Torino Film Festival 2026: dates, tickets and sources

1. Where the Torino Film Festival takes place

Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Mole Antonelliana

City centre, Turin Festival from 24 November to 2 December 2026 2026 tickets not yet published 19th-century monument

The National Museum of Cinema occupies the Mole Antonelliana, the landmark that dominates the city and that Turin locals use as their reference point. The organiser presents the museum as the institutional home of the edition: the museum’s festival lab names it as the festival’s base. It is therefore the place to start if you want to understand the event, even though the 2026 screening venues have not been announced yet.

What to know

• The museum is presented as the festival’s institutional home; the 2026 screening venues are not confirmed yet.
• The guided visit lasts 2 hours according to the Viator listing and includes the panoramic climb up the Mole.
• The meeting point is the museum entrance. Latecomers are not admitted, so arrive on time.

Pixidia tip: plan a backup for the panoramic climb. According to the Viator listing, the climb is not guaranteed in bad weather; the visit may then be limited to the museum.

Semi-private guided tour of the National Museum of Cinema and Mole Antonelliana 2 hours · ★ 4.5 out of 5 (15 reviews, Viator and TripAdvisor)

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The Teatro Regio hosts the opening ceremony. The two venues need different preparation: the museum visit is a fixed two-hour slot with a guide, while the ceremony depends on a start time and access arrangements that have not been published yet.

2. The 2026 calendar: the dates to note

The festival runs for nine days, from Tuesday 24 November to Wednesday 2 December 2026. The organiser confirms these dates on its official website, unless the table says otherwise.

Source: torinofilmfest.org, checked on 23 October 2026; market dates: Italy Meets Hollywood, checked on 23 October 2026.

The most pressing deadline is not the opening but 30 October. A journalist or photographer preparing coverage has to file the request twenty-five days before the festival’s first day. The full programme only becomes public on 5 November, nineteen days before the opening: if you want to see specific films, you will need to choose quickly.

3. Tickets: what is published and what is not

As of 23 October 2026, the organiser’s homepage shows no ticket sales call for the 2026 edition, and no ticket price appears there. Writing a 2026 price today would mean inventing a figure. The only published reference is the 2025 edition: full ticket €7.50, reduced ticket €5.50, and the TFF Pass at €110 (organiser’s 2025 ticketing information, checked on 23 October 2026). These are not 2026 prices; the table in section 7 sets them beside other costs.

Two cautions apply. First, the 2025 pass does not predict the 2026 price. Second, popular screenings sell out quickly, as the 2025 figures in section 5 show, so choose early.

4. Press, industry and photographer accreditation

The organiser runs three separate forms: press, industry professionals (the Torino Film Industry market) and photographers or camera operators. For the press, the request must be filed by Friday 30 October 2026 at 12:00 pm, Turin time (time not confirmed by the organiser). The fee is €60 before 3 November and €70 after (press accreditation page, checked on 23 October 2026).

Accreditation is for journalists, pubblicisti (a registered category of Italian freelance journalists) and press officers; it is granted by professional category and at the festival’s discretion. The pages we checked do not explain how hybrid cases are handled, such as a content creator who publishes for a media outlet and for their own audience. The safest step is to ask for written confirmation before you pay.

If you are covering the festival, file your request before 30 October 2026.

5. What the figures from the 43rd edition show

Source: Cinemaitaliano, final report of 3 December 2025. Checked on 23 October 2026.

What this means for you: with 65 sold-out screenings, the challenge is less getting a seat than choosing early the screenings you want. The report does not say which screenings were full. For films you really want to see, aim for the first screening of the day and keep a second option.

6. Getting to Turin: entry and transport

Entering Italy and reaching the centre

Passport issued in the last 10 years No visa for stays up to 90 days Porta Nuova and Porta Susa Turin-Caselle airport (TRN)

For a British passport holder, no visa is needed for a stay of up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the Schengen area, which includes Italy. Your passport must have been issued less than 10 years before your arrival, and must expire at least three months after the day you plan to leave the Schengen area. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office travel advice for Italy, checked on 23 October 2026, sets out these rules: entry requirements for Italy. On your first entry you may also be asked to register your fingerprints and photo under the EU’s Entry/Exit System (EES), at no charge. ETIAS, the EU online travel authorisation planned for UK visitors, has no confirmed start date in the sources we checked, so look at the official EU website before you travel.

What to check before you leave

• Your passport’s issue date and expiry, checked before you book your ticket, not on the day you travel.
• Train times and fares to Porta Nuova or Porta Susa, which we did not check for this article.
• Local transport fares, to check on the GTT website on the date of your trip.

Pixidia tip: the transfer from Caselle airport to the city centre is one of the least documented points in this guide. The official airport page we checked describes no transfer service, and the only shuttle announcement we found dates from 2019. Compare the options for your travel date rather than relying on an old fare.

Torino Porta Nuova and Torino Porta Susa are presented as the city’s two main rail arrival points. Press coverage mentions connections from Paris and Milan, whose timetables and fares we did not check here. Travelling from London? The Eurostar gets you to Paris, from where you continue by rail; undated travel guides put the whole trip at roughly 10 to 11 hours with a change. Check 2026 timetables with the operators before you book. We did not check the walking time from each station to the centre either: allow for it with a mapping app on arrival day.

If you travel with a mobility app, think about the bus and tram network too. GTT tickets are described on third-party sites, but we found no dated fare in this research: check the official source before you leave.

7. Budget: a range without 2026 prices

Without a published 2026 ticket, the budget is built around costs sourced at a given date. The table separates what has been checked from what remains indicative or unchecked.

Sources: torinofilmfest.org, 2025 ticketing information; press accreditation page; Hostelworld listing (indicative accommodation, not linked to the festival). Checked on 23 October 2026.

The Viator listing says the tour takes up to 15 people, with a licensed guide. The ticket is mobile or paper, and cancellations are fully refunded up to 24 hours before departure.

For a tight budget, the most effective lever is planning: book a visit early, choose screenings early in the day, and stay in the centre to limit travel. These are editorial tips, not figures from a source.

8. A typical day at the festival

A good day means fixing the visit and screenings in advance, then leaving room for the weather. Here is one possible plan, to adapt once the programme is published on 5 November.

• Morning: the guided tour of the museum and the Mole, which lasts two hours. If the weather allows, keep the panoramic climb for the end of the visit; if not, the visit may be limited to the museum.
• Early afternoon: one screening, preferably a less in-demand film, as popular screenings go quickly.
• Late afternoon: a walk through the historic centre, to get your bearings between screening venues and transport. Walking times were not checked.
• Evening: a second screening or free time, depending on the times confirmed by the organiser. Keep an alternative in case the first screening is full.

This plan assumes a single day at the museum. If you stay several days, spread out screenings and activities, bearing in mind that the opening takes place at the Teatro Regio, whose time has not been published yet.

9. By traveller type

• Film lover: wait for the programme on 5 November before choosing your screenings. The 2026 edition is dedicated to Marilyn Monroe, with a retrospective announced: a natural focus for your selection.
• First time in Turin: set aside a separate slot for the Mole and the museum, rather than squeezing them between two screenings.
• Tight budget: use the 2025 reduced ticket as a benchmark, and an indicative hostel bed from €20 a night. Skip the guided tour if the museum alone is enough for you.
• Journalist or photographer: the calendar is tight. The press accreditation request must be filed by Friday 30 October 2026 at 12:00 pm (time not confirmed by the organiser), and the fee is €60 before 3 November, €70 after.
• Reduced mobility: the Viator listing says the visit is not recommended for travellers with mobility problems. We found no accessibility information for the festival screening rooms. Contact the organiser before booking.

10. Mistakes to avoid

• Buying on an unsourced 2026 price. No 2026 ticket price was published at this date: treat any figure shown without a dated source with caution.
• Aiming for a specific screening room without confirmation. Some online pages list the Cinema Massimo among the festival venues. The official programme, published on 5 November, will say which venues are confirmed.
• Booking a flight or a room without the official dates. The festival runs from 24 November to 2 December 2026, including the industry market if it concerns you.
• Relying on the panoramic climb without a backup. The Viator listing says it is not guaranteed in bad weather.
• Forgetting the 30 October deadline. For press coverage, this date matters more than any other: Friday 30 October 2026, 12:00 pm (time not confirmed by the organiser).

What other guides don’t tell you

The Hostelworld listing we checked repeats the festival dates. The points below, checked against official sources, do not appear in it.

• The press accreditation deadline is Friday 30 October 2026. The time given, 12:00 pm, is the one shown on the press page: the organiser has not confirmed it, so check it again before sending anything. The Hostelworld listing does not mention it. Source: press accreditation page (checked on 23 October 2026).
• The press fee is €60 before 3 November, €70 after. The Hostelworld listing does not mention it. Source: press accreditation page (checked on 23 October 2026).
• No 2026 ticket sales are published yet. The Hostelworld listing shows accommodation prices but no ticket prices. Source: 2025 ticketing information (checked on 23 October 2026).
• Not yet published: the opening ceremony time, the screening venues, the guest list and the film submission deadline. The programme will be presented in Rome on 5 November 2026. Source: torinofilmfest.org (checked on 23 October 2026).