What is really happening in Egypt? Cairo still finds itself in the middle of a difficult exit post Mubarak, the objectives of the groups affiliated to the Islamic State and the theatre of a difficult debate between repression and a yearning for freedom.

Giuseppe Acconcia, journalist, writer and specialised researcher on the Middle East is the correspondent for the newspaper Il Manifesto. He is also the reporter for Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Kurdistan and other surrounding areas.

Franco Cardini, Florentine, historian of international fame and one of the most important Italian experts of history – and of the stories – of the Mediterranean. The sea acts as the scene of collisions but also of encounters between cultures and religions that, from the Medieval period onwards and after the discovery of lines that bring together the shores of the Mediterranean Basin, lines made up of commerce, relationships and shared ideals.
An evening to talk about the great battles and economic and cultural links that have, forever, crossed the waves of the sea.

A concert of great variety that brings together distant worlds in space and in time, performing once more with a modern sensitivity, the great heritage of the popular Puglia music.
The original pieces proposed by the Sossio Banda, recall the acoustics and traditional harmonies enriched by the contribution of musicians of different backgrounds: an innovative Mediterranean sound is sprung forth, capable of varying these overwhelming percussive and melodic rhythms with sounds of great intensity.

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Mario Leombruno, Luca Romano | Italy | 2013 | 26’

Giugliano, Italy, behind an iron sheet fence, 400 Rom reside, in the middle of an area known as the symbol of the environmental disaster in Campania. Just three centimetres of tarmac and gravel separate the settlement from the land on which, over the years, both legal and illegal rubbish has accumulated.

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Stefano Liberti, Enrico Parenti | Italy | 2013 | 60’

The daily stories of the inhabitants of the “villaggio attrezzato” on Via di Salone, a camp in which Rome’s administratives have regrouped more than 1000 citizens of Rom ethnicity.

n ensemble that came together in the Mediterranean Basin and whose music has touched worldwide. Their sounds born from an interest in Africa and one that wants to speak to the world, the group has a mysterious formation. It’s not easy to say where C’mon Tigre comes from, the group changes shape, voices and sounds at every appearance, an open construction site that produces hynoptic acoustics, middleeastern dance.
By their own admission, C’mon Tiger make music based on repetitive riffs and minimal approach, with, however, maximalist and cosmopolitan attitude, between guitars, analog drum machines, accordions and brass section that, they promise, “fanno ballare i serpenti“.
It’s not jazz nor is it world music, it’s not space rock but: the roar of many souls – “C’mon Tigre is a collective of Souls” –, worldly, harmonized, unique.

A greatly experienced duo with a history of over 700 concerts on their backs, perform a classical repertoire of Vivaldi, Tartini, Paganini – confronting each other with the dynamism of the coast. From their interpretive research and devotion to philological studies, comes forth an impeccable structure of great audience participation, thanks to the dynamism and the sophisticated perfomance of the duo.

Capibara, project by Roman Luca Albino (one of the founders of the independent electronic collective - White Forest Records), one of the leading name of the Italian electronic scene.
Capibara is a sensitive soul, disguised as a nerd who finds refuge behind songs in which, beyond the mirror of electronic sound, garage futurisms, urban rhythms and African influences, the lines and pop horizons are hidden.