Submissions now open for the 74th Trento Film Festival and MontagnaLibri

Published 01/09/2025

The 2026 edition of Trento Film Festival will take place from 24 April to 3 May. The deadline for submitting works produced in 2024 and 2025 is 10 January 2026, whereas for works produced in 2026 the deadline is 10 February.
As always, the spotlight will also be on publishing, with the 40th edition of MontagnaLibri.

Each year, the public at Trento Film Festival can enjoy over a hundred films on the big screen, including documentaries, fiction, short and full-length films, and international and Italian premieres. They are all works focusing on the highest lands on the planet, adventure, exploration and the complex relationship between man and the environment, just as they have been since the Festival first started in 1952. However, hundreds of films apply to participate at the event each year: among these, the selection committee identifies those most suitable for the programme of the Festival, which in 2026 is scheduled from 24 April to 3 May.

Submissions for the 74th edition of Trento Film Festival thus open today, on Monday 1 September. The deadline for submitting works produced in 2024 and 2025 is 10 January 2026, whereas for works produced in 2026 the deadline is 10 February. As usual, it is possible to submit films that: make a contribution to increasing knowledge and protecting the mountains and tablelands, highlighting their symbolic value and depicting related human, historic and social aspects; portray the most significant cultural and technical aspects and human adventure involved in mountaineering; promote environmental protection and sustainable development in the mountains; extend and promote knowledge of geographical areas, peoples and cultures; illustrate mountain sports, including modern evolution of various disciplines.

Submissions are also open for the 40th edition of “MontagnaLibri”, the annual international showcase for publishing on the subject, where it is possible to present all the most recent publications dedicated to the mountains, exploration, adventure, care for the environment and mountain cultures in general. The books proposed must have been published in 2025 or the first three months of 2026. There are two deadlines for submitting works: 31 January 2026 for books published in 2025 and 31 March 2026 for books published between January and March 2026.

Info and submissions at https://trentofestival.it/iscrizioni-2026.