Speakers

Maurizio Molinari
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
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.
Anne Applebaum
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.
Bennett Miller
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.
Ari Aster
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).
Massimo Cacciari
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.
Fulminacci
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.
Annabelle Hirsch
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.
Manuel Vilas
Born in Barbastro, Spain, in 1962, he is a poet, novelist, and essayist. He has worked as a literature teacher and regularly contributes to El País and ABC Cultural.
Daniele Mencarelli
Born in Rome in 1974, he began his literary career as a poet and published his first novel, La casa degli sguardi, in 2018. It was followed by Tutto chiede salvezza (2020), which won the Premio Strega Giovani, and Sempre tornare (2021).