The six projects set to take part in Itineranze Doc 2026 have been announced. This free training programme aims to provide creative and production support to young filmmakers working in the documentary genre as they develop their first (or second) feature-length film.

The fifth edition of Itineranze Doc kicks off on 6 May as part of the Bellaria Film Festival in Bellaria Igea Marina (Rimini), where participants will meet for the first time and officially present their projects. The programme will continue until November, with five further stages.

The travelling workshop will be led by tutors Chiara Andrich (artistic director of the Sole Luna Doc Film Festival), Alberto Diana (director and programmer of the Festival dei Popoli) and Gianluca Rossi (screenwriter and artistic director of FrontDoc). 

Telling the Story of What Remains

This selection brings together six works that explore the realms of identity and memory through hybrid forms that blend documentary and artistic vision. From the isolated landscapes of Alicudi to the urban transformations of Rome’s Olympic Village, and on to intimate and symbolic spaces such as archives, diaries and digital environments, the films weave a constant dialogue between personal experience and the collective dimension.

At the centre emerge figures in search of meaning — children, women, communities — suspended between past and present, between what has been and what is remembered or reinvented. The narrative paths question the boundary between reality and representation, between memory and construction, prompting reflections on what remains of us in images, stories and bodies.

The projects were selected for the originality of their perspectives and their ability to use the language of cinema in a personal and contemporary way, transforming each story into a space for a living dialogue between identity, loss and the possibility of transformation.

The 6 selected projects

Ossi di cane, by Lorenzo Spinelli

What remains when everything else rots away? Through archive fragments and private diaries, an anonymous narrator explores the extraordinary life of Philippe Berson: the model who fled the glamour of Paris to find, in the catacombs of Palermo, a macabre triumph of life, transforming scraps of animal bones into works of art.

Il villaggio, by Camilla Iannetti

In Rome’s Olympic Village, built for the 1960 Olympics and later transformed into a working-class neighbourhood, new regeneration projects are shaking up a fragmented community of long-standing residents and transient lives.

L’imfura’, by Juri Hean Hilaire

The journey of an Italian son in search of his Rwandan father, a profound quest between memory and reconciliation with a painful past.

Filmisi, by Veronica Orrù

The story of an immortal cat and a father who chose to leave few traces behind. Part diary, part archaeological dig, this is an exploration of death in the internet age: where does the line lie between preserving a memory and falsifying it? What remains of a person when the words we used to describe them prove to be inaccurate?

Ali, by Vittoria Paglino

On the remote island of Alicudi (in Sicily), a young woman torn between visions and reality attempts to claim her freedom.

Non ci crederai che nel sonno, by Valentina Manzoni

What if the memories we have lost lived in a collective repository of other people’s memories? Exploring desire across the body, images and digital spaces, the author questions artificial intelligence in an attempt to reconstruct a memory that her body retains, but her mind cannot see.