MARetica

MARetica 2025: the sea as an ethical issue

From September 12 to 14, 2025, Procida hosted the edition that marked the change in the festival's formula: after seven seasons dedicated to the best «sea narrative», the MARetica Prize was awarded for the first time to an organization active in the field, the NGO Mediterranea Saving Humans, with president Laura Marmorale accepting the award on Saturday, September 13.

The event had been preceded by a «Maretica Preview» at the end of August, with the screening of Alissa Jung's debut film and the presentation of Claudio Fogu's volume on the Mediterranean imaginary in the history of Italy. The three main days, at Largo delle Papere in Terra Murata, alternated the conference of the University of Naples L'Orientale and AssIDMer on sustainable fishing and the law of the sea, the screening of the documentary 33 Isole on Lucio Bellomo's sailing journey, Viola Ardone's talk on solidarity in the Mediterranean, and concerts by Psychè and the Moncalieri Jazz Festival Orchestra with the San Leonardo Polyphonic Choir.

The picture was completed by the photography exhibition «Lofoten. Sulla rotta dello stoccafisso» by Natalino Russo, the Maretica Ragazzi Prize for reviews of Calvino's Cosmicomics written by students of the «Antonio Capraro» school, and, on Sunday the 14th, the collective SUP crossing from Miseno to Vivara.

Friday, September 12, 2025: conference of the University of Naples L'Orientale and AssIDMer on sustainable fishing and the law of the sea; screening of the documentary «33 Isole» and the docufilm on the journey of sailor Lucio Bellomo; concert by Psychè, between afrofunk and Mediterranean sounds. Saturday, September 13, 2025: talk by writer Viola Ardone on solidarity in the Mediterranean; MARetica Prize ceremony, with the main recognition to Mediterranea Saving Humans (accepted by Laura Marmorale) and the Maretica Ragazzi Prize for the best reviews of «Cosmicomics» by Italo Calvino created by students of the «Antonio Capraro» school; concert by the Moncalieri Jazz Festival Orchestra with the San Leonardo Polyphonic Choir. Sunday, September 14, 2025: collective SUP crossing from Miseno to Vivara. Throughout the festival, photography exhibition «Lofoten. Sulla rotta dello stoccafisso» by Natalino Russo. As a preview, on August 27 and 28, the «Maretica Preview» with the film «Paternal Leave» by Alissa Jung and the presentation of the book «L'immaginario mediterraneo nella storia d'Italia» by Claudio Fogu.

• MARetica 2025 Prize to Mediterranea Saving Humans, the first recognition of the renewed formula.
• Viola Ardone's talk on solidarity in the Mediterranean.
• The documentary «33 Isole» on the tour of the smaller Italian islands by sailboat.
• The photography exhibition «Lofoten. Sulla rotta dello stoccafisso» by Natalino Russo.
• The collective SUP crossing from Miseno to Vivara.