NONVIOLENCE: FROM ME TO US

With this motto we start the preparation of the 8th International Film Festival of Active Nonviolence 2026, FICNOVA.

We see two opposing directions in the world and in ourselves:

On the one hand, on a finally connected planet a sensibility of a ‘universal we’ is beginning to emerge in many people, a leap of consciousness that opens up a possible and hopeful future.

But on the other hand, the individual ‘I ’s and the ‘I ’s of the factions are fighting fiercely to impose themselves on each other by means of all kinds of violence.

One direction leads us to humanise, to recognise and acknowledge each other and to care for the world, while the other direction divides, disconnects and dehumanises us by focusing our interest only on personal desires.

In each new edition of this festival, we recognise valuable examples around the world of human beings who are mobilising to overcome pain and suffering in themselves and in others.

From all FICNOVA venues, we invite you to join us in this transformative sensibility.

Film registrations are open from 4 May to 1 August 2025.

You can find the rules and all the information on this link.