Messages
from the Future
The future distresses us, crushes us. It is a shadow that overhangs and obscures everything. Perhaps only because we confuse it with the present, which is increasingly dark with its flashes of war and the unknowns of a technological development that we perceive as dehumanizing. Even in our island, where the transition from an old to a new model of development brings with it disturbing questions about the fate of our landscape and identity.
But the future also frightens us because sometimes we do not know how to grasp its signs: often the messages it sends us go unheard. Messages that are instead of hope, that call for change, that urge solidarity, for a world that can truly be new.
The future speaks to us, and we must learn to understand its language. Propagations Festival thus wants to be a sending out to listen, in a journey to be made together: authors and audience. And with Propagations’ old and new traveling companions: the community “The Samaritan” of Arborea and the Antonio Gramsci House Museum Foundation of Ghilarza.
Together, starting with books. Where it is written that not everything is sealed. Because the first message the future sends us is that the future is still in our hands.
Schools
Emotional Intelligence for Children
Monday, May 6 – 9:30 a.m.
Santa Giusta, Marterna School
Monday, May 13 – 10 a.m.
Santa Giusta, Kindergarten “The Talking Cricket”
Reading workshop on emotions starting from the book “The Colors of Emotions” by Anna Llenas
edited by Paola Sandoval
Previews
Wednesday, June 19 – 9 p.m.
Oristano, Teatro Garau
Gaza. Hatred and love for Israel
Gad Lerner in dialogue with Vito Biolchini
The third edition of the Propagations Festival offers a not-to-be-missed meeting to reason with a special guest on a drama that shocks us all.
October 7, 2023 is a watershed date for Israel’s history. And from Gaza that the Hamas militias have trespassed to carry out the most horrific massacre of Jews since the time of the Shoah. But it is on the inhabitants I Gaza that the Netanyahu government has unleashed a bloody military offensive with the result dl discredit Israel’s reputation and isolate it as badly as ever before.
Departure from Oristano – 3:30 p.m.
Returnfrom Cagliari – 11:45 p.m.
Bus from Oristano to Sardinia Pride
Also this year we assure our presence and our support to Sardegna Pride
If you want to participate too, Propagazioni Festval proposes a transport service Oristano/Cagliari that will allow us to go together!
Bigletti on eventbrite
Monday, July 8 – 6 p.m.
Oristano, Hospitalis Sancti Antoni Cloister.
Bagai
Samuele Cornalba in dialogue with Giovanni Cocco
“A young protagonist learns the senselessness of the world; a young writer discovers his own irrepressible vocation. From this pairing come the tremendous simplicity and tremendous strength of Cornalba’s debut.” Walter Siti
In collaboration with the Rainbook Festival
Wednesday, July 10 – 6 p.m.
Oristano, Hospitalis Sancti Antoni Cloister.
From the cliff you can see everything
Carla Fiorentino in dialogue with Serena Schiffini
After “I tonni non nuotare in scatola, “ Carla Fiorentino takes us back to Carloforte, dragging us on a new adventure through carruggi and cliffs, prompting us between a smile and an inquiry to reflect on the nature of long-lived relationships and the substance of the secrets that inhabit them. For everyone, but really everyone, has something to hide.
In collaboration with the Rainbook Festival
Tuesday, July 16 – 6:30 p.m.
Mandriola Pine Grove, City Library
The punishment
Sara Bilotti in dialogue with Francesca Spanu
The Propagazioni Festival previews move to the seaside village of Mandriola, in San Vero Milis, on Tuesday, July 16, for an event produced in collaboration with the Monreale Festival. At 6 p.m. at the municipal library, Sara Bilotti, one of the most important authors of the Italian thriller, in dialogue with Francesca Spanu will present “The Punishment.” The novel, just published by Harper& Collins, tells the story of Barbara, a woman who, in order to forget her past, takes refuge on a small island and radically changes her life. But fate gives her no respite and that past she tried to escape from becomes her present again. In “The Punishment,” Sara Bilotti masterfully investigates the frailties, shallownesses and darker sides of the human soul, and skillfully builds with grace a novel that explores the boundaries of guilt and forgiveness.
In collaboration with the Monreale Festival
Saturday, July 20 – 6 p.m.
Oristano, Hospitalis Sancti Antoni Cloister.
Of family you get sick
Giulia Rinaldi in dialogue with Maria Delogu
After three novels, it will be an essay to continue the Propagazioni Festival preview program. On Saturday, July 20, back at the Hospitalis cloister in Oristano beginning at 6 p.m., Giulia Rinaldi will present “Di famiglia ci si ammala: un viaggio all’interno delle famiglie dfunzionali con figli adulti.” The psychologist trainer and writer from Oristano will discuss a central theme in today’s educational dynamics, namely that of young people crushed by anxious, pressuring families that are not very open to change and to letting their children go free.
Tuesday, July 23 – 6:30 p.m.
Ghilarza, Municipal Auditorium
Dreams and illusions of freedom: my story
Patrick Zaki in dialogue with Luca Foschi and Gianni Francioni
simultaneous interpretation by Raffaella Tocco
On February 7, 2020 Patrick Zaki returns to Cairo, to his home, from Bologna, where he is studying. He wants to stay a few days. It is just the break of a student returning home temporarily. But things do not go as planned: Zaki is arrested and remains in prison for 20 months. Bologna, his university, and the whole of Italy react and have not stopped demonstrating since that February 7. Patrick Zaki in this book tells his story: what really happened that day and what happened then, in the days that followed: the interrogations, the solitary confinement, the torture, the confrontation with a world – that of prisons – in which everyone is reduced to an inhuman condition. And what kept him alive: his studies, his passion for soccer, music, the affection of his loved ones, his beloved Reny, and all of Italy.
video of the event on the YouTube channel of the Gramsci Foundation, Rome
In collaboration with the Gramsci House Museum Foundation of Ghilarza
and the Gramsci Foundation of Rome
festival
Tuesday, August 20 – From 9 p.m.
Oristano, Cloister of the Hospitalis Sancti Antoni
Inaugural toast
Evaristiano Estates and Corona Ruia Estates wine tasting
Tomorrow’s writing
Alberto Capitta and Gianni Usai
in dialogue with Alessandro Marongiu
Two revelation books and their authors. With “S.V.’s Thesis” and “The Worst,” both published by Il Maestrale in 2023 and 2024, Capitta and Usai expand the boundaries of literature in Sardinia, projecting it into territories yet to be explored.
From now on I decide
Reading with Salima Balzerani
Abortion: a history
Marta Lempart, Paola Stelliferi, and Carla Porcheddu
in dialogue with Jessica Cugini
The book, published by Carocci in 2023 and written by Stelliferi with Alessandra Gissi, kicks off a discussion with Polish activist Marta Lempart, founder of the Strajk Kobiet (“Women on Strike”) movement, and Carla Porcheddu, founder of Strajk Kobiet Sardinia.
Wednesday, August 21 – 9:30 a.m.
Oristano, Mistral2 Hotel
Bartholomew Salazar, the silence of the plague
(Camena, 2024)
Stefano Obino in dialogue with Bettina Brovelli
6:30 p.m.
Mandriola Pine Grove, Municipal Library
Celeste, the flamingo
(Writers Next Door, 2024)
Veronica Marzi and Camilla Lilliu indialogue with Paola Aracu
6:30 p.m.
Arborea Community “The Samaritan”
Those were the years
(Arkadia, 2024)
Daniele Congiu in dialogue with Maria Chiara Esposito
Reading with Consuelo Melis
From 9 p.m.
Oristano, Hospitalis Sancti Antoni
But it’s not a disease.
Rights, crises, politics
Conversation by Luigi Manconi with Gianni Francioni
The sociologist and historian intertwine their visions of the past and the world to come in a meeting organized in collaboration with the Antonio Gramsci House Museum Foundation in Ghilarza.
One Hundred Sicilies
Reading with Marta Loddo
La sperta and la babba
(Caffèorchidea, 2023)
Giovanna Di Marco in dialogue with Giuliana Adamo
At night you can see the past
Tour of the historic center with Giorgio Garau and Monica Tronci
A nighttime walk that, like a virtual journey through time,
will accompany participants through the historic center amidst suggestions and
monuments, in the heart of medieval Oristano, testimony to the
glorious past of the city.
Thursday, August 22 – 9:30 a.m.
Oristano, Mistral2 Hotel
One hundred years of cinema in Oristano.
Family stories
(Iskra, 2023)
Carlo Ibba in dialogue with Stefania Andolfo
6:30 p.m.
Mandriola Pine Grove, Municipal Library
Story of a little gull and
the cat who taught her to fly
Creative workshop by Bettina Brovelli
6:30 p.m.
Arborea, Community “The Samaritan”
Al Ghalas:
the darkest hour for the Middle East
(Bompiani, 2024)
Luca Foschi in dialogue with Vito Biolchini
From 9 p.m.
Oristano, Hospitalis Sancti Antoni
Seeking justice: the Scardella case
Screening of the short film “Dust” and debate with
Cristiano Scardella, Paolo Carboni and Irene Testa
in dialogue with Caterina Pes
Cristiano Scardella (brother of Aldo, who died by suicide in prison after being unjustly accused of murder) will present his book “Caso Scardella, orrore senza fine” (Alfa Editrice 2024), in a debate that, moderated by Caterina Pes, will also feature Sardinia’s Garante dei detenuti Irene Testa and director Paolo Carboni.
The world to come
Marta Allevato, Giulia Pompili and Francesco Semprini
in dialogue with Sara Perria
Coordinated by RAI journalist Sara Perria, journalists Marta Allevato (“Moralizing Russia,” Piemme 2024), Giulia Pompili (“Belli da morire: the dark side of K Pop” on South Korean youth, Rizzoli 2023) and in connection Francesco Semprini (“Trenches & Secrets,” on the war in Ukraine, Magog 2023) will speak on current international scenarios.
Friday, August 23 – 9:30 a.m.
Oristano, Mistral2 Hotel
Mantene s’odiu
(Piemme, 2024)
Eugenio Annicchiarico and Andrea Pusceddu
in dialogue with Giovanni Dessole
11:30 a.m.
Mandriola Pine Grove, City Library
Star Wars and philosophy
(Vallardi, 2024)
Matteo Saudino in dialogue with Federica Pau
6:30 p.m.
Arborea, “The Samaritan” Community
The glass child
(The Mistral, 2024)
Elisa Pilia in dialogue with Francesca Spanu
In collaboration with the Monreale Festival
From 9 p.m.
Oristano, Hospitalis Sancti Antoni
As if everything was a miracle
(Mondadori, 2024)
Daniel Lumera in dialogue with Roberta Muscas
The latest book by the great author, wildlife biologist, expert in the science of well-being and quality of life, international reference in the practice of meditation. Pages that invite us to regain lightness, happiness and wonder.
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Monologue by and with Santina Raschiotti
Tomorrow is another world.
Ten questions for the Sardinia to come
(The Mistral, 2024)
Bachisio Bandinu and Matteo Porru in dialogue with Alberto Urgu
Two generations comparing, two intellectuals questioning the future of their land. An 80-year-old and a 20-year-old peering at the island’s tomorrow, wondering what to wish for a Sardinian who has yet to come into the world.
Saturday, August 24 – 9:30 a.m.
Oristano, Mistral2 Hotel
The dawn has already passed
(Condaghes, 2023)
Daniele Manca in dialogue with Franca Mugittu
Reading with Paolo Vanacore
9:30 a.m.
Mandriola Pine Grove, City Library
The body of the voice
Training for librarians, operators and parents
by and with Alfonso Cuccurullo and Matteo Razzini
11:45 a.m.
Mandriola Pine Grove, City Library
If I were you I wouldn’t be me
Show for the whole family
by and with Alfonso Cuccurullo and Matteo Razzini
6:30 p.m.
Arborea, “The Samaritan” Community
Reconcile, restore, begin again
Agnese Moro and Franco Bonisoli in Dialogue with Pino Tilocca
Reading with Elio Turno Arthemalle
The daughter of Christian Democrat leader Aldo Moro, who was kidnapped and killed by the Red Brigades, and former Br Franco Bonisoli talk about restorative justice and recount their journey of reconciliation.
From 9 p.m.
Oristano, Hospitalis Sancti Antoni
Final toast
Nugoresa craft beer tasting
Sardinia between memory and the future
Silvano Tagliagambe, Aide Esu and Vittorio Pelligra
in dialogue with Vito Biolchini
Concluding conference of the festival with philosopher Silvano Tagliagambe (his recent “The Mediterranean Within,” Mimesis 2024), sociologist Aide Esu (“Violating Spaces: militarization in peacetime and local resistance,”
Ombre Corte 2024) and economist Vittorio Pelligra (“The Care of Roots,” Vita e Pensiero Editrice 2023).
Femines: feminas e omines impari
Claudia Aru in concert
with Simone Sassu on piano and Emanuele La Barbera on double bass
During the days of the festival
Hospitalis Sancti Antoni
Bar area
With Nugoresa craft beer
special event
Friday, September 27
Palmas Arborea
Awareness Day
to gender-based violence
4:30 p.m.
Palmas Arborea, Municipal Library
Creative reading workshop
starting with “kindness gives me strength” by Elizabeth Cole
workshop by Loredana Pinna
9 p.m.
Palmas Arborea, Church of St. Antiochus Martyr
Woman Eleanor
Presentation of the anti-violence center “Donna Eleonora” in Oristano
by manager Francesca Marras
Gospel Concert
Of Oristano’s “Sounds of Freedom” choir
directed by Maria Rosa Romanello
