OSTANA PRIZE 2025: EVENT SCHEDULE

XVII EDITION, JUNE 27-29, 2025

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025

4:00 PM
Opening Ceremony with 

Local Authorities
"Sensa raïtz pas de flors" 

Official Anthem Performance
By Ostana Prize Collective
(Paola Bertello, Flavio Giacchero, Luca Pellegrino, Marzia Rey)

FOLLOWED BY
Conversation with Estelle Ceccarini
(Occitan language)
"From Childhood Landscapes to the Breath of Poetry"
Hosted by: Corinne Lheritier

Presentation of the Documentary
"Val Pò: A Language, A Land" 

Hosted by: Eliane Tourtet

FOLLOWED BY
MINJAR EN CONVIVÉNCIA  ("Dining in Togetherness")
Location: Lou Pourtoun

8:45 PM
In Conversation with Mano Khalil
(Kurdish language)
"Cinema, Identity, and the Paradox of Exile"
Moderated by: Antonello Zanda

FOLLOWED BY
FILM SCREENING
“Neighbours” (2021)
Directed by: Mano Khalil
Runtime: 84 minutes

STURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025

10:00 AM
In Conversation with Francesca Sammartino
(Croatian language)
"Guardians of a Living Language: The Na-Našo in Molise"
Moderated by: Mariona Miret

11:30 AM

In Conversation with Berta Dávila
(Galician language)
"New Technologies and Virtual Worlds in the Literature of a Young Galician Writer"
Moderated by: Guglielmo Diamante

FOLLOWED BY
MINJAR EN CONVIVÉNCIA - "Shared Meal in Togetherness"
Location: Lou Pourtoun

2:30 PM
In Conversation with Kristian Braz
(Breton language)
"The Breton Language and I: Witnessing and Creating Literature"
Moderated by: Bernez Rouz

4:30 PM

In Conversation with Éamon Ó Ciosáin

(Irish language)

"Translation, Passion & Collaboration: Crafting Quality Work Across the Celtic Sea"

Moderated by: Teresa Geninatti Chiolero

FOLLOWED BY
MINJAR EN CONVIVÉNCIA - "Dining in Togetherness"
Location: Lou Pourtoun

9:00 PM
In Conversation with Marie Olga Sohantenaina "Olga of Madagascar"
(Malagasy Tsimihety language)
"Like a Possession Ritual: Music and Mother-Tongue Words in Safeguarding Biodiversity to Drive Change"
Moderated by: Flavio Giacchero

FOLLOWED BY
SERADA EN CONVIVÉNCIA - An immersive night of music and multilingual improvisation with all festival artists
Featuring: Ostana Prize Musician-Artists

SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2025

10:00 AM
In Conversation with Soulama Maténé Martine "Téné Tina"
(Cerma language)
"Mother Tongues, Women's Rights & Material Cultures"
Moderated by: Oliviero Vendraminetto

FOLLOWED BY
"Coma te sònes?" - "How Do You Sound?"
Collective Performance

with Gigi Ubaudi

Theatrical-Musical Walk
Featuring: Ostana Prize Musician-Artists

12:30 PM
MINJAR EN CONVIVÉNCIA - "Shared Meal in Togetherness"
Location: Lou Pourtoun

2:00 PM
AWARD CEREMONY & ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES
Featuring live streaming in collaboration with Radio RBE
Available at: www.premioostana.it
Curated by: Ostana Prize Collective
Hosted by: Paola Bertello

2025 AWARDEES:

Special Prize
Kristian BRAZ
Breton language (France)
Presented by: Bernez Rouz

International Prize
Soulama Maténé MARTINE

"TÉNÉ TINA"
Cerma language (Burkina Faso)
Presented by: Oliviero Vendraminetto

Prize for Historical Linguistic Minorities in Italy
Francesca SAMMARTINO
Croatian language (Italy)
Presented by: Mariona Miret

Occitan Language Prize
Estelle CECCARINI
Occitan language (France)
Presented by: Corinne Lheritier

Young Talent Prize
Berta DÁVILA
Galician language (Spain)
Presented by: Guglielmo Diamante

Translation Prize
Éamon Ó CIOSÁIN
Irish language (Ireland)
Presented by: Teresa Geninatti Chiolero

Music Prize
Marie Olga SOHANTENAINA

"OLGA OF MADAGASCAR"
Malagasy Tsimihety language (Madagascar)
Presented by: Flavio Giacchero

Film Prize
Mano KHALIL
Kurdish language (Syria)
Presented by: Antonello Zanda