Speakers

Roberto Andò, born in Palermo in 1959, is a film director, screenwriter, and writer. After working with Francesco Rosi, Federico Fellini, and Michael Cimino, he debuted as a director with the documentary Diario senza date (1995) and the feature film Il manoscritto del principe (2000).

Isabella Rossellini, born in 1952, is an Italian-American actress and director. After beginning her career as a model and the face of Lancôme, she gained international fame with Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990), both directed by David Lynch. She has worked with directors such as Robert Zemeckis, Peter Weir, Guy Maddin, and Abel Ferrara.

Maurizio Molinari, born in Rome in 1964, is a journalist and essayist. He began his career at La Voce Repubblicana in 1984 and joined La Stampa in 1997, where he served as correspondent from Brussels, New York, and Jerusalem.

Stefano Albertini is Director of the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò and Professor in the Department of Italian Studies at NYU. His work focuses on Italian literature, politics, culture, and cinema.

American journalist and historian, born in 1964, she studied at Yale and Oxford. She began her career as a correspondent in Warsaw for The Washington Post, covering the post-Soviet transition in Eastern Europe.

Born in 1966, he is an American film director who made his debut with the documentary The Cruise (1998). His films include Capote (2005), Moneyball (2011), and Foxcatcher (2014), which earned him two Academy Award nominations for Best Director.

Film director and screenwriter, born in New York in 1986, he studied at the AFI Conservatory. He made his feature debut with Hereditary (2018), followed by Midsommar (2019) and Beau Is Afraid (2023).

Born in Venice in 1944, he is a philosopher and university professor. After earning a degree in philosophy with a thesis on Lukács, he taught at several Italian universities and founded the Faculty of Philosophy at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University.

Filippo Uttinacci, known as Fulminacci, was born in Rome in 1997. He released his debut album La vita veramente in 2019, winning the Targa Tenco award for best debut work.

Born in 1986, she lives between Paris and Berlin. She studied art history, dramaturgy, and philosophy, and writes for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and other French and German cultural outlets.