Cineteca Milano at the Castello Sforzesco presents the second edition of ‘Tutto il bello del cinema’
From 1 to 25 August, the Cortile delle Armi will host a programme featuring great masterpieces, cult classics and archive films; admission is free (booking required). Guests and film concerts are planned.
Everything is now ready for the second edition of “Tutto il bello del cinema”. Guests, previews, events and film concerts will bring the Cineteca Milano festival to life. It will take place from 1 to 25 August 2026 against the backdrop of the Cortine delle Armi at the Castello Sforzesco and forms part of the “Estate al Castello 2026” programme. The auditorium has been expanded to 800 seats and the screen will be twice the size of that used in the 2025 edition.
Director, comedian and presenter Ezio Greggio will open the festival on 1 August at 9.00 pm by introducing *Young Frankenstein*, Mel Brooks’ cult film.
“Tutto il bello del cinema” is an event sponsored by Mediolanum and organised with the support of the AEM Foundation, the BPM Foundation and the Cariplo Foundation, in collaboration with the City of Milan – Department of Culture and Performing Arts, the Lombardy Region and the MIC. Radio Popolare is the media partner. The technical partners are Yamaha and Viggo Srl.
The programme will feature 25 films, many of which come directly from the Cineteca Milano archive. These can be viewed free of charge – though booking is essential via the website cinetecamilano.it – at 9.00 pm.
In addition to the aforementioned Ezio Greggio, the programme will feature two live performances: the first – on 3 August, exceptionally at 8.00 pm – will feature the jazz quartet led by Maestro Antonio Zambrini, who will perform music by the unforgettable Ennio Morricone, preceding the screening of Martin Scorsese’s Mission, whilst the second – on 24 August at 9.00 pm – will feature artist Gino Lucente, who will accompany the screening of L’inferno, a silent film from 1911 by Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe De Liguoro and Adolfo Padovan, with his DJ set in the full 1970s dance atmosphere of ‘Disco Inferno’.
