Gran Paradiso Film Festival

From July 23 to 28, 2018 in Cogne and August in the Grand-Paradis valleys
 


INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Everyday at 9 p.m. at Maison de la Grivola

Re-screenings: from Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m., Maison de la Grivola; Saturday 10 a.m.  Auditorium of the Public Library

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TASTINGS

At the end of the first screening of the International Competition, Maison de la Grivola:

Monday 24 August
Genepy - Azienda agricola Le Motte di Cogne

Wednesday 26 August
Genepy - Azienda agricola Le Motte di Cogne

Friday 28 August
Honey - Marco Glarey
Genepy - Azienda agricola Le Motte di Cogne

 

CORTONATURA

Tuesday 25 August
3 p.m. – Maison de la Grivola

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DE RERUM NATURA

Science, arts, current events, show and Nature

Monday 24 August
5 p.m. - Maison de la Grivola
Opening concert of the 19° Gran Paradiso Film Festival

"L'homme aux semelles de vent", Arthur Rimbaud's life with music by the band L'Orage.

6 p.m. – Maison de la Grivola
Opening ceremony of the 19° Gran Paradiso Film Festival

Show-ceremony for the signature of the "Gran Paradiso Valleys Charter"
A proposal written and signed by stakeholders, institutions and citizens aiming at fostering policies for the conservation of biodiversity and for the sustainable and conscious fruition of the fragile natural environment.

With

Renata Briano, European Parliament - Committee of the Environment
Barbara Degani, Under-Secretary for Environment, Land and Sea
Giampiero Sammuri, President of Federparchi
Italo Cerise, President of Gran Paradiso National Park
Regional authorities
Local authorities
Introduced and moderated by Marco Onida, European Commission

Following — Aperitivo Natura

 

Tuesday 25 August
5 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
THE PATH OF HOMO SAPIENS

Rendez-vous with
Alberto Piazza, President of Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF – Turin)

6 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
THE JOURNEY BETWEEN RIGHTS AND DUTIES

Presentation of the book “Il dovere di avere doveri” (Einaudi editore, 2014) by Luciano Violante, President of Italiadecide
Introduced and moderated by Alberto Sinigalia, President of the Association of Journalists of Piedmont

 

Wednesday 26 August
5 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
ALL OR NOTHING: CONTEMPORARY ART IS NO CAKEWALK

Rendez-vous with Francesco Bonami, Art critic and contemporary art curator
Curator of the Fiftieth Biennial of Visual Arts, Venice, 2003

6 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
JOB AND ECONOMY: THE PATH OF THE FIRST AND A HALF YEAR OF THE GOVERNMENT

Rendez-vous with Luigi Bobba, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy.
Introduced and moderated by Walter Passerini, Journalist, columnist of "La Stampa"

 

Thursday 27 August
5 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
STILL LIFE

The path as an aesthetic and moral practice
Rendez-vous with Franco Zagari, Landscape architect

6 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
LAUDATO SI'

A journey within the environmental thought of Pope Francis through the comment to the encyclical Laudato si’ by
Mons. Franco Lovignana, theologian, Bishop of Aosta
Luciano Valle, Philosopher and environmentalsit
Nerio Nesi, economist, President of the Camillo Cavour Foundation

A deep hymn to life and an ecological summa, a magna charta of the creation and a realist invocation to everyone for the urge of preserving the environment, "our communal home".
Introduced and moderated by Fabrizio Favre, Director of "Il Corriere della Valle"

 

Friday 28 August

5 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
WALKING IN THE WILD

First presentation of the book "Montecristo. Dentro i segreti della natura selvaggia" (Laterza Editore, 2015) by Marco Albino Ferrari, Director of "Meridiani Montagne".
Introduced and moderated by Enrico Martinet, Journalist, “La Stampa”

6 p.m. – Cogne Public Library
THE SENSEABLE ENVIRONMENTS

The increasing deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics in recent years is allowing a new approach to the study of our environment. The way we describe and understand our surroundings is being radically transformed - alongside the tools we use to design them and impact on their physical structure.
Rendez-vous with Carlo Ratti, Director of the SENSEable City Lab of the MIT, Boston

 

Saturday 29 August
5 p.m. – Maison de la Grivola
SOULS AND FACES

A journey inside the art history with Flavio Caroli, Critic and art historian

9 p.m. – Maison de la Grivola
Award ceremony of the 19° Gran Paradiso Film Festival

A LIFE OUT OF THE COMMON
Rendez-vous with Milena Bethaz, Ranger of the Gran Paradiso National Park who was involved in a tragic accident at 3000 metres above sea level. A story made of determination and love for nature and mountain, the path of her brave comeback after she had been struck by a thunder.
Introduced and moderated by Marco Albino Ferrari, Director of “Meridiani Montagne”

CONFERRAL OF THE AWARDS OF THE 19° GRAN PARADISO FILM FESTIVAL
Screening of the winner of the 19° Gran Paradiso Film Festival

 

ARIA DI FESTIVAL

Outdoors events to enjoy the territory

Tuesday 25 August
11a.m. –  Villaggio Minatori
PATH OF THE SENES

Interactive Land Art by Anna Biancardi

Nature becomes art through the interactive installations of Land Art by Anna Biancardi and the creative and sensorial engagement of participants. An experience path that launches the first photographic slam in Cogne, in the trail of Villaggio Minatori, ending in an "aware comeback to land" with a guided tour to the exhibition "Tout simplement...famille rurale" by photographer Moreno Vignolini at the Alpinart Exhibition Centre.

The Land Art works will be available during the Festival and until their natural decay.

For reservations: +39 0165 75301
Info and rules www.gpff.it

 

Wednesday 26 August
11 p.m. –  Piazza Chanoux
SPIRITUALITY STEPS

Guided tour between Cogne and Champlong discovery the ancient traces of popular religiosity and their architectural, artistic and symbolic values.

Event in collaboration with Fondazione Comunitaria della Valle d’Aosta.
www.fondazionevda.it
For reservations: +39 0165 75301

 

Thursday 27 August
11 p.m. –  Sant’Orso Meadows
A SPECIAL UNDERSTANDING

Simulations and games to sensitise the audience on the respect for the environment with Danei, the border collie Italian champion of obedience, who helps Claudia in her activity as a park ranger.

 

Friday 28 August
11 p.m. –  Bellevue Hotel & SPA Terrace
CONCERT FOR GUITAR AND VIOLIN by Gilbert Impérial and Lautaro Acosta to celebrate 90 years of Bellevue Hotel&Spa di Cogne.

From 19th century repertoire to Astor Piazzolla's tango.
Music by Mauro Giuliani, Nicolò Paganini, Ferdinand Rebay and Astor Piazzolla.

Sponsored by Bellevue Hotel & Spa.
www.hotelbellevue.it
For reservations: +39 0165 75301

 

Saturday 29 August
11 p.m. –  Sant’Orso Meadows
THE ROUTE TO TURN POTENTIAL INTO PERFORMANCE

The teaching of sports to find the right motivation on the path.
Rendez-vous with Mauro Berruto, Coach of Italy National Volley team from 2011 to 2015

 

FESTIVAL OFF

Special screenings of hors-concours films

Wednesday 26 August
3 p.m. – Maison de la Grivola
Special screening of the film ALBERI CHE CAMMINANO by Mattia Colombo from an idea of writer Erri De Luca