Francesca Archibugi will preside over the jury of the Feature Film competition of the 44th Torino Film Festival, scheduled from 24 November to 2 December 2026. The director and screenwriter, author of films such as Mignon è Partita, Il grande cucomero, Il nome del Figlio, The Lying Down and The Hummingbird, will lead the jury of the international competition.
Francesca Archibugi will preside over the jury of the Feature Film competition of the 44th Torino Film Festival, scheduled from 24 November to 2 December 2026. Director and screenwriter among the most authoritative figures of contemporary Italian cinema, Archibugi will bring to the festival directed by Giulio Base a gaze that for almost forty years has spanned families, adolescence, feelings, neuroses and changes in Italian society.
A cinema capable of moving between comedy and drama, lightness and restlessness, without ever losing sight of that fragile and imperfect material that is human relationships. Children, adolescents, parents, couples and generations in conflict have stubbornly inhabited a filmography recognizable precisely for the ability to observe everyday life without transforming it into something ordinary.
Born in Rome in 1960, Francesca Archibugi made her feature film debut in 1988 with Mignon è parti, which immediately established her name on the Italian cinema scene. Since then he has built a coherent and personal path, crossed by numerous awards, including David di Donatello, Nastri d'argento, Globo d'oro and Premio Flaiano.
Among the most significant titles of his career include Verso sera (1990), Il grande cucomero (1993), Con gli occhiclose (1994), The pear tree (1998), Flying lessons (2007), Questione di cuore (2009), The name of the son (2015), The lying ones (2017), Vivere (2019) and Il hummingbird (2022).
His most recent work is Illusione, a noir drama presented at the Rome Film Festival in 2025 and arriving in Italian cinemas in 2026, starring, among others, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Riondino, Vittoria Puccini and Filippo Timi. A film that confirms the director's attention to adolescence and its gray areas, within a story marked by violence, vulnerability and the need to be listened to.
The artistic director of the Torino Film Festival Giulio Base welcomed the nomination, underlining the role played in the recent history of our cinema.
«Francesca Archibugi is an author who I deeply admire for the sensitivity, intelligence and independence with which she has built her own path. She was already a luminous presence when women behind the camera were still very few and today she continues to generously support the talent of her colleagues."
Base then added: «Having her as president of the jury of the Torino Film Festival is a great joy: I am sure that she will be able to recognize talent, welcome the unexpected and listen to the most original voices of contemporary cinema».
The 44th Torino Film Festival will take place for nine days, from Tuesday 24 November to Wednesday 2 December 2026. The edition includes three international competitions dedicated respectively to feature films, documentaries and short films, alongside the non-competitive sections.
The international feature film competition will award prizes for Best Film, Special Jury Prize, Best Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Actor. It will therefore be Francesca Archibugi who will lead the jury called to evaluate one of the central sections of the event.
The Turin Film Festival is organized by the National Cinema Museum and takes place with the contribution of the Ministry of Culture - Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual, Piedmont Region, City of Turin, Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and CRT Foundation.
