ILfest 2025 – Festival of Italian Literature in Munich

From 9 to 11 May 2025, the seventh edition of ILFest – Italienisches Literaturfestival München will be held, the only festival dedicated to Italian literature in Germany. The festival is organised by Elisabetta Cavani of ItalLIBRI and the Italian Cultural Institute directed by Giulia Sagliardi, with the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Munich and the support of the Department of Culture of the city of Munich.
ILfest – Italian Literature Festival Munich will be held at the Neuhauser Trafo, Nymphenburger Str. 171 a, 80634 Munich, directly at the U-Bahn1 Rotkreuzplatz.
Programme
Friday 9 May
19.00 Opening
Francesca Melandri, Piedi freddi, Bompiani / Kalte Füße, Wagenbach
Saturday 10th May
11.00 workshop with Manlio Castagna, Con occhi nuovi. Integrare i film nella didattica
Screening of the documentary Italo Svevo. Scrivere nascosto a Trieste, Alpenway
17.00 Gian Marco Griffi, Le ferrovie del Messico, Laurana / Die Eisenbahnen Mexikos, Claassen – moved to Sunday 15.00
Programme for children and young people in the Stadtbibliothek Neuhausen
10.30 ILfest bambini – Weltkinder Vorlesen/Letture in Italian with Roberta Grasso, for 4-6 year olds
11.15 ILfest for children – Weltkinder Vorlesen/Readings in Italian with Roberta Grasso, for 6-8 year olds
16.00 ILfest per ragazzi – Meeting with Manlio Castagna
followed by
approx.17.30 ILfest per giovani prize
Sunday 11th May
14.30 – LETS Letteratura Trieste
15.00 Meeting with Marco Balzano – cancelled
15.00 Gian Marco Griffi, Le ferrovie del Messico, Laurana / Die Eisenbahnen Mexikos, Claassen
17.00 Federica Manzon, Alma, Feltrinelli, Premio Campiello 2024
The events are in Italian with German translation, except for the programme for children and young adults.
The detailed programme is on the festival website www.ilfest.de, tickets are on sale through the website and at the box office.
