Kino Basaglia

Basaglia on screen: film, madness, and freedom.

Kino Basaglia is part of the official programme of the European Capital of Culture 2025 Nova Gorica - Gorizia. 

Franco Basaglia was a pioneer in psychiatry who, through his work and ideas, transformed the treatment of mental patients. With his psychiatric revolution, he eradicated the system of isolation and stigmatization that patients, labeled as "mad," experienced. The inscription "Freedom is therapeutic" on the wall of the former psychiatric hospital in Trieste remains an inspiration for a more humanistic approach to mental health care.

Festival I mille occhi: 12–17 September 2025, Trieste

• The Kino Basaglia programme is available here, and the festival programme is available here. 

1 and 2 October 2025, Slovenska kinoteka, Ljubljana

1 October 2025

• La favola del serpente (directed by Pilkko Peltonen, Finland, 1968, production: Yleisradio, RAI. 16mm, B&N (digitalised) 29'), guest: Pilkko Peltonen
• Trieste Racconta Basaglia (directed by Erika Rossi, Italia, 2012, 54’), guest: Erika Rossi

2 October 2025

• The Bridge on the River Kwa (directed by David Lean, USA, 1957, 135’)

YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE EVENTS AT THIS LINK.