Program Messina Opera Film Festiva IX Edizione
dal 29 novembre al 7 dicembre 2025
ore 15.30 Sala Laudamo
To Rome with love (2012)
directed by Woody Allen with Fabio Armiliato (112')
ore 17.30 Sala Laudamo
Presentation of the book A Life in Song: The Alchemy of the Voice
by Fabio Armiliato
followed by the award ceremony
Messina Cinema & Opera to Fabio Armiliato
ore 19.00 Sala Laudamo
Enigma in Tempo Rubia, an Argentine Mozart
(2021) by Francesco Cordio with Fabio Armiliato (60')
ore 20.30 Sala Laudamo
The Phantom of the Opera (1925) by Rupert Julian
with Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin (90')
with live musical accompaniment by the ParlaPiano Ensemble
(new ParlaPiano and La Zattera dell'Arte production for the Messina Opera Film Festival)
ore 16.00 Sala Laudamo
Carmen Story(1984)
by Carlos Saura with Antonio Gades, Laura Del Sol (102)
ore 17.45 Sala Laudamo
Carmen Get It! (1962)
by Gene Deitch with Tom & Jerry (7:44)
a seguire Sala Laudamo
L’amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen in
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers(1970)
by Donovan Cook (1:54)
a seguire Sala Laudamo
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen in
The Aristocats (1970) by Wolfgang Reitherman (2:26)
ore 18.00 Sala Laudamo
U-Carmen (2005)
by Mark DornFord-May with Pauline Malefane, Andile Tshoni (120’)
ore 18.00 Palazzo della Cultura
A Burlesque on Carmen(1915) by Charlie Chaplin
starring Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance (31)
with live musical accompaniment by the Orchestra a plettro Città di Taormina, conductor Antonino Pellitteri
Exclusive production by Associazione Musicale V. Bellini and la Zattera dell'Arte for the Messina Opera Film Festival (admission fee)
ore 20.15 Sala Laudamo
Carmen(1984) by Francesco Rosi with Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi (152’)
ore 10.30 Sala Laudamo
La forza del destino (2025)
by Anissa Bonnefont (90')
ore 16.00 Sala Laudamo
Opera spot. Giuseppe Verdi in advertising
ore 16.05 Sala Laudamo
Giuseppe Verdi (1953)
directed by Raffaello Matarazzo with Anna Maria Ferrero, Mario Del Monaco,
Tito Gobbi (120')
ore 18.05 Sala Laudamo
Clip Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
by Valerio Zurlini
with Claudia Cardinale (3:12)
ore 18.10 Sala Laudamo
Rigoletto(GB 1993)
by Barry Purves (28’) original version subtitled in Italian
Before the screening, the Messina Cinema & Opera Award will be presented to Barry Purves
ore 19.00 Sala Laudamo
Le stanze di Verdi (2025) by Riccardo Marchesini with Giulio Scarpati (80')
ore 20.45 Sala Laudamo
Aida(1953)
by Clemente Fracassi with Sophia Loren, voiced by Renata Tebaldi, Ebe Stignani (95')
ore 16.00 Sala Laudamo
Presentation of independent film-opera projects
ore 16.15 Sala Laudamo
The Thieving Magpie (Fr, 2024) by Robert Guédigulan with Ariane Ascaride (101’)
ore 18.00 Sala Laudamo
Renato Cioni, la voce dell’Elba (2025) by Stefano Muti (53')
ore 20.00 Sala Laudamo
The Opera. Arias for an Eclipse (2024)
by Davide Livermore, Paolo Gep Cucco with Valentino Buzza (106')
ore 16.00 Sala Laudamo
Dreamecatchr (2024) by Hélène Montague and John Comiskey (Italian premiere) (49')
ore 17.00 Sala Laudamo
Short Film Competition
Carmen (USA, 2025) by Ximena Esparragoza (15th)(European premiere)
The Void of You (Italy, 2025) by Stefano Zito (6th)
Medea (Italy, 2022) by Giovanni Maria Currò (14th)
Grand Opera (Italy, 2024) by Marco Napoli (3rd) (world premiere)
ore 17.00 Università
Parmì veder le lagrime. The opera at cinema by Benedetto Patera
ore 18.30 Sala Laudamo
Tosca a Roma (1992) directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (115')
ore 20.30 Sala Laudamo
Oblivion (2025) by Laine Rettmer (70') (Italian premiere)
ore 10.00 Sala Laudamo
Masterclass by Andrea Andermann
Moderated by Professor Antonio Catolfi
ore 16.00 Sala Laudamo
Jeanne d’Arc (1900) by Georges Méliès with Jeanne d’Alcy, Georges Méliès, Bleuette Bernon (10)
with live musical accompaniment by the ensemble of the Corelli Conservatory
(exclusive production of the Corelli Conservatory for Messina Opera Film Festival)
ore 17.00 Sala Laudamo
Short Film Competition
The Quarantine Redemption (Iran, 2023) by Bahar Dorabadi (13) (Italian premiere)
Trill (USA, 2022) by JT Doran (3) (world premiere)
Zobeide (Italy, 2025) by Luciangela Gatto (13) (premiere)
A Fish & A Bird (USA, 2025) by Deanna Moorehead (7) (European premiere)
ore 18.30 Sala Laudamo
La Traviata in Paris(2000) directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi (125')
ore 21.00 Teatro Vittorio Emanuele
Celluloid Notes
Orchestra Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Conductor
Before the concert, the Messina Cinema & Opera Award will be presented to Andrea Andermann
(admission fee)
ore 14.00 Sala Laudamo
Masterclass by Paolo Vivaldi
ore 16.00 Sala Laudamo
Tribute to The Scottish Opera of Glasgow
Josefine(UK, 2024) by Antonia Bain (14')
a seguire Sala Laudamo
Tribute to The Scottish Opera of Glasgow
The Narcissistic Fish(2020) by Antonia Bain (Italian premiere) (13’)
ore 16.30 Sala Laudamo
Short Film Competition
Chloe’s Dream (Germany, 2025) by Jérôme Erhart, Sylwia Szkiladz, Jessica Poon (6th)
(Italian premiere)
Chinese Laundry (Italy, 2022) by Giorgio Arcelli Fontana (15th)
Odi.0 (Italy, 2025) by Cristian Taraborrelli (5th) (world premiere)
The Brief Journey of Little Homer (Italy, 2025) by Simonetta Pisano (15th) (world premiere)
Echoes of Her (Ireland, 2025) by Marco Reale (8) (world premiere)
Violet, the Courtesan (Spain, 2012) by David Casals Rome (14)
ore 18.30 Sala Laudamo
Short film competition awards ceremony and screening of the winning works
ore 20.00 Sala Laudamo
Cinderella (2012) by Carlo Verdone with Lena Belkina (120')
ore 16.00 Sala Laudamo
The Telephone (2020) by Daisy Evans (Italian premiere) (25)
ore 17.00 Sala Laudamo
Rigoletto in Mantua (2010) directed by Marco Bellocchio (130’)
ore 21.15 Sala Laudamo
Theatrical performance Resta Diva – Homage to Maria Callas
directed by Alessandra Pizzi, with Enrico Lo Verso, Mirko Lodedo, piano. (Admission fee)