Following the Venice Film Festival and the publication of the Rome Film Fest program, the season of major Italian film festivals continues with the announcement of additional details about the Turin Film Festival, which will take place from November 24th to December 2nd: Francesca Archibugi will chair the jury of the Feature Films section at the 44th Torino Film Festival. The director and screenwriter has made films including 'Mignon è partita' (Mignon Has Come to Stay, 1988), 'Il grande cocomero' (The Great Pumpkin, 1993), 'Il nome del figlio' (An Italian Name, 2015) and 'Il colibrì' (The Hummingbird, 2022), has left her mark across nearly four decades. She has won the David di Donatello Award five times, Italy's highest film award. "I am confident that she will acknowledge talent, embrace the unexpected, and listen to the most innovative voices in contemporary cinema", stated Giulio Base, the artistic director of the Turin festival, after referring to Archibugi as "a luminous presence" in this field in Italy.