H 18: Chiostri di San Pietro | Chiostro grande
talks

OPENING FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA 2026

Moderator Nicolas Ballario


H 19: Palazzo dei Musei | Portico dei Marmi
opening

LUIGI GHIRRI. A SERIES OF DREAMS
GIOVANE FOTOGRAFIA ITALIANA #13 – PREMIO LUIGI GHIRRI 2026


H 21.30: Piazza Prampolini
dj set

FEDDE LE GRAND

SUPPORT ACT > M!TCH

H 10.30 Palazzo da Mosto
meet the artist

FEDERICA MAMBRINI

Guided tour of the exhibition L’ALBERGO DELLA LONTANANZA


H 11 Palazzo da Mosto
meet the artist

EMILIA MARTIN

Guided tour of the exhibition THE SERPENT’S THREAD
with the curator Eleonora Schianchi


H 19 Palazzo da Mosto
performance

FRÉDÉRIC D. OBERLAND

VESTIGES DU FUTUR

H 10.30 Chiostri di San Pietro
meet the artist

KEEP THE FIRE BURNING

Guided tour of the exhibition with the curator Francesco Colombelli
and the teenagers of Centro Diurno per l’Adolescenza “AÏDA”


H 11 Teatro Cavallerizza
talks
OGNI STORIA È UNA STORIA DI FANTASMI

SIMONA VINCI

in dialogue with LOREDANA LIPPERINI

LIS translation


H 11 Chiostri di San Pietro | Laboratorio Aperto
meet the artist
PHOTOGRAPHY, SUSPENDED TIME AND MIGRATION

FELIPE ROMERO BELTRAN

with CLAUDIA BERNARDI and TIM CLARK


H 12 Chiostri di San Pietro | Laboratorio Aperto
meet the artist

MOHAMED HASSAN and SALVATORE VITALE

moderator TIM CLARK


H 15 Palazzo da Mosto | Sala Video
meet the artist

OLTRE LA POSTFOTOGRAFIA: IMMAGINI, ALGORITMI, ECOSISTEMI

with ARIANNA CATANIA in dialogue with FRANÇOIS HÉBEL and MAURO ZANCHI

Guided tour of the exhibition GHOSTLAND with the artists


H 16 Palazzo dei Musei
talks

LUIGI GHIRRI. A SERIES OF DREAMS
PAESAGGI VISIVI E PAESAGGI SONORI
OLTRE QUEI MONTI IL MARE – IOSONOUNCANE

with ILARIA CAMPIOLI, ANDREA TINTERRI, GIULIA CAVALIERE and the musician IOSONOUNCANE

moderator DAMIANO GULLÌ

 


H 17 Chiostri di San Pietro | Laboratorio Aperto
meet the artist

OLA RINDAL and MARINE LANIER

moderator LUCE LEBART


H 18 Chiostri di San Pietro | Laboratorio Aperto
talks

FRANCESCO GUCCINI. CANTERÒ SOLTANTO IL TEMPO

RAIMONDA RICCINI and ODOARDO SEMELLINI

in dialogue with Lorenzo Immovilli and Stefania Carretti


H 19: Chiostri di San Pietro | Chiostro piccolo
live performance 

NO ERROR NO LIFE

curated by Alberto Codeluppi and Beatrice Ziliani
in collaboraton with Consorzio Quarantacinque 


H 21.30 Teatro Cavallerizza
show

LA TROMBA DEL CINEMA ITALIANO

NELLO SALZA

in dialogue with GIANNI CANOVA


H 23.30 Viale Ramazzini, 33
after show

CAR TUNING BY ACID TANK

in collaboratoin with Coress



H 10.30 Chiostri di San Pietro
meet the artist

SIMONA GHIZZONI

Guided tour of the exhibition MILK WOOD


H 11 Teatro Cavallerizza
talks

ANTIDOTI ALLA PAURA

ANNAMARIA TESTA

in dialogue with LOREDANA LIPPERINI

LIS translation


H 11 Chiostri di San Pietro | Laboratorio Aperto
meet the artist

200 X 200: DUE SECOLI DI FOTOGRAFIA E SOCIETÀ

with WALTER GUADAGNINI and MICHELE SMARGIASSI


H 11 Palazzo dei Musei
meet the artist

GIOVANE FOTOGRAFIA ITALIANA #13 | LUIGI GHIRRI AWARD 2026

guided tour with ILARIA CAMPIOLI, DANIELE DE LUIGI and the artists


H 11.30 Chiesa SS Carlo e Agata
meet the artist

ELENA BELLANTONI

Guided tour of the exhibition GHOSTWRITER



H 12.30 Palazzo dei Musei | Portico dei Marmi
awards ceremony

LUIGI GHIRRI AWARD

> The Luigi Ghirri Award is assigned by a jury comprising Arianna Catania, Adele Ghirri, Stefano Graziani, Damiano Gullì, Giangavino Pazzola,
> The other prizes are awarded by: Danit Ariel, Photoworks Brighton; Krzysztof Candrowicz, Fotofestiwal Łódź; Francesco Di Lella, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Stoccolma; Femke Rotteveel, Fotodok, Utrecht.


H 16 Teatro Cavallerizza
talks

VERO E FALSO

LUIGI ZOJA

introduces DAVIDE ZANICHELLI

9/05 SATURDAY

H 15–18 Chiostri di San Pietro| Chiostro piccolo
UNDER 35 IN CHIOSTRI
RIVESTIRE I CHIOSTRI: UN WORKSHOP BY THE REGGIANER
In collaboration with Comune di Reggio Emilia, Consorzio Quarantacinque, Fondazione Palazzo Magnani
On reservation: prenotazioni@fotografiaeuropea.it


H 16 Biblioteca Panizzi | Sala del Planisfero

IN RICORDO DI VASCO ASCOLINI, IL MAESTRO DEL NERO
Program
The event will take us on a journey through critical analyses, artistic perspectives and personal memories.

  • MARCO MIETTO, Councillor for Culture, Reggio Emilia City Council
  • Visions: screening of the video portrait of Giulia Vannucci, a work that explores the photographer’s aesthetic and humanity
  • Dialogues and Reflections: a discussion between experts and colleagues who have accompanied Ascolini on his journey:
    • GIULIA VANNUCCI, director
    • SANDRO PARMIGGIANI, art critic
    • MASSIMO MUSSINI, art and photography historian
    • CESARE DI LIBORIO, photographer

Free admission, subject to availability


NOTTE OFF

Piazza Popolo Giost

H 20.30 AWARD CEREMONY FOR THE WINNER OF CIRCUITO OFF
H 21
live set
CLOUD CANYONS – NUUBE
dj set
NICOLA CALEFFI
in collaboration with MÂTILDE


16/05 SATURDAY

Binario 49

SIMONA GHIZZONI, MILK WOOD
DAL PROCESSO AL PROGETTO

H 16 – Cyanotype workshop
H 18 Milk Wood: project presentation with the women involved. To follow the artist in dialogue with Giulia Consoli
H 20 – FIRESISTERS DJ SET

In collaboration with Binario49


27/05 WEDNESDAY

H 21 Cinema Rosebud
screening

OLTRE IL CONFINE: LE IMMAGINI DI MIMMO E FRANCESCO JODICE
di Matteo Parisini – IT, 73’
with the director, and with Francesco Jodice and Walter Guadagnini
curated by Ufficio Cinema – Comune di Reggio Emilia


28/05 THURSDAY

H 9 Chiostri di San Pietro| Laboratorio Aperto
workshop
COMUNICARE L’INVISIBILE
The responsibility to make visible what shapes our perspective: information, ethics and communication amidst collective memories, algorithms, biases and artificial intelligence

curated by Ferpi – Federazione Relazioni Pubbliche Italiana

On reservation: eventbrite.it


H 19 Chiostri di San Pietro
UNDER 35 IN CHIOSTRI
PERFORMANCE+JAM SESSION CURATED BY SOQQUADRO COLLETTIVO
In collaboration with Comune di Reggio Emilia, Consorzio Quarantacinque and Fondazione Palazzo Magnani


04/06 THURSDAY

H 19 Chiostri di San Pietro
UNDER 35 IN CHIOSTRI
PERFORMANCE+JAM SESSION CURATED BY SOQQUADRO COLLETTIVO
In collaboration with Comune di Reggio Emilia, Consorzio Quarantacinque and Fondazione Palazzo Magnani


12/06 FRIDAY

H 18 Chiostri di San Pietro
finissage
OFFCLUB by Yoki

in collaboration with Consorzio Quarantacinque

Info

Programme subject to change.
Unless otherwise stated, all events are free of charge.
Admission is limited to the number of places available.
Lectures with foreign speakers include translation.