Edition 2025
“Sensa raïtz pas de flors”
“Without roots, there are no flowers”
Edition 2025
“Sensa raïtz pas de flors”
“Without roots, there are no flowers”
the AWARDED
Special Prize
Tétéreho ALI-TAGBA
Ewé and Tem languages (Togo)
Presented by Oliviero Vendraminetto
International Prize
Réunion Creole language (France)
Presented by Jean François Mariot
Prize for Historical Linguistic Minorities in Italy
Arbëreshe language (Italy)
Presented by Domenico Morelli
Occitan Language Prize
Occitan language (France)
Presented by Eliane Tourtet
Translation Prize
Faroese language (Faroe Islands)
Presented by Gianfranco Contri
Young Talent Prize
Santali language (India)
Presented by Teresa Geninatti Chiolero
Music Prize
Basque language (Spain)
Presented by Flavio Giacchero
Cinema Prize
Friulian language (Italy)
Presented by Antonello Zanda
EVENT SCHEDULE
JUNE 25
5:00 PM
“Maison des lengas”: A common home for the languages of the world.
A PNRR project by Smallcodes
FOLLOWED BY
Brief history of linguistic rights in Italy: from Article 6 of the Constitution to Law 482/99
“Rules on the protection of historical linguistic minorities”
CONVERSATION WITH Domenico Morelli
CURATED BY Fredo Valla
FOLLOWED BY
Languages in the storm of artificial intelligence: an opportunity for less widespread languages?
CURATED BY Carlo Zoli, Smallcodes
With live streaming
IN COLLABORATION WITH Radio RBE available at www.premioostana.it
9:00 PM
Inaugural Occitan dance of the Ostana Prize
WITH Aire d’Ostana
FOLLOWED BY
CONVERSATION WITH Jean-Frédéric Brun (lingua occitana)
“L’occitan, lenga dau país verai”
A CURA DI Eliane Tourtet
JUNE 26
4:00 PM
Inauguration in the presence of authorities
Es sus la talvèra qu’es la libertat,
video screening
(L. Percivalle, E. Barbera)
song dedicated to the Ostana Prize
CURATED BY The Ostana Prize Artistic Collective
(P. Bertello, F. Giacchero, L. Pellegrino, M. Rey)
FOLLOWED BY A CONVERSATION
WITH Jean-Frédéric Brun
(Occitan language)
FOLLOWED BY
“L’occitan, lenga dau país verai”/ “Language as dialogue, the edge of connection”
CURATED BY Eliane Tourtet
SHORT FILM SCREENING
“Si seus accappiaus”
by Simone Paderi, winner of the Ostana Prize at the ninth edition
of the Babel Film Festival
CURATED BY Paolo Carboni
FOLLOWED BY
Minjar en convivéncia / Community meal
at Lou Pourtoun
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
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).
