Festival Internazionale Cinema Roma 2026: B2B merch for directors, authors and independent producers at Casa del Cinema

Merchandising for teams at the Festival Internazionale Cinema Roma 2026

Dates

18 – 25 November 2026 (private preview 17 November, closing 25 November)

Venue

Casa del Cinema di Roma, Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1, 00194 Roma RM, Italy

Organiser

Non-profit cultural association, with the support of Roma Capitale — Department of Culture and a partnership with Italian film schools

Sections

Author-led feature-film competition, short-film competition, emerging-Italian-cinema focus, annual retrospective, meetings with the authors, screenwriting workshop

Operational calendar

Build-up 14–17 November, private preview 17 November, public opening 18 November, closing 25 November, breakdown 26–27 November

The Festival Internazionale Cinema Roma is an author-led and independent cinema showcase held each year in Rome in the second half of November, structured around an international author-led feature-film competition, a short-film competition, an emerging-Italian-cinema focus, an annual retrospective on a director from the author-led cinema landscape and a programme of meetings with the authors and screenwriting workshops. The 2026 edition centres on the Casa del Cinema in Rome, a historic Italian-cinema venue in the Villa Borghese district of Rome, and draws on a network of partner venues (Cinema Nuovo Sacher, Cinema dei Piccoli, Multisala Lux) that host decentralised sections of the festival, alongside a pavilion dedicated to film schools and a workshop area for screenwriting laboratories. The festival opens with a private preview on Tuesday evening, runs across a week of public programming and closes with a final awards ceremony on Tuesday evening the following week.

From the Milan hub, Corp-Merch.IT coordinates the full merch plan for the directors, independent producers, distributors, film schools and cultural institutions taking part in the Festival Internazionale Cinema Roma: graphic pre-production adaptation (including festival catalogues that call for typographic work, sewn binding, two-colour print or coloured paper stocks), district-level producer selection aligned with the requested processing (Como for silk, Scandicci for leather, Vigevano for small leather goods, Maniago for small metalwork, Murano for art glass, Faenza for ceramics, Padova for technical print, Florence for hand-binding, Rome for art print), physical pre-production samples for limited editions, and a structured response within 48 working hours of the brief. Festival catalogues and editorial materials are printed on FSC-certified paper with low-impact processes, and on request we add sewn binding, ribbon bookmark and a slipcase with a die-cut window.

For buyers with Italian VAT registration the invoice goes out in EUR with 22% VAT via the Italian Sistema di Interscambio (SdI) of the Agenzia delle Entrate, delivered to the buyer's Codice Destinatario or PEC; reduced 10% VAT rate applies to festival catalogues comparable to editorial publications, 5% to art catalogues under current Italian rules. Reverse charge for intra-EU buyers with a valid VIES number, split payment for public-sector stands and self-invoicing for public entities that request it per art. 17 of DPR 633/72. For clients subject to CSRD reporting (D.Lgs. 125/2024) we provide a sustainability data sheet per order with Scope 3 CO₂e estimates under the GHG Protocol on the Italian legs and on the provenances from the named districts, aligned with ESRS E1 (Climate Change) and S2 (Workers in the Value Chain).

The festival calendar falls in the week before the Torino Film Festival (which usually runs at the end of November), concentrating in Rome directors, authors, producers, critics, sales agents and international press. Direct deliveries to the Casa del Cinema have to be coordinated with the venue's loading calendar and the courier access passes; a buffer at a partner hotel in the centre or at our Milan hub lowers the risk of off-window deliveries. For delegates also participating in the Torino Film Festival we often propose a single coordination of the logistical plan, with separate packing lists per destination and dedicated on-site labelling. For heavy loads and co-edited catalogues we work with partners specialised in climate-controlled transport so that prints, bindings and programmes keep their condition through the temporary-warehouse phases.

For public institutions or public-sector venues hosting decentralised sections of the festival we operate in split-payment regime with VAT paid directly to the Treasury, and on request we handle the buyer's self-invoice per art. 17 of DPR 633/72. For extra-EU buyers based outside the EU the invoice goes out without Italian VAT citing the relevant regulatory exemption; for intra-EU buyers with a valid VIES number reverse charge applies with the relevant article cited. Goods travel with DDT, packing list and origin declaration, and split deliveries between the Casa del Cinema, Cinema Nuovo Sacher and other partner venues are managed with separate packing lists per destination, dedicated on-site labelling and courier-express tracking. For productions structured as cooperatives or social enterprises we pay particular attention to correct bill-to details and to VAT-register reconciliation, aligned with Agenzia delle Entrate guidance.

Production and logistics to Casa del Cinema in Rome

Before launching production we confirm artwork, edition size, binding type and on-site recipient. Assigned-space number, screening calendar and dock-in slot must be checked against the latest operational plan issued by the festival organisation and against the courier pass calendar for the Casa del Cinema. The venue runs on nominal vehicle passes during the build-up phase, so loading windows must be cross-checked with the courier pass and with the calendar published by the festival's operational secretariat. For sewn-bound festival catalogues and art editions specific packing rules apply: single-piece glassine wrapping, label per edition number, dedicated packing list and, on request, pre-shipment photography.

For an Italian programme routed through Milan, shipments are consolidated at the hub and forwarded by BRT, SDA, GLS or DHL Express Italy with 24-hour windows across most Italian postcodes, and by appointment for direct loads to Casa del Cinema in Rome. For programmes above 1,000 pieces we offer appointment delivery with phone pre-notice and, on request, on-site set-up by our staff. For sewn-bound festival catalogues and editorial materials we work with partners specialised in climate-controlled transport so that prints, bindings and bookmarks keep their condition through the temporary-warehouse phases. For clients subject to CSRD reporting (D.Lgs. 125/2024) we provide a sustainability data sheet per PO with Scope 3 CO₂e estimates under the GHG Protocol on the Italian legs and on the provenances from the named districts, aligned with ESRS E1 (Climate Change) and S2 (Workers in the Value Chain).

For public institutions or public-sector venues hosting decentralised sections of the festival we operate in split-payment regime with VAT paid directly to the Treasury, and on request we handle the buyer's self-invoice per art. 17 of DPR 633/72. For extra-EU buyers based outside the EU the invoice goes out without Italian VAT citing the relevant regulatory exemption; for intra-EU buyers with a valid VIES number reverse charge applies with the relevant article cited. Goods travel with DDT, packing list and origin declaration, and split deliveries between the Casa del Cinema, Cinema Nuovo Sacher, Multisala Lux and other partner venues are managed with separate packing lists per destination, dedicated on-site labelling and courier-express tracking.

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