Annual Film Competition between Nations and Congress
Union of Cinema - UNiCA
Members are national organizations that represent the filmmakers of their country
The UNiCA was founded in 1937 in Paris and is a member of the ClCT at UNESCO
The UNiCA 2026 LUGANO
Ticino, Switzerland website
will go online on
1 November 2025.
However, you can already book your favourite hotel in Lugano or the surrounding area.
The address of the festival cinema and center will be:
Cinema "CINE LUX"
Via G. Motta 67
6900 Massagno - LUGANO
80 years have passed since the first and still only UNiCA Film Festival in Lugano, which took place in 1946 after the Second World War.
Vincenzo Vicari
was one of the two organisers responsible at the time.
Last update 04.07.2025
CHE 1946 Lugano
The event went off brilliantly and with great camaraderie. Switzerland, Film Amateurs and especially the Lugano Club,
under the leadership of Messrs Wullschleger and Vicari, deserve our warmest thanks.
E. Weissenberger (interim Secretary General)
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