Climate in Projection: stories, science and the future at the Priamar Fortress

Under the stars of Savona, within the ancient walls of the Priamar Fortress, summer 2025 ignites with images and words that speak of climate, sea, and the future. "Cinema in Fortezza," the film series curated by Nuovofilmstudio, features this year a special program dedicated to climate change: "Climate in Projection," organized in collaboration with CIMA Research Foundation. Over three evenings, three exceptional guests-sailor Giovanni Soldini, journalist Ferdinando Cotugno, and explorer Alex Bellini-will blend emotion and understanding, conveying climate and its impacts through stories, experiences, and dialogues between science and society

"Climate in Projection" offers an opportunity to bring scientific research closer to the community, fostering awareness and sustainable action. Through conversations with experts and protagonists, CIMA Research Foundation initiates a dialogue between emotion and knowledge, offering a shared and forward-looking vision, especially for younger generations. This effort is part of a broader project to transform the Priamar Fortress into a Citadel of Climate Change, a dynamic hub where technical expertise, education, culture, and community dialogue converge to tackle global environmental challenges

Navigating the seven seas: Giovanni Soldini and the science of change

What does it mean to cross the oceans today, when every wave tells of change, every current bears its mark? For Giovanni Soldini, the sea is not only challenge and discovery: it is a moving observatory, an open diary of our time.

On July 25 at 9:30 PM, the first session of "Climate in Projection" features him in conversation with oceanographer Annalisa Bracco and geophysicist Antonello Provenzale, Program Director at CIMA Research Foundation. Drawing from observations made during his recent circumnavigation of the globe-over 44,000 miles sailed-they will offer a compelling narrative on how climate change is transforming the planet's waters. This evening weaves adventure with science, and urges us to reflect on the urgency of changing course before future maps become unrecognizable.

Admission is free.

Time of return: memory and climate with Ferdinando Cotugno

There are stories that linger in places, in bodies, in seasons. Stories hidden in the folds of an overly hot summer, or in the recollection of a landscape that no longer exists. Climate change is not only an emergency: it is a rupture in memory, a voice that forces us to return, to reckon with what we have forgotten or chosen to ignore.

On July 27 at 7:30 PM, a special aperitif opens the evening with writer and journalist Ferdinando Cotugno, author of Time of Return. A Story of Climate and Ghosts. Alongside climatologist Elisa Palazzi and Luca Ferraris, President of CIMA Research Foundation, Cotugno explores the profound link between the climate crisis, personal and collective memory-an exchange intertwining data and emotions, memories and future scenarios, to give voice to the "ghosts" climate change compels us to face.

At the same time, ARPAL will offer the children's workshop "A Special Nest on the Beach," an interactive simulation of tracking the nest of a Caretta caretta sea turtle. Guided by experts, young participants will learn to identify tracks in the sand, observe a recreated nest, and discover how scientists study these animals to protect them. An educational and fun activity designed to explore the connection between marine biodiversity and climate change.
Free admission while seats last.

Following the workshop, at 9:30 PM, the screening of Flow by Gints Zilbalodis will take place-an animated film that tells the story of a journey through dazzling landscapes and unexpected dangers, where unity becomes the true strength.

Tickets for the screening are available here.

Beyond limits: Alex Bellini and the challenge of change

Some landscapes speak softly, yet say everything. No words are needed to read the fractures that cut across them, nor tools to perceive the emptiness left behind by time and a changing climate. Simply observing them in silence is enough to understand that the world is no longer the same.
The Vatnajökull glacier, in Iceland, is one of these places: a retreating giant, a silent witness to change. Returning there after years means confronting absence-what once was and is no longer. It means facing limits, not only physical but also internal: how far can we go? What are we willing to change?

On July 29 at 9:30 PM, explorer Alex Bellini-known for his extreme feats aimed at raising awareness about climate change-will engage in a conversation with climatologist Edoardo Cremonese and Luca Ferraris on the meaning of limits, whether as obstacles or resources. Drawing from his double experience on Vatnajökull, in 2017 and 2025, Bellini brings to the screen and to the discussion a direct confrontation with the consequences of the climate crisis.

The evening continues with the screening of Beyond, the documentary that recounts this journey, its scientific implications, and the questions it leaves as a legacy.

Tickets for the screening are available here.

More information and the full program of "Cinema in Fortezza 2025" are available here.