The Humana Natura 2026 festival offers a diverse program featuring performances, readings, workshops, and film screenings. The events take place in various locations throughout the Imagna Valley and neighboring valleys, with the aim of creating spaces for encounter and reflection through the language of the voice, the body, and cinema.
Schedule of appointments
Friday, July 24 — Berbenno Youth Center
- at 7:00 p.m.: Proloco festival and festival opening ceremony, featuring a dinner of Bergamo-style casoncelli and ciringhito
- At 8:30 p.m.: the play “La beauté de l’humanité” by the Paris-based theater company La Générale de Théâtre, featuring Catherine Richon and Benjamin Balthazar Lebigre
Saturday, July 25 — Berbenno Library
at 4:30 p.m.: “A Syrupy Peach Piggy Bank // Eight Vibrations,” silent book party and book presentation by MariCeleste Criniti and Massimiliano Scabeni
Sunday, July 26 — Former School in Laxolo (Val Brembilla)
- at 9:30 p.m.: “Voices in the Dark—Reading ‘La Lucina’,” a dramatized reading based on the work by Antonio Moresco, directed by MariCelamente Criniti and featuring participants in the “The Journey of the Voice” courses
Tuesday, July 28 — Valle Imagna Study Center, Sant’Omobono Terme
- at 8:00 p.m.: aperitif
- At 8:30 p.m.: Screening of the documentary film “In Search of Simurg,” followed by a performance by the multiethnic choir “Voices from the World”
Thursday, July 30 — Borgo Zen, Olda (Taleggio)
- At 8:30 p.m.: Book presentation of *The Buddhist Sparrow: Wild Meditations* by Tiziano Fratus
Friday, July 31 — Former School in Laxolo (Val Brembilla)
- at 9:30 p.m.: “Aria tra i rami – Il Concerto,” the result of an artist-in-residence program coordinated by Massimiliano Scabeni with five musicians
August 1 and 2 — “Between Home and Rain” Workshop
Saturday, August 1 — Roncola Sports Field, Province of Bergamo
- Starting at 5:00 p.m. (first session at 5:00 p.m., second session at 6:00 p.m.): “SKOG – Songs at the Edge of the Forest” by Candelaria, as part of the “Night Under the Stars” festival. Reservations are required; admission is by donation.
Sunday, August 2 — Antica Locanda Roncaglia, Corna Imagna
- at 5:00 p.m.: “Lotteria Fantasmagorica // Drawing,” curated by the Propagazioni collective from Bergamo
Tuesday, August 4 — Piazza di Rota Imagna
- At 9:00 p.m.: the play “Coesistenze” by Davide Fabbrocino, with music by Simone Cantagalli
Thursday, August 6 — Valle Imagna Study Center, Sant’Omobono Terme
- at 8:00 p.m.: aperitif
- At 8:30 p.m.: Screening of the documentary film “La terra dei canti (Le Voci della Terra)” by Vincenzo Agosto
Friday, August 7 — Berbenno Youth Center
- At 3:00 p.m.: “Little Memory, Lots of Emotions,” an afternoon dedicated to the Berbenno Alzheimer’s group, featuring a performance by the duo Samy Note in Libertà
Saturday, August 8 — Val Brunone Natural Monument
- at 5:00 p.m.: “If Trees Could Talk,” a performance and discussion with the Club al Hakawati collective
Sunday, August 9 — Berbenno Oratory
- At 6:00 p.m.: The festival closes with the play “Fear Keeps You Safe” by Club al Hakawati, with music by Gian Maria Ferlito
Sound research workshop led by Michela Benaglia and Beatrice Arrigoni at the Casa del Previtali in Berbenno. Activities take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a lunch break. Registration is required by July 20. The cost is 40 euros plus a 10-euro Teatro Kim membership card. Free on-site housing is available.
