The characters we met
The characters we met
During 20 years of activity, the Gran Paradiso Film Festival has collaborated with various subjects and institutions and hosted prestigious personalities from the most diverse fields: from the world of culture to the world of nature, science, mountains, entertainment and sport.
SAS Il Prince Alberto II from Monaco
Lucilla Albano
Lecturer in Film Interpretation and Analysis at the University of Roma Tre.
Giuliano Amato
Constitutional Judge, former Prime Minister, Professor Emeritus
Walter Barberis
President of Giulio Einaudi Editore
Hervé Barmasse
Mountaineer and author of the book ‘The Mountain Within
Milena Béthaz
Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - Gran Paradiso National Park ranger
Abele Blanc
Mountaineer
Mauro Berruto
Italian men's national volleyball team coach from 2011 to 2015
Luigi Bobba
Undersecretary at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Valentino Bobbio
Secretary General of NeXt
Luigi Boitani
Professor Emeritus of Zoology at La Sapienza University of Rome, writer and television presenter
Francesco Bonami
Art critic and contemporary art curator
Renata Briano
European Parliament Committee of the Environment
Flavio Caroli
Art critic and historian
Elena Cattaneo
Senator
Marta Cartabia
Vice President of the Constitutional Court
Aldo Cazzullo
Journalist, writer and columnist for ‘Corriere della Sera’
Roberto Cingolani
Physicist, Scientific Director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa
Francesca Corrao
Full Professor of Arabic Language and Culture at the LUISS University of Rome
Carlo Cottarelli
Economist, Columnist and University Professor
Riccardo Di Segni
Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community of Rome
Barbara Degani
Undersecretary for the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea
Fabio Fazio
TV presenter
Marco Albino Ferrari
Journalist and writer, he deals mainly with mountains and culture. He founded and directs ‘Meridiani Montagne’.
Maurizio Ferraris
Full Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Turin
Giovanni Maria Flick
President Emeritus of the Constitutional Court
Khaled Fouad Allam
Sociologist, journalist and writer. Expert on Islamism
Massimo Gramellini
Journalist and writer. Deputy editor of ‘La Stampa'
Ignazio Ingrao
Journalist and Vaticanist for the weekly magazine ‘Panorama’
L'Orage
Italian folk rock group
Massimo Livi Bacci
Full Professor of Demography at the University of Florence
Danilo Mainardi
Ethologist
Marco Malagola
Franciscan Father, direct witness to the work of Pope John XXIII
Nives Meroi e Romano Benet
MountaineersDaniele Nardi
Mountaineer
Nerio Nesi
Economist, President of the Camillo Cavour Foundation
Fabrizio Onida
Professor of International Economics at Luigi Bocconi University
Valerio Onida
Jurist, former President of the Constitutional Court
Lorenzo Ornaghi
Professor of Political Science at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, since 2011 he has been Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities
Vincenzo Paglia
Archbishop, spiritual counsellor of the Community of Sant'Egidio and President of the International Catholic Bible Federation
Don Paolo Papone
Parish priest of Valtournenche and Breuil-CerviniaWalter Passerini
Journalist, columnist for ‘La Stampa
Giorgio Pestelli
Italian musicologist and music critic. Professor of music history at the Turin Conservatory
Alberto Piazza
President of the Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF - Turin) Internationally renowned researcher, he is Professor of Human Genetics at the University of TurinGaetano Quagliarello
Minister for Constitutional Reforms. Full Professor of Contemporary History at the LUISS University in Rome
Brando Quilici
Italian filmmakerCarlo Ratti
Director of the SENSEable City Lab at MIT Boston
David Riondino
Multifaceted artist: Tuscan singer-songwriter, actor, director and writer
Annibale Salsa
Anthropologist, mountain enthusiast and expert on Alpine culture, he was president of the Italian Alpine Club from 2004 to 2010
Giampiero Sammuri
President of Federparchi
Guido Saracco
Full Professor of Chemical Fundamentals of Technology and Rector of the Politecnico di Torino
Amedeo di Savoia
Duke of Aosta
Raffaele Simone
Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Roma Tre
Alberto Sinigaglia
President of the Piedmont Order of Journalists
Luciano Valle
Philosopher and environmentalist
Nico Valsesia
Cyclist, Trailer & Runner
Vincenzo Venuto
Biologist and populariser, since 2007 he has been the host and scientific advisor of Missione Natura, a nature programme broadcast by LA7
Dario Vergassola
Actor, television and radio presenter, writer
Luciano Violante
Former President of the Chamber of Deputies, Full Professor of Institutions of Criminal Law and Procedure at the University of Camerino
Roberto Vittori
ESA astronaut