The 2025 Ostana Award Ceremony
Live streaming
Sunday, June 29 at 2:00 p.m.
Languages are roots that flourish everywhere
Premio Ostana
writing in mother tongue
ecrituras en lenga maire
It is a gathering dedicated to the world’s mother tongues, held annually in Ostana — an Occitan village of 85 inhabitants in the Po Valley at the foot of Monviso — bringing together mother-tongue authors from all over the world for a festival celebrating linguistic biodiversity.
the AWARDED
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
Translation Prize
Éamon Ó CIOSÁIN
Irish language (Ireland)
Presented by: Teresa Geninatti Chiolero
Young Talent Prize
Berta DÁVILA
Galician language (Spain)
Presented by: Guglielmo Diamante
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
EVENT SCHEDULE
JUNE 27
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
From Childhood Landscapes to the Breath of Poetry
Conversation with Estelle Ceccarini
(Occitan language)
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
Cinema, Identity, and the Paradox of Exile
In Conversation with Mano Khalil
(Kurdish language)
Moderated by: Antonello Zanda
FOLLOWED BY
FILM SCREENING: Neighbours (2021)
Directed by: Mano Khalil
Runtime: 84 minutes
JUNE 28
10:00 AM
Guardians of a Living Language: The Na-Našo in Molise
In Conversation with Francesca Sammartino
(Croatian language)
Moderated by: Mariona Miret
11:30 AM
New Technologies and Virtual Worlds in the Literature of a Young Galician Writer
In Conversation with Berta Dávila
(Galician language)
Moderated by: Guglielmo Diamante
FOLLOWED BY
MINJAR EN CONVIVÉNCIA - "Shared Meal in Togetherness"
Location: Lou Pourtoun
2:30 PM
The Breton Language and I: Witnessing and Creating Literature
In Conversation with Kristian Braz
(Breton language)
Moderated by: Bernez Rouz
4:30 PM
Translation, Passion & Collaboration: Crafting Quality Work Across the Celtic Sea
In Conversation with Éamon Ó Ciosáin
(Irish language)
Moderated by: Teresa Geninatti Chiolero
FOLLOWED BY
MINJAR EN CONVIVÉNCIA - "Dining in Togetherness"
Location: Lou Pourtoun
9:00 PM
Like a Possession Ritual: Music and Mother-Tongue Words in Safeguarding Biodiversity to Drive Change
In Conversation with Marie Olga Sohantenaina "Olga of Madagascar"
(Malagasy Tsimihety language)
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
JUNE 29
10:00 AM
Mother Tongues, Women's Rights & Material Cultures
In Conversation with Soulama Maténé Martine "Téné Tina"
(Cerma language)
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
NEWS
Follow the Award Ceremony on our website!
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Announced The Awardees and Full Program of the XVII Edition of the World Mother Tongues Prize
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“Sensa raïtz pas de flors” the motto of the 17th edition of the Ostana Prize
by Fredo Valla “Sensa raïtz pas de flors”: verses from the secular and civil Occitan Middle Ages. Of troubadours and trobairitz, poets of a time (certainly distant) no longer overshadowed by the expectation of the end of the world or the sadness of sin carried as a burden from birth. Men and women...
PARTNERS
Comune di Ostana
The Ostana Prize celebrates the international support received
from the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages, and from two reference institutions in the linguistic field: the ELEN network (European Language Equality Network) and the NPLD network (Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity).
