:00 am, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio
• Boys Go to Jupiter by Julian Glander (USA, 2024, 90’)
  3:00 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio (€5,00 - valid for the double afternoon showing)
• Surprise showing
  5:30 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio
• Libera — Q&A with Pappi Corsicato and Isabel Pagliai
  8:30 pm, Cinema Teatro Dante - Castellanza (€ 5,00)

Wednesday, March 2

• Gioia mia by Margherita Spampinato
  9:00 am, Cinema Teatro Manzoni - Busto Arsizio (€ 5,00)
• Buffet Infinity by Simon Glassman (Canada, 2025, 100’) — with Dino Primo
  3:00 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio (€5,00 - valid for the double afternoon showing)
• Una cosa vicina by Loris G. Nese (Italia, 2025, 90’) — with Loris G. Nese e Chiara Marotta
  5:30 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio
• Le bambine by Valentina e Nicole Bertani (Italia/Svizzera/Francia, 2025, 105’) — with Valentina e Nicole Bertani
  9:00 pm, Sala Ratti - Legnano - (€ 5,00)
• The Myth of the Stelvio Track, curated by Cactus Production in Progress — with Flavio Vanetti
  9:00 pm, Istituto Cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni - Busto Arsizio (Free admission)

Thursday, March 26

• Vita da grandi by Greta Scarano
  9:00 am, Cinema Teatro Manzoni - Busto Arsizio (€ 5,00)
• Masterclass: Afterlives by Kevin B. Lee
  4:00 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio (€ 5,00)
• The Chronology of Water by Kristen Stewart (Francia/Lituania/UK/USA, 2025, 128’)
  8:30 pm, Sala Ratti - Legnano - (€ 5,00)
• Before We Grow Up — Short Films
  9:00 pm, Cinema Teatro Fratello Sole - Busto Arsizio (€ 8,00)

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