APATRIS
"Ubi bene, ibi patria"
"Where I live well, there is my country"
"Pluto", Aristophanes, 1151, 388BC

Dedicated to those who have lost the right to have their own identity; to illegal immigrants who, persecuted or expelled from their own country have lost all rights to membership of any ethnic or national group. This is the title and content of the V edition of the Portello River Festival. More than 120 artist coming from many country will join us in our programme, a very important contributions to know each others throughout movies, concerts, talks, reading etc...

The themes that will be developed in the V edition of the festival draw their inspiration from the architectonic features of Portello: the river, the wall, the City Gate and the bridge.

The River, as a metaphor for travel and adventure.
The Wall, a physical and political constraint, a symbol of separation-exclusion throughout human history.
The Gate, which we hope will always be open to new knowledge and cultural exchange.
The Bridge, a sign of union and of civil society.

Next year the VI Edition of the Portello River Festival will celebrate “Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture”.

The following have already announced they will participate:
- University of Padova.
- SOAS Rebetiko band – University of Africa and Oriental Studies – London, UK.
- London Film School.
- Svenska Filminstitutet – Stockholm
- Prof. Sergio Durante – Department of the History of Visual Arts and Music, University of Padua, Italy.
- Antonia Arslan – Author, Italy
- Tomo Križnar & Maja Weiss – Slovenian Film Director.

Emilio Della Chiesa
Artistic Director