Festival of Travel 2011 in Florence
From 8th to 10th September 2011 comes back to Florence, the sixth edition of Travel Festival, the first Italian event about the theme of multidisciplinary travel.
The Festival of Travel, directed by the writer Alessandro Agostinelli, backs in the beautiful Florence to tell the many philosophies and practices of travel, for tourism or work, with three days full of meetings, readings, exhibitions and performances, all free entry.
Among the major events and events of the Festival Travel:
- A photo contest dedicated to the Italian honeymoons, organized in collaboration with L’Espresso; to participate just send a photo of your “honeymoon” accompanied by a comment of 333 characters.
- The conference “Etruscans and smartphones”, which will present the latest applications designed by some Etruscan museums in the region of Tuscany.
- The presentation of the first illustrated editions of Emilio Salgari pirates’ novels, in collaboration with the National Central Library of Florence, and a path through the last decade Italian drawings and cartoons of Sergio Staino.
- Video-interview called “The first trip”, with Francesco Guccini, Ezio Mauro, Luis Sepulveda, Pino Cacucci, Alexander Bergonzoni, Paul Poli and others.
Among the events in calendar there are also reported national films previews of Womb, with Eva Green, and two documentaries, respectively dedicated to the Gnawa music of Morocco and the Iranian street artist Ramin Saravi.
See the Festival of Travel 2011′ program. Further information on the official website www.festivaldelviaggio.it.
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