Shaping tomorrow through Italian design—films, conversations, and encounters with architects and creatives transforming our world.
Maria Claudia Clemente
The Colosseum of Tomorrow.
For the 2026 edition, ICFF is honoured to welcome Maria Claudia Clemente, co-founder of Labics and winner of the international competition for the redevelopment of the Colosseum and Rome's Imperial Fora — one of the most significant contemporary interventions within a UNESCO World Heritage context.
In a tailored keynote at the Canadian Stage, she will present her approach to architecture as a process of interpretation, shaped by research, context, and urban continuity. The lecture will focus on her work in Rome, offering a compelling perspective on how contemporary design can engage with historically complex sites through precision, restraint, and cultural responsibility.
Ms. Clemente will also lead a masterclass with students from Toronto Metropolitan University, providing insight into her methodology — from conceptual research to built execution — and sharing a forward-looking vision on the role of architecture in shaping culturally responsive and meaningful urban environments.
Storia di una Leggenda: Pininfarina
The man who designed dreams.
ICFF presents Storia di una Leggenda: Pininfarina, a journey through a century of Italian design mastery, programmed at the open-air theatre of the Distillery District.
In the heart of Italy in 1930, Pininfarina began a journey that would forever change the world of design. What started as a small family workshop grew into a symbol of elegance, creativity, and innovation — the artist behind some of the most legendary cars in history, from Ferrari to Alfa Romeo and Maserati. Through exclusive interviews with industry titans including Piero Ferrari, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and Giorgetto Giugiaro, the film unfolds the intimate saga of a family that redefined automotive art, architecture and industrial design.
Stikki Peaches Fugetaboutit
Street art meets marble.
ICFF presents Fugetaboutit, a documentary chronicling Montreal street artist Stikki Peaches' three-year journey to carve his most iconic figures — Darth Vader and a Stormtrooper — entirely from single blocks of Carrara marble, in the same Italian quarry that gave Michelangelo his David.
Hand-selected by the artist himself and produced in partnership with Montreal visual effects studio Rodeo FX (Game of Thrones, Star Wars) and Italian company Robot City, each sculpture stands just under five feet tall and is carved from a single block. The result is a radical expansion of Stikki's practice, merging the rebellious ethos of street art with the enduring legacy of Renaissance sculpture.
"Street art has always been about impermanence — posters that peel away, murals that get painted over, images that live for a moment and then disappear. With Fugetaboutit, I wanted to push my imagery into a medium that endures, merging street culture with one of the oldest traditions in art history." — Stikki Peaches
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