The Ticino-based “Becaària” is also among the premieres in Solothurn

At the 61st Solothurn Film Festival (January 21–28, 2026), premieres of feature films from Ticino will not be lacking, starting with Becaària, the new film by Bellinzona-based director Erik Bernasconi. Based on the novel by Giorgio Genetelli, the feature film - presented in its world premiere and competing for the Prix du Public - tells a coming-of-age story set in 1970s Ticino and was shot in Vallemaggia after the flooding of the summer of 2024. Supported by the Ticino Film Commission, Becaària is produced by Cinédokké of Savosa together with Basel-based Cinework, RSI, SRG SSR, and Arte.

Also premiering worldwide in Solothurn are other films directed by Ticino filmmakers: Memorie di un medico di montagna by Domenico Lucchini, produced by Ventura Film (Meride) with RSI, and Mother Yamuna by Vito Robbiani (Mediatree Produzioni, Savosa, with RSI), as well as the restored version of Downtown 81 by Edo Bertoglio, presented in the Downtown New York retrospective.

Among the Swiss premieres directed or produced by Ticino filmmakers or partly shot in our canton are Il fantasma che è in me, a documentary by Michal Beltrami produced by e-motionsfilms of from Losone with RSI, and No one will hurt you by Dino Hodic (Fiumi Film, RSI), competing for the Visioni award, as well as Elisa by Italian director Leonardo Di Costanzo, also filmed in the Mendrisiotto region (Tempesta, Amka Films and RSI). These latter two titles are also supported by the Ticino Film Commission, as are - moving beyond premieres - the documentary La leggerezza sommersa by Fulvio Mariani (Iceberg Films, RSI, SRG SSR), Wider than the sky by Valerio Jalongo (Aura Film, Ameuropa, RSI, RAI Cinema, SRG SSR), Barry and me by Markus Welter, partly shot in Ticino, and the short film Disco D(e)ad by Lilly Di Rosa (produced by CISA) in the Talente competition.

Other films not in their first screening, featuring actors, locations, technical crews, direction, production, or themes connected to Italian-speaking Switzerland, can be discovered in the programme of the 61st Solothurn Film Festival.