Visionnaire26, the Audacity of Beginnings: a month of cinema, theater, music, and free thought in Baronissi.

Six years is no coincidence. It's a journey, a choice, a declaration of intent. The Orange Terrace at the FRaC Museum in Baronissi (Salerno) it lights up again with Visionnaire26, the multidisciplinary festival that since 2021 has brought cinema, music, theater, books, and free thought to the area.

The theme of the sixth edition is “The Audacity of Beginnings”: not just the moment something begins, but the courage needed to take that first step. An invitation to look to the future through the stories of women and men who had the strength to break the mold, experiment with new languages, and open new paths in Italian and international culture.

All events are free to attend and begin at 8:30 pm.

The actor will once again lead Visionnaire26 Andrea Avagliano, artistic director of a program conceived as a choral story. The organization is byAssociation All Played in synergy with the FRaC Baronissi Museum, Directed by Pasquale RuoccoThe project enjoys the patronage of the Municipality of Baronissi, of the moral patronage of theRoberto Association Rossellini and the contribution of the Film Commission of the Campania Region.

This year's theme draws inspiration from President Mattarella's speech at the David di Donatello Awards. Visionnaire26 aims to explore the momentum that drives every human and artistic revolution. We're not celebrating the past: we're learning to look to the future through the eyes of those who aren't afraid to start over.. This is the vision of Andrea Avagliano, which entrusts the new edition with a precise message: being bold means having the courage to take a risk, to change perspective and to transform an idea into a new beginning.

And as the festival grows, its relationship with the local area also strengthens. Pasquale Ruocco, director of the FRaC, underlines how Visionnaire is now «one of the highest moments of our programming", confirming the museum's vocation as a space open to dialogue between the different languages ​​of contemporary art.

Cinema, documentary, music, and theater thus become tools for meeting, engaging, and building a cultural community. Adding further value to the event is the presence of Alessandro Rossellini, a key figure and ambassador for Visionnaire since its first edition.

I've had the privilege of being here since 2021, when I presented The Rossellinis around the world. But it was my love for this area, meeting special people, and the belief that culture should be brought to places where it's most difficult to reach, that kept me anchored to Baronissi.A bond that, over the years, has transformed into a true collaboration and which today looks to the future with the desire to continue growing together.

Over the course of a month, there will be six Visionnaire26 events, plus Visionnaire Lab, a program dedicated to training and audiovisual production.

A program that spans cinema, theater, documentary, and culture, focusing on great protagonists and stories that leave a lasting impression.

Pappi Corsicato's Vipere (Mondadori) is a narrative debut in which passion intertwines with the shadows of the heart and the stage. A compelling novel, it explores the dynamics of desire and ambition with irony and subtlety, showing how easy it is to lose one's way when stage and life begin to overlap. His debut film will also be screened during the evening. Free.

Libera is the episodic film that marked Pappi Corsicato's feature film debut in 1993. It premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in the Forum section and won numerous awards in Italy—the Nastro d'Argento, Grolla d'Oro, Globo d'Oro della Stampa Estera, and Ciak d'Oro—for best first film. Set against the backdrop of a chaotic and evocative Naples, the film tells the stories of three women grappling with different issues: Aurora is a wealthy housewife dissatisfied with her husband who shamelessly cheats on her; Carmela is the scandal of the neighborhood after her son ends up in prison, but especially after the neighbors discover her secret; Libera is a newsagent who finds a very unusual way to exact revenge for her husband's repeated infidelities.

A film by David Borenstein, Pavel Talankin

Sundance Film Festival 2025, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award

BAFTA Film Awards 2026, Best Documentary Feature Oscar Academy Awards 2026, Best Documentary

Talk to the director Pavel Talankin, Rino Sciarretta e Erminia Pellecchia

Pavel TalankinPasha, known to all as Pasha, is a beloved teacher at a Russian elementary school: ironic and close to his students, he transforms his office into a small space of freedom and listening. But when Russia invades Ukraine, the course of daily life changes, and so does the school: lessons are filled with patriotic rhetoric, militarized youth groups emerge, and education becomes a tool of propaganda.

Forced, as the institute's videographer, to document official activities, Pasha decides to use his video camera to tell the story of what's really happening around him. He films from the inside the progressive normalization of war, the burden of consensus, and the growing involvement of young people. What begins as a private testimony transforms into a silent, daily act of resistance, until he is forced to make a radical choice: leave his country to bring those images to the world.

Directed by Raffaele Rago Talk to the director, Gino Aveta.

During the evening there will be the presentation of the short films made with the participants of the third edition of Sanza Summer School, event in collaboration with Dispac.

With this documentary, we wanted to tell not simply the story of the staging of a show, but the very essence of theater as a collective ritual. Being able to follow Vincenzo Salemme in comparison with Christmas in the Cupiello house It means observing an artist tackling a legendary text of our culture, seeking a balance between fidelity and freedom, between memory and new life. The camera is never a distant spectator: it enters the rehearsals, capturing the shared effort, conveying the intimate and choral dimension of the company's work. This film is a tribute to Eduardo, but above all to the actor's craft and the profound meaning of theater as a space in which a community recognizes and questions itself.

A film by Ilaria De Laurentis, Andrea Paolo Massara, Raffaele Brunetti

Guests Raffaele Brunetti e Alessandro Rossellini in dialogue with Gabriel Bojano

The story of the rebirth of the most controversial film director. Praised and then harshly criticized, Roberto Rossellini, at 50, made his will and left for India, with 100 kilos of spaghetti in his luggage. Thus began his exciting new era, obsessed with knowledge and fascinated by the nascent television, which his fellow filmmakers snubbed. A new revolution awaits the world of cinema, and beyond...

"Audiovisual laboratory to give voice to the future" edited by Francesco Cerrone

This program will feature a series of interactive sessions to immerse you in the language of cinema. The goal is to create a short audiovisual film that showcases the artistic and cultural heritage of the municipality of Baronissi.

A tribute to the celebrated playwright forty years after his death: a journey through the pages of his most important works, enriched by the memories and testimonies of those who experienced his historic productions firsthand.

A month to choose boldness Visionnaire26 presents itself as something that goes beyond a simple calendar of events.

It is an invitation to question the value of beginnings, the power of ideas, and the ability of culture to generate new perspectives.

Cinema, theater, books, documentaries, and education will meet on the Terrazza degli Aranci to recount the courage of those who chose not to stand still.

Because every revolution, artistic or personal, is born from a seemingly simple gesture: having the courage to begin.