FLIB, the Italian Literature Festival, returns to Barcelona for its fifth edition, taking place from October 22 to 25, with a writing course on the 26th and 27th.
This year’s theme is the question Why read? and, indeed, “in a society fascinated and dominated by technology, the festival asserts reading as the first step toward the freedom to choose,” the organizers emphasize in the press release.
The Opening of Domenico Starnone
The opening evening is scheduled for Thursday, October 22, at Espai Jove La Fontana, and is devoted to the 26th Week of Italian Language in the World, promoted by MAECI, under the title Lingua geniale: ideate, design, create with Italian. A special guest is Domenico Starnone.
A Dialogue Between Italy and Spain
“Faithful to its vocation as a cultural bridge,” FLIP connects Italian and Spanish voices. On the program (available on the official site): Chiara Faggiolani and Marina Garcés, on the “transformative power of stories”; Silvia Ziche and Raquel Riba Rossy, in dialogue about comics; Silvia Semenzin and Encarni Iglesias will discuss the “patriarchy of the algorithm”; while Alessandro Robecchi and Victor Balcells will talk about the “hyperconnected and adrift world.” The lineup also includes Dario Ferrari with Patricio Pron, Anna Mallamo and Silvana Vogt, Lilith Moscon, Anna Manso, Giovanna Ranaldi, Roger Olmos, Piero Salabè, Carlos Zanón, Nuria Mirabet and Fabio Pusterla.
There Is Also Space for Music and Theatre, with Activities for Girls and Boys
There is also space for music and theatre, with activities for girls and boys. The Catalan-language show Solitud a Stromboli, the Balùmina concert by Ilaria Pilar Patassini, and several multilingualism workshops for adults and families are on the program. All activities designed for the youngest are labeled FLIB junior.
Present as well is the exhibition The World of Alessandro Baricco, produced by the Italian Cultural Institute of Barcelona, which can be visited at the Jaume Fuster Library.
