The six-day Italian-Hungarian festival TriBu.City Fest aims to breathe new life into the cultural ties between Trieste and the entire Central and Eastern European region, and the Hungarian Academy in Rome has joined the event with five programs, Márk Érszegi, the institute’s director, told MTI on Wednesday.
Exhibitions, concerts, book launches, roundtable discussions, film screenings, and meetings with representatives of cultural institutions will take place at various locations in Trieste through April 26.
The name TriBu.City Fest itself indicates that the festival aims to further strengthen cultural ties between Trieste and Budapest, while simultaneously injecting new dynamism into the cultural life of the entire Central and Eastern European region.
Trieste. Photo: Pexels
Among the programs of the Hungarian Academy in Rome (RMA), Márk Érszegi highlighted the screening of films commemorating Ernő Erbstein and Árpád Weisz, former Hungarian coaches in Italy.
He emphasized that the strength of Hungarian-Italian cultural ties, which date back a thousand years, is demonstrated by the fact that they have permeated every aspect of life, including soccer.
Among the numerous Italian and Hungarian participants and supporters are the cities of Debrecen and Nagykanizsa, as well as the Dante Alighieri Society of Budapest, which promotes the Italian language and culture. Neighboring countries—Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia—are also represented at the festival.
The initiator of the six-day program is Mauro Caputo, a screenwriter and director who was a former colleague of Giorgio Pressburger, the Italian writer of Hungarian descent who passed away in 2017.
Between 1991 and 2003, Pressburger was one of the founders and artistic directors of the Mittelfest, a Central and Eastern European cultural festival held in Cividale del Friuli. TriBu.City Fest sees itself as a sort of successor to that festival, Caputo told MTI.
The festival’s chess tournament and the Central European Ball, held in the center of Trieste with participants dressed in costumes evoking the monarchy, are dedicated to the memory of Giorgio Pressburger.
Via MTI; Featured photo: Pexels
