Programmi Speciali (Special programs) includes: tributes to the American actor John C. Reilly and to the French visual artist Philippe Parreno; tributes to great filmmakers whose history has intersected with that of the Festival, such as Michel Soutter and the recently deceased Corso Salani; screenings in newly restored prints of rare and important films in the history of cinema (Rogério Sganzerla and Rainer Werner Fassbinder), as well as two films presented by the Cinémathèque Suisse (Swiss Cinema Rediscovered); and lastly films by members of the main juries round out the programme.