Sele d'Oro Mezzogiorno Award

The forty-first edition of the Sele d'Oro Mezzogiorno Award was held in Oliveto Citra from September 4 to 13, 2025, opening on the first day at the EcoTeatro «Sandro Rufolo» with the inaugural ceremony in the presence of Mayor Mino Pignata.

The program alternated Seledoro Talks at the Auditorium — dedicated, among other things, to female thought with Massimo Bray, Virgilio D'Antonio, and Emma Giammattei, to business with Cosimo Rummo, to villages and inland areas, and to artificial intelligence — with daily meetings at the Bibliocafè and Smartcafè 025 on robotics and clean energy. There was also the tribute to Giancarlo Siani with Paolo Siani and Pietro Perone, the homage to Fabrizio De André by Giulio Casale, the speech by Antonio Polito, and exhibitions at the Castello Guerritore and in the library.

The SeleTeatroFest brought international companies from Latvia, Lithuania, and Iran to the stage alongside groups from Milan, Rome, and Bari, while SudShortFilms proposed documentaries and short films with Claudio Gubitosi of the Giffoni Film Festival. The closing, on September 13, combined the final conference and the award ceremony with the concert of the Mediterranei section in Piazza Europa, with Mr. Rain, Los Carosones, Matsby, and the popularizer Vincenzo Schettini.

Summary of the program of the 41st edition (September 4-13, 2025):

• Thursday 4 — EcoTeatro «Sandro Rufolo»: inaugural ceremony with Mayor Mino Pignata; SeleTeatroFest with «Eternity» (Youth Studio Theater Yorick, Latvia).
• Friday 5 — Castello Guerritore: exhibition «Gocce d'Acqua» by Giuseppe Ottaiano; Smartcafè 025 at the Bibliocafè; «Bona Sforza. Addio» (Anykščiai Cultural Center, Lithuania).
• Saturday 6 — presentation of «Diversamente Liberi» with Vitina Maioriello; «The Tube» (Collettivo Due Punti, Milan) and «Circus Dark Queen» (Compagnia Colori Proibiti, Rome).
• Sunday 7 — Seledoro Talks on female thought with Massimo Bray, Virgilio D'Antonio, and Emma Giammattei; «The love» (Zendegi Theater, Iran) and «Doppio gioco» (Compagnia Torre del Drago, Bari).
• Monday 8 — Seledoro Talks with Cosimo Rummo; tribute to Giancarlo Siani with Paolo Siani and Pietro Perone.
• Tuesday 9 — Seledoro Talks with Stefano Rossi; «In direzione ostinata e contraria», homage to Fabrizio De André by Giulio Casale.
• Wednesday 10 — Smartcafè 025 with Anna Fusco; Seledoro Talks on villages and inland areas; performance of the Erasmus Plus project «DIVERSART».
• Thursday 11 — exhibition «Ritratti in trasformazione» by Francesco Filippelli; Smartcafè with the robot Teotronico; meeting with Antonio Polito and Talks on artificial intelligence.
• Friday 12 — SudShortFilms with the documentary «Simme Tutt'uno» by Alice Franchi; Smartcafè on clean energy; Seledoro Talks with Nello Musumeci; SudShortFilms contest with Claudio Gubitosi.
• Saturday 13 — final conference and award ceremony; at 9 PM in Piazza Europa final concert with Mr. Rain, Los Carosones, Matsby, and Vincenzo Schettini, Mediterranei evening curated by Palco Reale Produzioni Artistiche with Rai IsoRadio and Rai Radio Tutta Italiana.

• Final concert by Mr. Rain in Piazza Europa on September 13
• SeleTeatroFest with companies from Latvia, Lithuania, and Iran
• Seledoro Talks with Massimo Bray, Antonio Polito, Cosimo Rummo, and Nello Musumeci
• Tribute to Giancarlo Siani with Paolo Siani and Pietro Perone
• SudShortFilms with Claudio Gubitosi of the Giffoni Film Festival