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La sala della SMIAF Film Section 2026 durante la proiezione inaugurale.

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SMIAF Film Section 2026

31 July — 2 August 2026Antico Monastero Santa Chiara · San Marino

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SMIAF Film Section 2026

First edition · SMIAF Film Section

Happiness,
on the big screen.

SMIAF Film Section brings independent cinema and international short films to the San Marino International Arts Festival.

From 31 July to 2 August 2026, the Antico Monastero di Santa Chiara became a place for screenings and encounters. Three days exploring happiness and its pursuit through different stories, cultures and cinematic languages.

3days of cinema

15officially selected shorts

700+international submissions

Over 700 submissions are reported in San Marino RTV’s coverage.

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The programme · 2026 edition

Three days.
Three ways of seeing.

31 July · Friday · 19:30

Inner perspectives

Identity, vulnerability, memory and self-perception. Stories that look inward.

  • The Runaway Horses
  • I li(k)e to tell stories
  • Overthinking
  • Sequencial
  • Trading Cards

1 August · Saturday · 18:00

Emotional geographies

People and places, distance and belonging. The world we inhabit becomes part of what we feel.

  • This Is Where We Die
  • Al Fresco
  • Safe Space
  • Rue
  • Black Rain in My Eyes

2 August · Sunday · 16:45

Shared paths

Relationships, growth and change. The search for individual and collective balance.

  • Seven Days and a Coke
  • Every Birthday
  • The Disconnection
  • As the Time Might Be Now
  • Goddamn Gorilla

Experimental perspectives

Out of competition. A space for freer cinematic forms: Giorni by Alessandro Baldacci and Curious Friend by Erik Sémashkin.

Screenings in Aula Z, University of the Republic of San Marino, Antico Monastero Santa Chiara. Times from the official SMIAF 2026 programme.

Relive the encounter.

28 photographs from the 2026 edition

The SMIAF Film Section 2026 screening room during the opening evening.
The audience and speakers during a conversation in the blue and pink screening room.
Festival posters and printed material on the table by the screening room entrance.
Audience silhouettes in front of the SMIAF Film Section screen.
Three speakers in front of the screen during the opening evening.
Audience members follow a conversation in the festival screening room.
The seated audience in the blue-lit screening room.
An audience member watches a film in the dark screening room.
A short film on screen during SMIAF Film Section.
A speaker talks into a microphone in front of the screen.
A notebook and notes on an audience member’s lap.
Speakers on stage and the audience during a post-screening conversation.
A speaker wearing glasses talks into a microphone.
A scene from a short film projected in the screening room.
A speaker in a light shirt during a conversation with the audience.
The audience listens to speakers at SMIAF Film Section.
A speaker in a floral shirt talks into a microphone.
An audience member follows a conversation from the seating area.
The festival screening room with the audience and printed festival material.
Audience members watch a film in the SMIAF Film Section screening room.
The audience in front of a short film on screen.
Audience members seated in the pink and blue screening room.
A speaker in a light T-shirt talks into a microphone.
A detail from a short film on screen during the festival.
The audience seated on rugs and cushions in the screening room.
Two speakers in conversation with microphones during the event.
Audience members watch the screen during a film.
A view of the audience gathered in the SMIAF Film Section screening room.

Organisation and collaborations

The people
behind the gathering.

A film section within SMIAF, in collaboration with Vere Films and La Cinemacello.

Artistic direction

Alessandro Riccardi
Umberto Baldacci

Organisational support

Michele Giagoni

Graphic design

Cosmic Studio

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