MontagnaLibri
The annual international mountain book fair
From Petrarca to Erri De Luca, from Dino Buzzati to Mauro Corona. The act of “telling” the mountains is an activity far more ancient than their description through images. Since 1987, the annual international mountain book fair, MontagnaLibri, organised in conjunction with the film program, has become one of the most popular and multifaceted event of the Trento Film Festival. There is a wide offer: guides, handbooks, studies, monographs, photography books, mountaineering history, reports and journals, literary works and children’s books (in the MontagniLandia section), biographies and autobiographies, as well as the frequent multimedia novelties published by editors throughout the world.
MontagnaLibri invites its visitors to take up a journey across “paper mountains” in the exhibition complex set up in Piazza Fiera, where everyone has the chance to leaf through the publications of authors and editors from all over the world. The fair is organised also during the fall edition of the Trento Film Festival in the city of Bolzano.
Antique mountain book exhibition market
Adding value to this space dedicated to mountain literature, the Festival also organises a fair of ancient books and editorial rarities. Every year, during the final weekend of the Festival, MontagnaLibri hosts this unique Italian appointment dedicated to ancient mountain books, an “Antique mountain book exhibition market”. The event gathers all main antique libraries of the Alps – from Italy, Swiss, Austria and Germany -, specialised in mountain literature, and other alpine “memorabilia”, from prints to photos, to vintage postcards.
The mountain library
MontagnaLibri hosts a highly furnished and up-to-date bookshop, specialised in mountain literature, guides and handbooks, where it is possible to go through and purchase all recent publications and works dedicated to the world of peaks. The bookshop also offers a wide range of guides and books focused on the Trentino’s territory and the Dolomites.
Literary meetings
MontagnaLibri loves to break out of its exhibition space in Piazza Fiera and occupy suggestive places of Trento’s historical centre, such as the prestigious buildings Palazzo Calepini and Palazzo Roccabruna, or the evocative archeological underground sites of the Roman Tridentum and of Palazzo Lodròn. These places host the “literary meetings” featuring prominent and emerging writers promoting mountain, travel and exploration literature.
Among the most illustrious personalities, authors and mountaineers who have participated in the Trento Film Festival appear Mauro Corona, Erri De Luca, Kurt Diemberger, Reinhold Messner, Dacia Maraini, Susanna Tamaro, Margherita Hack, Siba Shakib, Joe Simpson, Claudio Sabelli Fioretti, Michael Palin, Enrico Brizzi, Marco Albino Ferrari, Syusy Blady and Patrizio Roversi, Mario Tozzi, Tony Wheeler, Andy Holzer, Maria Pia Veladiano, Licia Colò, Mirella Tenderini, Wu Ming, Simone Moro, Tamara Lunger, Paolo Rumiz.
Events
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Thu 27 Aug
APERTURA MONTAGNALIBRI. 34a RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DELL'EDITORIA DI MONTAGNA
10:00 MontagnaLibri - Trento
APERTURA MONTAGNALIBRI. 34a RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DELL'EDITORIA DI MONTAGNA
MontagnaLibri Piazza Fiera - Trento
27/08/2020
10:00La mostra raccoglie ed espone la più recente produzione internazionale di libri e riviste sulla montagna. Accesso libero nel rispetto del distanziamento previsto dalla normativa vigente.
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Thu 27 Aug
WE STRIKE! GIOVANI CHE CAMBIANO IL MONDO
11:30 Radio Dolomiti - Trento
WE STRIKE! GIOVANI CHE CAMBIANO IL MONDO
di Paolo Trentini, Alessandra Benacchio e Gaia Volta, a cura della Provincia autonoma di Trento e della Fondazione Franco Demarchi
Radio Dolomiti Piazza Fiera - Trento
27/08/2020
11:30Tomas Franchini, climber and mountain guide, and Francesco Camin, a singer-songwriter who “talks the language of trees”, having studied forestry and environmental science, are also two young ‘strikers’. As key players in the publication, they talk to…
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Thu 27 Aug
L’ISTANTE LARGO
17:30 Parco delle Terme - Levico Terme
L’ISTANTE LARGO
di Sara Fruner, Bollati Boringhieri. Carlo Martinelli dialoga con l'autrice
Parco delle Terme Viale Rovigo - Levico Terme
27/08/2020
17:30Macondo, aged 15 and exceptionally intelligent, has had three mothers and cannot remember even one of them. His grandmother, the Chilean artist Rocío Sánchez, does not want to tell him anything until he is an adult, so…
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Thu 27 Aug
STORIE DI CLIMA. Testimonianze dal mondo sugli impatti dei cambiamenti climatici
18:00 Teatro Capovolto - Trento
STORIE DI CLIMA. Testimonianze dal mondo sugli impatti dei cambiamenti climatici
Con Valentina Musmeci, Roberto Barbiero e Luca Mercalli. Modera la giornalista Elisa Dossi
Teatro Capovolto Piazza Cesare Battisti - Trento
27/08/2020
18:00From Patagonia to Finland, from Uganda to Mexico, from Lebanon to Sicily and Trentino, the testimony of people recounting the suffering and solutions adopted to deal with the difficult environmental and social fight against the impact of…
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Fri 28 Aug
DONNE DOLOMITICHE. La montagna è vita, la vita è donna
11:30 Radio Dolomiti - Trento
DONNE DOLOMITICHE. La montagna è vita, la vita è donna
di Andrea Tomasi, Trentino School of Management
Radio Dolomiti Piazza Fiera - Trento
28/08/2020
11:3010 racconti biografici di altrettante donne che hanno fatto scelte di vita diverse ma accomunate dalla montagna, luogo ideale e reale del loro vivere e lavorare.
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Fri 28 Aug
(QUASI) CINQUANTA, PORTATI CON GUSTO
18:00 Palazzo Roccabruna - Trento
(QUASI) CINQUANTA, PORTATI CON GUSTO
Palazzo Roccabruna Via Santa Trinità, 24 - Trento
28/08/2020
18:00Five decades of books, songs and events. A musical and narrative journey for the (almost) fifty years of the ITAS Mountain Books Award. With the music group of the Circolo Ricreativo ITAS. Presented by Lorenzo Carpanè.
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Fri 28 Aug
FEELING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
18:30 Fraglia della Vela - Riva del Garda
FEELING ON TOP OF THE WORLD
di Enrico Tettamanti, Montura Editing.
Fraglia della Vela Via Giancarlo Maroni, 2 - Riva del Garda
28/08/2020
18:30The Northwest Passage in a sailing boat, one of the great adventures, is recounted by the commander of the first Italian team to have taken route 6, from Alaska to Greenland.
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Sat 29 Aug
I FIORI PIU' BELLI DEL TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
11:30 Radio Dolomiti - Trento
I FIORI PIU' BELLI DEL TRENTINO ALTO ADIGE
di Antonio Sarzo, Curcu e Genovese
Radio Dolomiti Piazza Fiera - Trento
29/08/2020
11:30A book dedicated to the “vainest” flowers; the ones that attract us irresistibly during a alkw, almost obliging us to spend a little of our time alongside them.
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Sat 29 Aug
WHITEOUT. Coraggio, audacia, speranza.
11:30 LiberCafè - Trento
WHITEOUT. Coraggio, audacia, speranza.
di Anna Torretta, Eleonora Delenevo, Dorota Bankowska, Hoepli. Luca Castaldini dialoga con le autrici
LiberCafè Piazza Dante, 29 - Trento
29/08/2020
11:30The world seen through the eyes of three women who found a new beginning in an end.
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Sat 29 Aug
IL LIBRO DELLA NEVE
18:00 Palazzo Roccabruna - Trento
IL LIBRO DELLA NEVE
by Franco Brevini (Il Mulino), winner in the “Research and Environment” section of the 2020 ITAS Award. Presented by Lorenzo Carpanè, Coordinator of the ITAS Award.
Palazzo Roccabruna Via Santa Trinità, 24 - Trento
29/08/2020
18:00For those wishing to go on a journey to the world of the white lady, beginning with a tiny flake to arrive at the metaphysical challenges set by the mountains for climbers.
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Sun 30 Aug
L'ORCO, IL MONACO E LA VERGINE
11:30 Radio Dolomiti - Trento
L'ORCO, IL MONACO E LA VERGINE
di Paolo Paci, Corbaccio
Radio Dolomiti Piazza Fiera - Trento
30/08/2020
11:30A journey through the mountains, valleys, villages and characters of the Belle Époque in the Alps, a hundred years of surprising economic and social development that radically changed the perception of the Swiss Alps.
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Sun 30 Aug
IL GRANDE VIAGGIO. LUNGO LE CAROVANIERE DELLA VIA DELLA SETA.
19:00 Teatro Capovolto - Trento
IL GRANDE VIAGGIO. LUNGO LE CAROVANIERE DELLA VIA DELLA SETA.
di David Bellatalla e Stefano Rosati, Montura Editing
Teatro Capovolto Piazza Cesare Battisti - Trento
30/08/2020
19:00A fascinating story dedicated to an extraordinary itinerary that contributed towards developing relations and trade between the West and the East over the course of the centuries.
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Mon 31 Aug
IL RUMORE DELLE FARFALLE
11:30 Radio Dolomiti - Trento
IL RUMORE DELLE FARFALLE
di Eliana Agata Marchese, Edizioni dei Cammini
Radio Dolomiti Piazza Fiera - Trento
31/08/2020
11:30The epic journey of a family along the Santiago Way, paying homage to the freedom to wander. Reducing their existence to a bare minimum, they cover 2,600 kilometres on foot and with a pushchair.
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Mon 31 Aug
SULLE ANDE CON LE SCARPE BUCATE
18:00 Palazzo Roccabruna - Trento
SULLE ANDE CON LE SCARPE BUCATE
di Giancarlo Sardini, Montura Editing.
Palazzo Roccabruna Via Santa Trinità, 24 - Trento
31/08/2020
18:00The author, a champion of life along with young people in Peruvian missions, retraces the story of the Operation Mato Grosso refuges in Peru and the “Renato Casarotto” mountaineering school.
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Tue 1 Sep
MIA SCONOSCIUTA
17:30 Parco delle Terme - Levico Terme
MIA SCONOSCIUTA
di Marco Albino Ferrari, Ponte alle Grazie. Roberta Bonazza dialoga con l'autore
Parco delle Terme Viale Rovigo - Levico Terme
01/09/2020
17:30The rebel daughter of an upper middle-class family, she is the surprising protagonist of this true story, appearing to us face to face with the author, her only son and only love, like a game of mirrors.…
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Tue 1 Sep
L'IMPERO IN QUOTA
18:00 Palazzo Roccabruna - Trento
L'IMPERO IN QUOTA
Winner of the “Mountain Life and Stories” section of the 2020 ITAS Award. Presented by Lorenzo Carpanè, Coordinator of the ITAS Award.
Palazzo Roccabruna Via Santa Trinità, 24 - Trento
01/09/2020
18:00The Alps in the Roman era: the scene of military conflict, a place for cultural interaction and an economically important meeting point. A book on the history of a great culture facing the challenge of the mountains.
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Wed 2 Sep
UNA STORIA DI UOMINI E MONTAGNE: I RAGNI DI LECCO
11:00 Palazzo Roccabruna - Trento
UNA STORIA DI UOMINI E MONTAGNE: I RAGNI DI LECCO
I RAGNI DI LECCO di Serafino Ripamonti, Rizzoli. Alessandro Filippini dialoga con l'autore
Palazzo Roccabruna Via Santa Trinità, 24 - Trento
02/09/2020
11:00Matteo Della Bordella is recognised to be one of the most brilliant mountaineers of the new generation. He is also from the ‘Ragni di Lecco’, a mountaineering group that represents for him the sharing of dreams, efforts,…
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Wed 2 Sep
ATTRAVERSANDO LA "ROTTA ALPINA": storie di confini e migrazioni tra Italia e Francia
17:30 Parco delle Terme - Levico Terme
ATTRAVERSANDO LA "ROTTA ALPINA": storie di confini e migrazioni tra Italia e Francia
A conversation with Maurizio Pagliassotti, author of ANCORA DODICI CHILOMETRI (Bollati Boringhieri) and Roberto Keller, publisher of PASSEUR by Raphaël Krafft.
Parco delle Terme Viale Rovigo - Levico Terme
02/09/2020
17:30Twelves kilometres separate Claviere from Briançon, across the Montgenevre pass: this is the so-called “alpine route” for migrants, taking them from Italy into France. Others cross over the border at Colle di Finestra, an itinerary charged with…
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Wed 2 Sep
CIAK! SI SCALA. Storia del film di alpinismo e arrampicata.
18:00 Sala Conferenze, MUSE - Trento
CIAK! SI SCALA. Storia del film di alpinismo e arrampicata.
di Roberto Mantovani, edita dal Cai con la collaborazione dell’International Alliance for Mountain Film e del Museo Nazionale della Montagna di Torino. Con l'autore Roberto Mantovani e Marco Ribetti
Sala Conferenze, MUSE Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza, 3 - Trento
02/09/2020
18:00The daring history of mountaineering is recounted through the magical world of climbing films, to understand how the excitement of the summit has arrived in cinemas and in all our homes.
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