FREE MASTERCLASS
LITERATURE, CINEMA AND COMICS
FREE MASTERCLASS BY STEFANO PIANI
Starting from an in-depth analysis of the novel The Road by Cormac McCarthy, this masterclass provides the fundamental guidelines for reworking and rewriting a text intended for different expressive languages — specifically, a film (The Road, directed by John Hillcoat, 2009) and a graphic novel (La strada, by Manu Larcenet, 2024).
The masterclass is open to teenagers (15+) and adults, with a maximum of 20 participants.
(Max. 20 places – registration required)
WHEN: Friday, September 5, 2025, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
WHERE: Ex Montegranatico – Via Margherita 18, Pimentel (SU), Italy
STEFANO PIANI
In 1996 he began working at Sergio Bonelli Editore as an editor. For the publishing house on Via Buonarroti, he has written more than 20,000 comic pages (approximately 180 stories), working on Nathan Never, Legs Weaver, Gregory Hunter, Nick Raider, Dampyr and Dylan Dog, as well as the graphic novel Il legionario, illustrated by Renato Polese.
From 2005 onward, he wrote individual episodes for television series such as Incantesimo, Elisa di Rivombrosa – Capitolo secondo, La figlia di Elisa – Ritorno a Rivombrosa and Terra ribelle.
He has written numerous TV movies for Canale 5, created, curated and written the first three Italian seasons of Il commissario Rex, as well as the series Sei passi nel giallo and I segreti di Borgo Larici.
For cinema, he wrote Dracula 3D (directed by Dario Argento), Ho amici in Paradiso (directed by Fabrizio Maria Cortese) and Il cinema non si ferma (directed by Marco Serafini).
He teaches Screenwriting at UniMol and at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts “Silvio D’Amico” in Rome.
STORIES NEVER END
FREE MASTERCLASS BY DAVIDE BARZI
An unmissable masterclass for those who love literature and comics, with no compromises.
The session will start with an analysis of the graphic novel The Return of Dorian Gray (by Davide Barzi and Werner Maresta), connected to the famous novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde not only through its title, and will then explore some of the possible approaches a screenwriter can take when creating an imaginary sequel to a great literary classic.
This activity is organized in collaboration with Scuola del Fumetto, founded in Milan in 1979 by Giuseppe Calzolari.
The masterclass is open to teenagers (15+) and adults, with a maximum of 20 participants.
(Max. 20 places – registration required)
WHEN: Saturday, September 6, 2025, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
WHERE: Ex Montegranatico – Via Margherita 18, Pimentel (SU), Italy
DAVIDE BARZI
Screenwriter, writer, comics historian and editorial director of If Edizioni.
He writes for Dampyr, Dylan Dog, Martin Mystère, Nathan Never, Odessa and Le Storie (Sergio Bonelli Editore).
For ReNoir Comics, he curates the series Don Camillo a fumetti, Corrierino delle famiglie and Father Brown.
He created the illustrated children’s novel series Tra le nuvole (“Among the Clouds”), which explores the youth of the most important characters in Italian comics.
Among his many publications are Le Regine del Terrore (a biography of the creators of Diabolik), G&G, a graphic novel dedicated to Giorgio Gaber illustrated by Sergio Gerasi, and Giacinto Facchetti – Il rumore non fa gol (written with Paolo Maggioni, illustrated by Davide Castelluccio).
