Toko Film Fest
The international cinema and culture festival of the Vallo di Diano
About Toko Film Fest
An independent film festival in the heart of the Vallo di Diano
The Toko Film Fest takes place every summer in Sala Consilina, a town in the Province of Salerno, Campania, overlooking the wide basin of the Vallo di Diano. Born in 2014 from a group of young enthusiasts, in just over ten editions it has become one of the main showcases for independent cinema in Southern Italy, with an editorial line clearly oriented towards research, experimentation, and languages that remain outside traditional distribution circuits.
A name from the local dialect
"Toko" is a local expression used to say that something is just right, cool, or well-made. This is the origin of the festival's name and its way of interacting with the town: no closed rooms reserved for insiders, but squares, courtyards, and historic buildings open to passersby. The event is organized by the Toko APS Association, under the artistic direction of Luigi D'Auria.
The competitive sections
The competition collects thousands of short films from all over the world every year and is historically divided into three sections:
- International Contest — the international short film competition;
- New Talents — dedicated to emerging authors and debut works;
- Spazio Italia — a showcase of contemporary Italian short films, focusing on personal, social, and everyday themes.
Alongside the shorts, there is room for documentaries and less-distributed audiovisual works, often accompanied by direct discussion with the authors.
Not just screenings: talks, podcasts, and exhibitions
The program does not end on the screen. Each edition combines screenings with meetings with directors, actors, and audiovisual professionals, live podcast recordings, exhibitions, and installations. Over the years, names like Nanni Moretti, Béla Tarr, Francesco Lettieri, Marianna Fontana, Fortunato Cerlino, and Linda Caridi have passed through Sala Consilina: a list that shows how much a provincial event can weigh when built with consistency.
A widespread festival in the center of Sala Consilina
Toko is by vocation itinerant within its own town. The evenings move between small squares, venues, and historic residences in the center, with Palazzo Fiordelisi as the symbolic venue for the final days. It is a choice that transforms the urban fabric into an open-air cinema and invites the public to move on foot from one place to another, encounter after encounter.
The Toko Film Academy
The festival is the tip of the iceberg of work that lasts all year round: the Toko Film Academy brings image and audiovisual education to the local youth, with workshops and training paths. This is why the event has such a young and engaged local audience, and not just passersby.
Why it's worth going
Those who arrive in Campania in search of the sea risk ignoring the Salerno hinterland: the Vallo di Diano, with the Certosa di Padula not far away and the Cilento mountains closing the horizon, is a territory that deserves a stop. The Toko Film Fest offers the perfect opportunity to do so in July, with completely free admission, with a program that combines research cinema, public debate, and open-air evenings in a historic center that changes its function for four days.
Toko Film Fest — edition 2026
Thirteenth edition: cinema as a crossroads
"Can cinema change the world? Probably not, but it can change the way we see it": this is the phrase with which the organizers presented the 2026 edition of the Toko Film Fest, defined by the Toko APS Association as a "crossroads of ideas, stories, and points of view". Four days, from July 23 to 26, in which cinema was treated as a tool for knowledge, discussion, and cultural participation.
Three venues, four evenings
The edition adopted a widespread formula in the center of Sala Consilina: opening in Piazzetta Pappafico (the Giardinetti), second evening at the Paladino Lounge Bar, then the two final days in the setting of Palazzo Fiordelisi. A choice that brought the screenings to symbolic places in the town, in the Province of Salerno, giving the public a walking route from one evening to the next.
Short films, talks, and podcasts
The heart of the program remained the selection of short films, with the Spazio Italia section reserved for contemporary national shorts and their personal, social, and everyday themes. Around the screenings, meetings, talks, podcast recordings, and exhibitions were developed, in continuity with the mission of the Toko Film Academy, which carries out audiovisual education all year round in the Vallo di Diano territory.
Programme Toko Film Fest 2026
The evenings of the 2026 edition
- Thursday, July 23 — Piazzetta Pappafico (Giardinetti): opening night.
- Friday, July 24 — Paladino Lounge Bar.
- Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26 — Palazzo Fiordelisi: final days.
Contents
- Selection of Italian and international short films, with the Spazio Italia section dedicated to contemporary Italian shorts.
- Meetings and talks with authors and audiovisual professionals.
- Live podcast recordings.
- Exhibitions and exhibition spaces set up in the festival venues.
The full detail of titles in competition and guests night by night has not been released in public form on the sources consulted: for the exact schedule, the reference remains the official website tokofilmfestival.it and the festival's social channels.
Highlights Toko Film Fest 2026
- Thirteenth edition of the festival, founded in 2014.
- Formula spread over three venues in the center of Sala Consilina.
- Spazio Italia section dedicated to contemporary Italian short films.
- Meetings, talks, podcasts, and exhibitions alongside the screenings.
- Free admission to all evenings.
Prices Toko Film Fest 2026
Practical information — Toko Film Fest
How to get there
Sala Consilina can be reached by car from the A2 "Autostrada del Mediterraneo" motorway (Sala Consilina exit), about 100 km from Salerno and 150 km from Naples. The nearest airport is Naples Capodichino; the railway connection does not serve the center directly, so the car or the bus lines that travel through the Vallo di Diano remain the most convenient solution.
Venues
The evenings take place in several locations in the center of Sala Consilina, including small squares, venues, and historic palaces; Palazzo Fiordelisi usually hosts the final days. The venues change from year to year: it is advisable to check the updated program before leaving.
Admission
Admission to screenings and meetings is free.
Tips
The screenings are in the evening and outdoors: even in mid-summer, it gets cool in the evening at the altitude of the Vallo di Diano, so it is better to bring something warmer. In the surroundings, the Certosa di San Lorenzo in Padula, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is worth a visit about ten kilometers away.
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Palazzo Fiordelisi e sedi diffuse del centro storico