What are the festival venues? How can you access the events? On this page, you will find useful information to help you get oriented.
Locations…and how to reach them from the Festival Center
All festival locations are easily accessible on foot or by bike. Thanks to our partnership with RideMovi, you’ll find bicycles available at key festival spots. We encourage you to leave your car at home and choose sustainable mobility: walking, cycling, or using public transport. Click here to open our map and find your way through Bologna’s charming alleys.
Festival Center → Via Sant’Isaia 20
Opening Hours. 26.09.2025 → 10am – 9pm | 27–30.09.2025 → 9.30am – 7.30pm
The Festival Center is your go-to spot: pick up your accreditation, browse exclusive merchandising, and discover books curated by Libreria Trame at the pop-up bookshop. Enjoy a coffee offered by our sponsor Sceltixte and meet guests, audiences, and the Archivio Aperto team!
Sala Berti – Refettorio delle Monache dell’ex Convento di San Mattia → Via Sant’Isaia 20
Don’t miss the chance to visit Marinella Pirelli. Fino al margine del bosco: Disegni, fotografie, film, a brand-new project room designed especially for the hosting space.
Right next to the Festival Center!
Ex Chiesa di San Mattia → Via Sant’Isaia 14
One of the main venues of the festival. Here you can attend talks and screenings of the Programs, including those on 16mm!
Just a one-minute walk from the Festival Center.
Cinema Lumière, Sala Scorsese & DAMSLab → Piazzetta P. P. Pasolini
Here you can attend the Competition screenings, introduced by the directors of the films.
From the Festival Center: 18 min walk · 16 minutes bus (lines 20/11/15/30/C) · 3 min bike
Sala Cervi → Via Riva di Reno 72/A
You can also attend the Competition screenings here, introduced by the filmmakers.
Sala Cervi is quite a cozy venue, so don’t forget to book your seat if you’re accredited, or grab your ticket at the Cineteca’s online or on-site box office.
From the Festival Center: 12 min walk · 11 min bus (lines 20/11/15/30/C) · 3 min bike
Cinema Modernissimo → Piazza Re Enzo 1/1
Cinema Modernissimo will host a special screening: Toni, mio padre, introduced by its director Anna Negri.
From the Festival Center: 15 min walk · 9 min bus (lines 13/14) · 4 min bike
Teatro San Leonardo – AngelicA | Centro di Ricerca Musicale → Via San Vitale 63
Don’t miss the festival’s closing event at Teatro San Leonardo: Archivio Aperto’s live sound performance with the archival selection Racconto d’estate. Nena Lavello, cento anni fa with a live scoring by Stefano Pilia.”
From the Festival Center: 15 min walk · 17 min bus (lines 13/14) · 7 min bike
CostArena → Via Azzo Gardino 48
Let’s meet! Join us for four mornings of conversations with the Competition’s directors – a unique opportunity to meet them in person and discover more about their archival films.
From the Festival Center: 17 min walk · 13 min bus (lines 13/14) · 3 min bike
Admission Information
Competition screenings will take place in the festival’s cinemas (Sala Cervi, Cinema Lumière).
Access with accreditation: if you have an accreditation, you will receive a personal code by email to reserve your seat free of charge.
Access without accreditation: you can purchase your ticket at the Cineteca’s online or on-site box office.
Talks and screenings at the Former Church of San Mattia.
All screenings and talks held here are free for the public, subject to seat availability. However, accredited guests can secure a seat in advance through a link they will receive by email, for the following programmes: Storie Sperimentali – Kenneth Anger, La Natura dell’archivio. Il cinema di Rose Lowder: ecologia, caso e necessità, Art & Experimental Film. Il sogno di un futuro: un omaggio al cinema d’artista di Andrea Granchi, Carte blanche – Cinédoc Paris Films Coop. Désirs / Déroutes, Archivio Aperto Professional, Open Frame – Student Film Program.
Special screening at Cinema Modernissimo
Cinema Modernissimo will host the screening of Toni, My Father (26 September, 9:45 pm). Tickets can be purchased through the Cineteca’s online or on-site box office. Accredited guests can purchase a reduced ticket (€5), which must be collected in person at the Cineteca’s box office by showing their accreditation (badge or Eventbrite/email confirmation). Reduced tickets cannot be purchased online.
The Festival Closing at Teatro San Leonardo
For the closing event Racconto d’estate. Nena Lavello, cent’anni fa, tickets can be purchased through the Teatro San Leonardo’s online box office (Boxerticket network). Accredited guests can also purchase a reduced ticket (€5 + fees) by following the instructions received via email from the accreditation office.
If you have any questions, you can send an email to office@archivioaperto.it
Thinking about getting accredited? Click here to access the page Accreditation and find the pass that’s right for you.
