RFDS – Registi fuori dagli sche(r)mi, now in its eighth edition, is a festival realized in partnership with the International Critics Week (SIC), and the Italian National Film Critics Union (SNCCI). It hosts major international living directors projecting films not distributed in Italy or of “difficult circulation”.
The festival includes appointments throughout the year at the Cineporti di Puglia (Cineports of Puglia) (Bari Lecce Foggia). Some of the past directors hosted include Abel Ferrara, Todd Solondz, Jerzy Skolimowski, Franco Maresco, Ana Lily Amirpour, Shinya Tsukamoto and Carlos Reygadas.