Trento Film Festival
Trento Film Festival takes place Late Apr - early May 2027 (dates TBA; the 2026 edition ran Apr 30 - May 10) in Trento, Italy. The dress code is Casual, everyday clothes; no dress code, and a warm layer for cool alpine evenings. Typical cost ranges from 250 to 700 EUR per person.
The world's oldest mountain and adventure film festival, founded in 1952, screening climbing and alpine documentaries in competition for the Genziana d'Oro (Golden Gentian). It gathers mountaineers, filmmakers and alpine-culture devotees, with talks by climbing legends, exhibitions and a mountaineering book fair alongside the screenings. It is the spiritual home of mountain cinema.
- When
- Late Apr - early May 2027 (dates TBA; the 2026 edition ran Apr 30 - May 10)
- Where
- Trento, Italy
- Dress code
- Casual, everyday clothes; no dress code, and a warm layer for cool alpine evenings.
- Cost
- Typical cost ranges from 250 to 700 EUR per person.
- Weather
- 10 - 22C, mild late spring in the Dolomite foothills with occasional showers
- When to book
- Single tickets and passes on sale close to the festival; book Trento hotels a few weeks out
- Getting there
- VRN (Verona), 1 hr to Trento by train
- Where to stay
- Grand Hotel Trento, Hotel America (Trento)
- Official site
- https://www.trentofestival.it/
How to attend
Open to the public with affordable single tickets and multi-day passes sold online at trentofestival.it and at Trento box offices; many talks and outdoor-village events are free. Book popular premieres and famous-guest evenings in advance. Trento is an easy train hop from Verona or Bolzano.
The 75th festival runs 24 April to 2 May 2027 and no box office is open yet - single tickets and passes appear on the site when the programme is published in the spring.
Insider tip
The free evening talks with legendary climbers routinely outdraw the films - queue early, and use festival mornings for a Dolomites excursion.
Get inside Trento Film Festival
Booking matters here: single tickets and passes on sale close to the festival; book Trento hotels a few weeks out. Members track that window, what it really costs, and 573 more events across the season.
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