Rome, 21 May. (askanews) – From 24 to 26 May 2024 ARF! Festival celebrates its 10 years in Rome, at the Pelanda del Mattatoio and at the City of the Other Economy, with three days of “Stories, Signs & Drawings”: a total immersion in Comics in the heart of Testaccio, a neighborhood symbol of creative ferment of the Capital. The beating heart and true “trademark” of ARF!, the Talk Room will once again be animated this year by the most important protagonists of Italian and international comics, by publishers, authors, by personalities from the world of cinema, music and the show. The event will see the participation of great guests such as Dave McKean from the United Kingdom, Baru from France, L m Hoàng Tr c from Vietnam, as well as “100% Made in Italy” excellences such as Silvio Camboni, Alessandro Baronciani, Rita Petruccioli, Solo & Diamond, Iris Biasio and Hurricane, Stefano Rapone, Gigaciao, Micol Beltramini, Agnese Innocente, Ambra Pazzani, La Tram, Jacopo Camagni, Emiliano Mammucari and the four directors of the film “The secret of Liberato” Francesco Lettieri, Lorenzo Ceccotti, Giorgio Testi, and Giuseppe Squillaci. Furthermore, this year, for the Ultrapop section we will find the meetings of Disuniti Live!, the format of the journalist Gianmaria Tammaro which comes to life in a new live dimension within the setting of the Talk Room. A moment of meeting and discussion in a one-to-one conversation with the stars of the show such as Vinicio Marchioni, Luca Ravenna, Margherita Vicario and Aurora Leone of The Jackal. And again, the two Masters Vittorio Giardino and Baru, indisputable “veterans” of Italian and Franco-Belgian comics, who will be the protagonists of the Lectio Magistralis of this 2024 edition.
