20^th CENTURY HISTORY EUROPEAN FESTIVAL-900FEST

– 2^nd Edition: WOMEN IN TOTALITARIANISMS

from the 12^th October to the 18^th October 2015

Conventions WOMEN IN TOTALITARIANISMS

Wednesday, 14^th October. 9:30 – 12:30 Palazzo Romagnoli

Protagonists, collaborators and witnesses

Celeste, the ghetto spy Guest speaker: Anna Foa

Duce against women Guest speaker: Mimmo Franzinelli

The women of the enemy, the sons of guilt Guest speaker: Michela Ponzani

Chairperson: Raffaella Baccolini

Thursday, 15^th October. 9:30 – 12:30 Palazzo Romagnoli

Protagonists, collaborators and witnesses

The Muse of the Duce: M. Sarfatti Guest speaker: Marie-Anne Matard

Marlene and Leni. Two german women Guest speaker: Gian Enrico Rusconi

The angel of Hitler: D. Mitford Guest speaker: Anne de Courcy

The women and the building of the regime Guest speaker: Alessandra Tarquini

Requiem for the Terror victims: Anna Achmatova with Lelia Serra

Chairperson: Maria Laura Lanzillo

Friday, 16^th October. 15:00 – 17:30 Teaching Hub Campus di Forlì

Totalitarianisms, revolutions and machismo

Masculinity in fascist Italy Guest speaker: Sandro Bellassai

Sports and totalitarian regimes Guest speaker: Stefano Pivato

Russian Male chauvinism in the country of Soviet Guest speaker: Gian Piero Piretto

THE WORD FASCISM (Round table discussion)

Saturday, 17^th October. 9:30 – 12:30 Palazzo Romagnoli The use of the word fascism

Families and fascism Guest speaker: Paul Ginsbourg

Is Islamism a fascism? Guest speaker: Anna Vanzan

Fascism, fascisms. The case of the United States Guest speaker: Elisabetta Vezzosi

Fascism today Guest speaker: Marcello Flores

THE DEBATE ON FASCISM, THE QUESTION OF THE ORIGINS (Round table discussion)

Saturday, 17^th October. 15:00 – 17:30 Sala Europa (PREDAPPIO)

With Alberto De Bernardi, Giulia Albanese, Matteo Pasetti, Maddalena Carli

Conferences

Monday, 12^th October. 17:00 – 18:30 City Hall, Piazza Saffi The fascist cinema Conference speaker: Ruth Ben-Ghiat (New York University)

Tuesday, 13^th October. 10:00 – 12:00 Palazzo Romagnoli “Last witnesses” The deportation of the Italian ethnic community in Kerch to Kazakhstan during Stalinism. Video interviews and photos presented by Memorial Italia Association. Speaker: Francesca Gori and Giulia De Florio

Tuesday, 13^th October. 17:00 – 18:30 Refettorio Musei San Domenico The totalitarian consent Conference speaker: Paul Corner

FIRST PREVIEW

Friday, 16^th October. 17:30 – 19:00 (Teaching Hub Campus Forlì) If this is a woman: Ravensbrück’s camp With Sarah Helm, the author of “If this is a woman” (Little Brown 2015).

Marcello Flores and Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci will discuss with the author.

Events

Wednesday, 14^th October. 17:00 – 19:00 Centro culturale San Francesco

Liberators and liberated

Helke Sander’s documentary about German women raped by the soldiers of the Red Army

Thursday, 15^th October. 15:00 – 17:00. Palazzo Romagnoli

Prisoner of Stalin and Hitler: Margarete Buber-Neumann

Show/Multimedia event with texts, pictures and music (with Daniela Piccari, actress)

Friday, 16^th October. 10.00-12.30 (Viale della Libertà corner of Piazzale Martiri dell’Ungheria)

Guided tour of Forlì, “The rationalist town”, and of Cesare Valle’s Exhibition held in ex Palazzo GIL building (Organised by Atrium)

Sunday, 18^th October. 20.30 Fabbrica delle Candele

Concert

Musicians: Paola Sabbatani (voice), Daniele Santimone (guitar), Roberto Bartoli (double bass)

Film exhibition

Monday, 12^th October. 20:30 – 23:00 Location: Biblioteca Saffi

The Third Reich history (I) (ITA 1963) by Liliana Cavani Introduced by Francesca Brignoli

Tuesday, 13^th October. 20:30 – 23:00 Location: Biblioteca Saffi

The Third Reich history (II) (ITA 1963) by Liliana Cavani

Wednesday, 14^th October. 20:30 – 23:00 Location: Biblioteca Saffi

The Stalin age (I) (ITA 1964) by Liliana Cavani

Thursday, 15^th October. 20:30 – 23:00 Location: Biblioteca Saffi

The Stalin age (II) (ITA 1964) by Liliana Cavani

Friday, 16^th October. 20:30 – 23:00. Cinema Saffi To win (ITA 2010) by Marco Bellocchio Introduced by Gianfranco Miro Gori

Saturday, 17^th October. 17:00 – 19:30 (Location: cinema Apollo) Women in the Resistance (ITA 1965) by Liliana Cavani The film maker will be at the film review.

School meetings

PLAYED LESSONS Acting company: Compagnia Marco Gobetti (Workshop with students)

Monday, 12^th , Tuesday 13^th, Wednesday 14^th 10:00 – 12:00. Aula Magna, I.T.I.S. G.Marconi, Forlì