Sunday 18 August
AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS
Opening Show – World premiere. Recital by Costantino Esposito. With Sandro Lombardi. Text adaptation by Fabrizio Sinisi. Staging by Otello Cenci. Filming and Video Editing Nicola Abbatangelo. Voice and Guitar Massimo Marches. Violoncello Gionata Costa. Voices: Brunella Boschetti, Alberto Morigi, Folco Orselli. With the participation of SwinGeneris.
Monday 19 August
MANALIVE
WORLD PREMIERE freely adapted by Manalive by G. K. Chesterton. Dramaturgy by Giampiero Pizzol. Directed by Otello Cenci. With the participation of Laura Aguzzoni, Giampiero Bertolini, Giampiero Pizzol, Gianluca Reggiani and Andrea Soffiantini. Scientific advice by Gloria Garafulich-Grabois (Center for Catholic Studies Managing Editors) G. K. Chesteron Institute, Music advice by Marco Mantovani. Production by Meeting for friendship amongst peoples and Compagnia Bella . In collaboration with G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture at Seaton Hall University and Made Officina Creativa.
SPIRTO GENTIL
The preludes by S. Rachmaninov. Listening guide with cd. By Pier Paolo Bellini. In collaboration with Performing Arts.
PIANO CONCERT BY LUKÁŠ VONDRÁČEK
In collaboration with International Piano Contest Republic of S.Marino. Performance by the winner of the 5° edition of the Contest, soloists section. Pieces from Brahms, Mandelssohn, Chopin and Prokofiev.
THE OTHER SON
Il Cinematografo - Screening in collaboration with Sentieri del Cinema.
By Lorraine Lévy (France 2012, 105’). With Emmanuelle Devos, Pascal Elbè, Jules Sitruk, Mehdi Dehbi. Genre: drama.
Tuesday 20 August
THE MODEST HOPE
With Andrea Maria Carabelli, Coro Musicale and Coro Teatrale. Music by Pippo Molino. Theatrical melologue based on Le Porche du Mystère de la duexième vertu by Charles Peguy. Translation by Mimmi Cassola. Produced by Teatro degli Incamminati.
MANALIVE
WORLD PREMIERE freely adapted by Manalive by G. K. Chesterton. Dramaturgy by Giampiero Pizzol. Directed by Otello Cenci. With the participation of Laura Aguzzoni, Giampiero Bertolini, Giampiero Pizzol, Gianluca Reggiani and Andrea Soffiantini. Scientific advice by Gloria Garafulich-Grabois (Center for Catholic Studies Managing Editors) G. K. Chesteron Institute, Music advice by Marco Mantovani. Production by Meeting for friendship amongst peoples and Compagnia Bella . In collaboration with G. K. Chesterton Institute for Faith and Culture at Seaton Hall University and Made Officina Creativa.
THE SWING STARS
A five-piece band with a passion for swing, soul and folk rock. The repertoire includes classic swing songs from I’m just a gigolò to the overseas folk by Paolo Nutini and Bruce Springsteen.
KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE
Il Cinematografo - Screening in collaboration with Sentieri del Cinema.
By Hayao Miyazaki (Japan 2013, 102’). Genre: animation, fantasy, adventure.
SO THAT THE WORLD MAY BELIEVE
Concert by San Nicola Choir, on the initiative of Millennium Choir(conducted by Guya Valmaggi) and Ecclesiastical Choir of the Ortodoxical Church of Rimini (conducted by Batyrzhan Aleksander Smakov).
Wednesday 21 August
SUNSET LIMITED
Directed and performed by Fabio Sonzogni together with Fausto Hieme Caroli.
Theatrical performance based on the book by Cormac McCarthy.
I APOLOGIZE TO MISTER GABER
Evening dedicated to Giorgio Gaber, with Enzo Iacchetti and Witz orchestra and piano, Maestro Marcello Franzoso. Following: interview and video with Massimo Bernardini. In collaboration with Giorgio Gaber Foundation.
MEETING RIMINI FILM FESTIVAL
Award ceremony of the 6th edition of the international festival of short films. President of the jury: Timothy Reckart, director of the film Head Over Heels, Academy Awards 2013 nominated as best animated short film.
TO THE WONDER
Il Cinematografo - Screening in collaboration with Sentieri del Cinema.
By Terence Mallick (USA 2012, 112’). With Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem. Genre: drama.
SWING TONIC
Italian swing, jazz, bossanova. A musical-temporal journey discovering great masters of music like Frank Sinatra, Django Reinhardt, Quartetto Cetra, Nicola Arigliano, Paolo Conte, Raphael Gualazzi and many more.
Thursday 22 August
TO YOU LIKE YOU
By Giovanni Testori. “Staged reading” based on an idea of Gabriele Allevi and Luca Doninelli. With the winner of the UBU Award Ermanna Montanari. Directed by Marco Martinelli. Voices Michela Marangoni and Laura Redaelli. Co-production: Teatro delle Albe - Ravenna Teatro, deSidera Festival in collaboration with Bergamo Candidata Capitale Europea della Cultura 2019.
MY NAME IS PIETRO
Monologue written by Giampiero Pizzol and performed by Pietro Sarubbi. Pietro, meditating upon the meaning of his name, tells about the relationship that revolutioned his life.
CHINESE TAKE-OUT
Il Cinematografo - Screening in collaboration with Sentieri del Cinema.
By Sebastiàn Borensztein (Spagna/Argentina 2011, 90’). With Ricardo Darìn, Muriel Santa Ana, Ignacio Huang, Javier Pinton. Genre: comedy.
HIGHWAY 61
Tribute-concert to Johnny Cash, the American singer-songwriter considered one of the greatest performers of folk music. The band, composed by young musicians from the Abruzzi, will propose the best songs by Johnny Cash.
Friday 23 August
LIVE LISTENING GUIDE – “Spirto Gentil” series
Concerto for piano and orchestra by W. A. Mozart. Listening guide with cd by Christopher Vath.