The Festival that leaves a positive mark
Cultural and sporting events 6–8 December 2025
Saturday 6 December
Palazzo delle Feste – Sala Viglione / foyer
from 5.30 pm to 10.30 pm
5.30 pm
INSTITUTIONAL GREETINGS
Followed by a meeting with the young people of Bardonecchia organised by Eugenia Maranese - teacher
Staying High: Stories of those who have chosen to live in the mountains
6.30pm - 7.30pm
Piero Bianucci
science journalist, creator of GiovedìScienza
meets
Nicola Pugno
professor, scientist, engineer, physicist and winner of numerous international awards for scientific excellence.
The Six Senses of Science.
Lessons from Nature, from the materials of the future to avalanche forecasting.
9:00 p.m.
Roberto Mantovani - journalist and writer
meets
Andrea Lanfri
Paralympic athlete and first disabled climber of Everest in 2023.
Francois Cazzanelli
from Valle d'Aosta, a formidable mountaineer and mountain guide, the charm of the mountains of home.
The body that listens: perception and courage in extreme conditions.
Sunday 7 December
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | foyer
Filippo Poletti
in conversation with fellow journalists
From the sign to the like: the new frontier of mountain storytelling
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | foyer
Children's readings by the Library
Words at altitude: stories that climb mountains
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Sala Viglione
Paolo Pagliussa ‘Ussa’
meets
Ilaria Veronese, Italian ski mountaineering champion, Carabinieri Sports Centre
Ian Matteoli, the brightest star in Italian snowboarding
How a champion is born: Talent, Heart, Sacrifice.
9:00 pm | Sala Viglione
Alberto Dolfín and Paolo Pagliussa ‘Ussa’ meet the stars of alpine skiing linked to Bardonecchia.
Piero Gros, Gino Senigagliesi, Dario Borsotti, Fabio De Crignis
The Blue Avalanche, Italy on top of the world.
Monday 8 December
Palazzo delle Feste
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | foyer
Chiara Caratto
meets writers Franco Faggiani and Irene Borgna
The Five Senses in Writing: Writers at the crossroads between perception and storytelling.
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | foyer
Bardomont, Davide and Andrea Ugetti's chocolate dedicated to the Festival, is born.
Free tasting and conclusions