Everything is ready for the XXIII edition of theHorcynus Festival which this year has as the theme “Utopias, dystopias, eutopias“. The event, which as usual will take place at the Horcynus Orca Park of Capo Peloro., It will be inaugurated Friday 25 July at 6.00 pm from the second edition of the Pelorias Sea Sound.
Conceived and promoted by Tuma Records APSIndependent label Messina, in collaboration with Crox Concerts and Horcynus Orca Foundation, Pelorias Sea Sound was born with the aim of celebrating the evocative power of music as a universal language, capable of combining banks, stories and cultures. From the myth of Pelorias, Ninfa Marina and Dea Mother of the currents, this appointment is born which represents a sound journey that tells of close and distant peoples.
Protagonists of this year will be Killabeatmaker, Afrodream, Vick, Magikaaaaarp and Newmawho will bring an intense mixture between jazz, electronics and world music on stage. A furious dance of contamination, from Colombia to Senegal passing through the alleys of Sicily.
Pelorias Sea Sound is not just music, but wants to be an open, shared and multidisciplinary space, designed to accommodate all forms of creativity. An opportunity to tell local projects and products, and build connections between those who imagine and those who create.
These are the appointments of the HF2025 until 1 August:
Monday 28 July at 19.30 The feast of the Slowfood garrison of traditional fishing of the Strait of Messina is scheduled; At 9.45 pm there will be the presentation presentation IA “Silvia” with the “Capitume” application with Davide Mulfari and at 22:00 the screening of the documentary The energy of creation (2025), by Giacomo Gatti who will also be present.
The appointments of Tuesday 29 July They include from 18.00 to 19.45 the educational laboratory for children (from 7 to 11 years) on the book “Trudi’s dream” by the Intervolumina APS association. At 9.00 pm, as part of the audiovisual productions of the advanced social district, it will be projected Vincenzo Nibali: the 7th champion (2024) by Marco Spagnoli, 54 ‘in collaboration with Rai Documentari. Marco Morano, Pierangelo Pirak, Saverio Tavano, representatives of the Fiab Messina Ciclable Association, of the Nibali team, of the Italian Cycling Federation and of the ASS will be present. MTB Sicily. Following, there will be the screening of the film Orwell 1984 by Michael Radford.
From Wednesday 30 July to Friday 1 August It is scheduled “The nueva ola“, The Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, curated by Federico Sartori and Iris Martín-Peralta (Exit Media). On the inaugural evening of the Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, the Horcynus Festival 2025 prize will be awarded to the memory of Carlos Saura, which will be collected by his daughter Anna.
From 31 July The workshops will begin “The Jurnate of the Design“By the Komad collective – Kolletive but Anke Design. Founded by Luca Fois, Camilla Guerci and Giadamaria Battiato, on the inspiration of the Messina Foundation, this new reality was born with the aim of involving young people, designers, to promote the culture and method of design, anthropology and other connected disciplines, to transform visions into real, but also utopian projects, in Sicily and not only.
The HF2025 has the artistic direction of Franco Jannuzzi And Giacomo Farina and is made by the Horcynus Orca Foundation and of the Messina Foundation and, over the years, with the support of: Mic, Sicilian Region, Tourism, Sport and Entertainment Department, Sicily Film Commission, University of Messina, Municipality of Messina, Metropolitan City of Messina, ATM – Messina Transport Company, Social Company with children.