The International Music Film Festival SEEYOUSOUND, 12th edition, is about to begin: not to be missed!
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article by Clara Bruno PlanetClaire web magazine © 2026 All Rights Reserved From 3 to 8 March 2026, Turin hosts the twelfth edition of Seeyousound International Music Film Festival, the first Italian festival entirely dedicated to music-themed cinema, which for six days will transform the city into a sonic and cinematic map through 68 titles including feature films, documentaries, shorts and music videos, with 3 world premieres, 2 international premieres, 1 European premiere and 30 Italian premieres.There will be 9 venues, 12 live shows and DJ sets, 2 exhibitions, an artist residency, 30 international guests, and 50 partners and sponsors.
The claim of the 2026 edition, MAKE SOME NOISE, interprets noise as a creative impulse and a liberating language of countercultures, presenting the festival as a space for reflection on art, communication and revolutionary protest through music.
The programme brings together the competitive sections Long Play Feature, Long Play Doc, 7 Inch, Soundies and Frequencies, alongside the out-of-competition strands Into The Groove and Rising Sound, spanning genres from house music to funk, from jazz to electronica, from punk to black metal: a compendium ranging from underground cultures to pop icons.
Among the most anticipated events is the international premiere of Bowie: The Final Act by Jonathan Stiasny, with the director attending the screening. The work is dedicated to the artistic testament of David Bowie (1947–2016) and his final album Blackstar, composed by the great artist in full awareness of his imminent death.
Also highly anticipated is the unmissable world premiere of Micah P. Hinson – The Tomorrow Man by Lina Sanabria, featuring the extraordinary American musician, songwriter and guitarist, who will also perform an exclusive live show.
Another valuable Italian premiere is Herbie, a documentary film by Patrick Savey on the great pianist Herbie Hancock, who notably played in Miles Davis’s quintet during the 1960s, contributing essential original compositions (Riot, Madness, Teo’s Bags, Water Babies): the screening is particularly significant as it traces the entire remarkable career of this magnificent innovator of jazz.
Also featured are Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt by Tom J. Stern, Wolves by Jonas Ulrich, Rave On by Nikias Chryssos and Viktor Jakovleski, and the important Sun Ra: Do The Impossible, including previously unseen concert footage of the great composer, directed by Christine Turner.
The connection between screen and stage runs throughout the festival, beginning with the inédit live performance by Casino Royale for the Opening Night SUONO/VISIONE/SUONO, alongside directors Pepsy Romanoff and Frankie Caradonna; followed in the next days by the performance by Giorgio Li Calzi and Stefano Risso from LANDED, the film for which the two musicians composed the score. For Seeyousound they present an exclusive live set built from selected material from the film, reworked for live performance and accompanied by new original compositions.
Sets dedicated to the historic Turin scene are linked to Nostra Torino Oscura and Falene.
The audiovisual project Kitbashing by ABADIR with Milan-based visual artist Nicolò Cervello promises to be outstanding, alongside performances by Francesco Corvi — a musical artist working with computer music, live coding and generative art — and the talented Jolanda Moletta, originally from nearby Mondovì and well known in the United Kingdom, where she has been described as “a one-woman electronic choir”, presenting her arcane and evocative music.
SeeYouSound is a festival that socialises and brings together an extensive community: the official party Rising Sound – POST FUNK From Screen to Dancefloor will feature DJs Lavalamp and Ugandan artist Catu Diosis. Unmissable.
Numerous international and Italian guests will attend, including the special in-theatre meeting with the much-loved Pauline Black, lead singer of the unforgettable The Selecter, from the era when Ska and 2Tone defined a generation; director Jane Mingay will also be present. Guests also include Patrick Savey, Jonas Ulrich, Johan Nayar, Ivan Cazzola, Thomas Griffin, Pietro Fuccio, Miss Trichromi, Jonathan Stiasny and Lina Sanabria.
The festival opens on 3 March at Cinema Massimo in Turin (Via Verdi 18) with Casino Royale and the works Quarantine Scenario and Alba ad Ovest, while the closing ceremony on 8 March will feature the awards for the Long Play Feature, Long Play Doc, 7 Inch, Soundies and Frequencies sections, the Torinosette Award, and the Best Italian Film Award presented by Matteo Bailo, Olivia Fanfani and Barbara Santi. The closing film is Bowie: The Final Act.
The Long Play Doc competition, curated by Paolo Campana, is particularly compelling: it presents A Century in Sound by Nick Dwyer and Tu Neill; the previously mentioned Herbie in its national premiere, followed by the live performance Nothing Wrong by pianist and composer Fabio Giachino; Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt by Tom J. Stern; Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story by Jane Mingay; and I Want It All. Hildegard Knef by Luzia Schmid.
The Long Play Feature section, curated by Matteo Pennacchia, includes Mortician by Abdolreza Kahani featuring singer Gola; They Come Out of Margo by Alexander Voulgaris with Miss Trichromi; Wolves by Jonas Ulrich; Rave On by Nikias Chryssos and Viktor Jakovleski; and the heavily sarcastic Ebony & Ivory by Jim Hosking, which satirises with absurd and anarchic humour the “worst pop song of all time”, the sappy 1982 hit written by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. The two musical legends are playfully mocked in this humorous film that breaks logical conventions and insists on nonsense and disconnection from reality.
The 7 Inch section, curated by Piero Di Bucchianico, includes 16 short films and 4 out-of-competition works, among them The Singers by Sam Davis, Arctic Diva by Federico Barni, Samba Infinito by Leonardo Martinelli, Beyond Words by Kim Brand, Hardcore by Adan Aliaga, In My Skin by Sandor M. Salas, Some Kind of Blue by Rae Choi, If I Can Dream by Luis Cross, Tessitura by Lydia Cornett and Brit Fryer, Oh Yeah! by Nick Canfield, Tusen Toner by Francesco Poloni, Wafaa From Gaza by Elisa Ward, If You Seek Amy by Ela Kazdal, Merrimundi by Niles Atallah, Lamento by Jannik Giger, Equal Dust by Jani Peltonen and Pidikwe by Caroline Monnet, evaluated by Alessia Gasparella, Livia Satriano and Bruno Surace.
The Soundies section, curated by Alessandro Maccarrone, presents 20 music videos, accompanied by the exhibition Quiet Not Absent by Alberto Anhaus at the Recontemporary gallery.
The Frequencies section, curated by electronic composer Riccardo Mazza, features finalists Anna Balestrieri, Leonardo D’Angelo, Antonietta Milone and Matteo Sarotto, alongside the ADRenaline Artist Development Residency with Francesco Corvi, John Bringwolves and Pietro Giola.
The Into The Groove section, curated by Carlo Griseri and Alessandro Battaglini, presents 13 titles, including La Prima Festa by Pietro Fuccio on Cosmo, DIG!XX by Ondi Timoner, LANDED by Marlene Millar, the important documentary Boy George & Culture Club by Alison Ellwood, the landmark Move Ya Body: The Birth of House by Elegance Bratton, Nostra Torino Oscura by Thomas Griffin together with Non Torna Più by Mauro Talamonti and Alberto Bianco, Falene by Ivan Cazzola and TAKKUUK by Charlie Miller featuring BICEP and Zak Norman.
The Rising Sound section, curated by Juanita Apráez Murillo, presents The Banjo Boys by Johan Nayar on the Madalitso Band, We Want The Funk! by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London introduced by Federico Sacchi, Sun Ra: Do The Impossible, Para Vivir: The Implacable Times of Pablo Milanés by Fabien Pisani and Legacy by Manal Masri on Dexter Gordon, Don Cherry and Quincy Jones, accompanied by the exhibition VISIONI SONICHE – Cover Afrofuturiste, dedicated to Sun Ra, George Clinton and Herbie Hancock.
As highlighted by director Carlo Griseri and deputy director Alessandro Battaglini, Seeyousound continues to foster a vibrant dialogue between cinema and music, capable of narrating the present through the history of music, artistic scenes and cultural transformations, confirming itself as a fundamental film festival where music is told, experienced and shared.
Do not miss this film festival!
Information, materials and in-depth content on every film presented can be found on the official SEEYOUSOUND website:https://www.seeyousound.org/
a space which in itself represents an opportunity for discovery and entertainment for all music lovers and for those curious about contemporary culture.
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