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In collaboration with Fondazione Prada

Q&A with Alicia Mendy (The Dawn)

Followed by Q&A with the director Giovanni C. Lorusso

With Federico Allocca, Simone Corti, Alicia Mendy, Andrea Sestu

Followed by Q&A with director Mohamed Rashad

Followed by Q&A with director Alessandra Lacorazza

With Debra Aroko (Searching for Amani) and Piero Usberti (Voyage a Gaza)

Followed by a Q&A with the directors

Preceded at 6 pm by the round table "Switzerland: platform for meetings, cultures and cinema"

With Phil Cox (Khartoum)

Speakers: Marco Rusconi, Director of AICS – Italian Agency for Development Cooperation; Anna Scavuzzo, Deputy Mayor of the City of Milan: Barbara Mineo, Head of Local Development and Business Integration Programs at Eni; Prashanth Cattaneo, Art and Design Expert, Cultural Projects Curator at COE ETS; Debra Aroko, Debra Aroko, Director and Producer; Raffaele Cattaneo, Undersecretary for International and European Relations of the Lombardy Region. Moderator: Paolo Ferrara – Fondazione Terre des Hommes Italia
Followed by Una famiglia, Christian Carmosino Mereu | Italy, Burkina Faso | 2021 | 74'. AICS Special event

Followed by Q&A with the directors Yoro Mbaye (Lees Waxul) and Maxime Jean-Baptiste (Listen to the Voices)

Followed by Q&A with the director

Followed by a conversation with director Alonso Ruizpalacios, along with Fondazione Prada’s programming curator Paolo Moretti and Alessandra Speciale from FESCAAAL’s artistic direction

Followed by Q&A with the director and the protagonists

Followed by a Q&A with the directors

With Sarah Malleon (Sirènes), Simone Manetti (Goodbye Baghdad) Irene Z'graggen (Kaliz) Hleb Papaou (Fellini) Elena Poggioni, Stefano Poggioni (Apnea), Giovanni C. Lorusso (A Man Fell)

With Rashid Masharawi (Passing Dreams), Maxime Jean-Baptiste (Listen to the Voices), Yoro Mbaye (Lees Waxul)

Followed by Q&A with Sarah Malléon, director of Sirènes

With Francesca Pirani (Vakhim), Alessandra Lacorazza (In the Summers), Francesco Clerici and Tommaso Barbaro (The Ice Builders) and Emanuela Zuccalà (Faghan - Figlie dell'Afghanistan)

Followed by a conversation with director Pia Marais and protagonist Helena Zengel with Alessandra Speciale, Artistic Direction FESCAAAL

With Ameer Fakher Eldin (Yunan)

Followed by a Q&A with the creator of the project Rashid Masharawi

Followed by Q&A with the directors

Speakers Nicola Felder, Deputy Consul General, Alicia Mendy, Director, Amel Soudani, Producer, Moderated by Annamaria Gallone, FESCAAAL Artistic Director
Followed by The Dawn, Alicia Mendy | Senegal, Svizzera | 2024 | 30'. Concorso Cortometraggi Africani

Followed by Q&A with Mohamed Rashad, director of The Settlement

With Mohamed Rashad (The Settlement), Alicia Mendy and Amel Soudani (director and producer The Dawn), Pia Marais (Transamazonia and Official Jury President), Scandar Copti (Happy Holidays and Official Jury Member)