Matera2026

MaTiFF – Matera International Film Festival

“Mediterranean, Mirror of the World” is the theme chosen for the 2026 edition—an invitation to explore the Mediterranean as a symbolic space of encounter, memory, and dialogue, capable of speaking to both the present and the future of humanity. The programme is structured around its main competitive sections—feature films, short films, animation, and documentaries—complemented by […]

New Transhumance

Belonging and Mobility in the Mediterranean – the adoption of transhumance as a cultural metaphor to explore the concepts of journey, belonging and migration in the Mediterranean through workshops and narrative mapping. The process focuses on the civic engagement of young people aged between 15 and 25 and will culminate in a permanent or reactivatable […]

Crossings: Visual Memories of Euro-Mediterranean Transhumance

An exploration of the region’s Mediterranean historical traces through photography and video art. Workshops on photographic superimposition and urban walks open to the community, aimed at producing a site-specific video installation and a digital archive that celebrate Matera’s role as a cultural crossroads.

Presentation of Mediterraneo. Mare Nostrum and S-Catenati. Beyond Error

Portraits in the Sassi: a contemporary art dialogue between Alexandria and Matera

Exhibition “A contemporary art dialogue between Matera and Alexandria” – workshops and events with local partners. A project promoted by the Anna Lindh Foundation, in collaboration with the Matera Basilicata 2019 Foundation and the Municipality of Matera, within the framework of Matera 2026 Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue.

Matera cielo stellato

A collective initiative that switches off the lights in the Sassi and kindles a sense of wonder, transforming the heart of the city into a shared space for contemplation and listening.
 This is not merely a symbolic or evocative event: Matera Cielo Stellato is a civic and poetic gesture which, amidst soft lighting and rediscovered […]

Mediterranean sounds Matera and Tétouan

Concert by Solisti Lucani & Ensemble Chorale Assalam. A musical bridge between the musicians of Matera and Tétouan, the Moroccan city that shares with Matera the title of Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2026. Implemented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Rabat, Morocco. After its first stop in Morocco Mediterranean Sounds arrives […]

The Canticle of the Creatures in Mediterranean Languages: an oratorio for Saint Francis in Matera

On Sunday, October 4 – marking eight hundred years since the death of Saint Francis – Matera celebrates the Canticle of the Creatures in Mediterranean languages. The Municipality of Matera and the Matera Basilicata 2019 Foundation are bringing “The Canticle of the Creatures: a multilingual oratorio for spiritual resistance” to the courtyard of the former […]

The sea is closer than you see

October 3, 10:00 AM – Palazzo LanfranchiPress conference and public presentation of the exhibition From 3 rd October to 8 th December 2026, Matera will host THE SEA IS CLOSER THAN YOU SEE, a widespread group exhibition dedicated to the relationship between contemporary art, digital technologies, artificial intelligence and Mediterranean culture, curated by Chiara Canali, […]

Materadio, the Rai Radio 3 festival

Materadio, Radio 3 RAI’s historic festival brings the voices of culture to Matera, beyond physical boundaries. During the three days, Rai Radio 3’s flagship programmes will be broadcast live from Matera alongside concerts, talks, theatre performances and conversations with Italian and European artists and intellectuals.