Lovers Film Festival

The first gay cinema festival in Italy, amongst the most important ones at international level, "Lovers Film Festival", recounts different and multi-faceted sexual geographies, but also its care and its profound love for cinema and the LGBTQI community itself.
The Festival, founded by Giovanni Minerba and Ottavio Mario Mai and directed since 2020 by Vladimir Luxuria, explores new forms of auteur cinema and addresses key contemporary issues, including identity, gender, family, homophobia, activism, rights, self-discovery and self-acceptance. Among the many authors it presented over the years with premieres, are Gus Van Sant, Gregg Araki and Ken Russell.
The 42nd edition of the festival will take place in April 2027.