The Nightmare Before Christmas

About the event

Villa Bertelli in Forte dei Marmi screens The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), a landmark of world animation, known for redefining the standards of stop-motion (frame-by-frame animation) on the big screen.

The film is universally known as "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas", but it was directed by Henry Selick. Tim Burton wrote the original poem on which the story is based, conceived and designed the characters and co-produced the film. He could not direct it because he was busy on the set of Batman Returns.

The event is free, with open entry until seats run out.

Expected weather

Forecast for Saturday, 31 October 2026 in Forte dei Marmi: partly cloudy, 18° by day and 14° at night, 0% chance of rain.

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Getting to Forte dei Marmi

By car, leave the A12 at the Versilia exit. The nearest station is Forte dei Marmi-Seravezza-Querceta on the Genoa–Pisa line, in Querceta about 4 km away; long-distance trains stop at Viareggio, about 12 km away. Autolinee Toscane buses E1 and E35 serve the town, and Pisa airport is about 35 km away.

Parking: The centre is a limited-traffic zone (ZTL) with electronic gates. Outside summer, Piazza Marconi and the surrounding streets are restricted on Sundays and holidays from 8:00 to 20:00; from 1 June to the third Sunday of September the zone also applies on weekdays from 17:00 to 6:00 and all day on Sundays and holidays. Piazza Garibaldi, Via Montauti and Via Roma are pedestrian. White lines are free, blue lines are paid by app or QR code, and yellow lines are reserved.

About Forte dei Marmi

Forte dei Marmi takes its name from the small fort in Piazza Garibaldi, completed in 1788 under Grand Duke Peter Leopold to guard the beach where marble from the Apuan Alps was stored and shipped. The town belonged to Pietrasanta until 26 April 1914, when it became a comune of its own.

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