European Festival of 20th century history
Forlì, 28th October – 1st November 2014
What is 900fest?
Istituto per la Storia della Resistenza e dell’Età Contemporanea of the Forlì-Cesena area, Fondazione Alfred Lewin, Anpi Forlì-Cesena, Associazione Mazziniana Italiana Sezione “G.Bruno” in Forlì, Cgil, Cisl, Uil, Arci, Endas Forlì, Unione degli Universitari Forlì,
in cooperation with and under the patronage of
Regione Emilia-Romagna, Comune di Forlì, Comune di Predappio, Provincia di Forlì-Cesena, Atrium – Architecture of Totalitarian Regimes in Urban Managements, National Institute for the History of the Liberation Movement in Italy
promote
the first edition of 900fest, European festival of 20th century history, subtitled “wars, totalitarianism, democracy”. Five days of meetings, conferences, book presentations and screening of films that will take place in Forlì and Predappio. The goal is to make these two places an international centre of meeting and reflection on Fascism and the totalitarian regimes that ravaged Europe in the 20th century.
The bookshop is organised by the cultural association “Il parco dei ragazzi”.
The festival
The project, around which a group of bodies representing civil society in the Forlì area has gathered (AMI, ANPI, ARCI, ENDAS, Alfred Lewin Foundation, Resistance and Contemporary History Institute, CGIL, UIL, UDU), originated from the common reflection about the need of constant historical in-depth analysis and memory preservation of what happened in Europe in the last century. Its goal is to make Forlì and Predappio a national and international reference point for reflection, meeting and study on dictatorships, totalitarian regimes and democracy.
This prospect represents not only a proper way to “historically elaborate” the fact that the founder of Fascism was born in the Forlì area but also to uphold the loyalty to that strong vocation to politics that Romagna has shown to the whole Europe from the period of Risorgimento and the burst of the “social question” onwards.
To this end, during a series of meetings began the development of a joint proposal for the creation of an internationally renowned historical and cultural date, which should take place every year in cooperation with institutions.
Programme
28th October
16.30 Entrance Hall of Salone Comunale of Forlì (view map)
Opening of the exhibit “Forlì 1944, a ‘common’ massacre”
17.30 Refettorio Musei San Domenico (view map)
Conference by Roberto Venuti
“Apocalypse and War”
20.30 Teatro Comunale of Predappio (view map)
70th anniversary celebration of the liberation of the Forlì area
29th October
9.30 Palazzo Romagnoli Forlì (view map)
Workshop with the students “Narration of a ‘common’ massacre”
with Toni Rovatti
17.30 Refettorio Musei San Domenico (view map)
Presentation of the book “The myth of the Great War” (in collaboration with Il Mulino)
with the author Mario Isnenghi
Introduced by Ugo Berti
20.30 Teatro Apollo Forlì (view map)
Film screening “Pays Barbare” (Fra 2013)
with the authors Y. Gianikian and A. Ricci Lucchi
Introduced by Rocco Ronchi
30th October
9.30 Palazzo Romagnoli (view map)
Conference “The Great War and the origins of totalitarian regimes in Europe”
Speakers:
Marie-Anne Matard Bonucci
Elena Dundovich
Lutz Klinkhammer
Gian Enrico Rusconi
15.00 Forlì city centre (view map)
guided tour of the rationalist city
17.30 Refettorio Musei San Domenico (view map)
Presentation of the book “1914, attack to the West” (in collaboration with Il Mulino)
with the author Gian Enrico Rusconi
Introduced by Ugo Berti
20.30 Teatro Apollo (view map)
Film screening “The Old Guard” (Italia 1934)
by A. Blasetti
1st November
9.30 Sala Europa of Predappio (view map)
Conference: “the new man, the totalitarianism, the State”
Speakers:
Francesco Cassata
Giovanni Gozzini
Marcello Flores
15.00 Predappio city centre (view map)
guided tour of “Museo Urbano”
17.30 Refettorio Musei San Domenico (view map)
Conference by Irina Alter
“The war of Germany in the German postwar cinema”
20.30 Teatro Apollo (view map)
Film screening “Triumph over violence” (Russia 1965)
by M.Romm. With M.Turovskaya, coauthor
Festival di Storia del Novecento 