The sixteenth edition of BìFoto Fest – the international photography festival in Sardinia – has opened between Mogoro and Curcuris. Eight new projects by Italian and international artists have been added to the extensive exhibition program developed over the years and will be open to visitors free of charge for at least twelve months.
The inaugural events kicked off on Friday, October 9th in Curcuris, with the opening of the sections "Water Apartheid in Palestine" by Pietro Masturzo and "Gaza: Life Rewritten by War" by Fatima Shbair , set up along the streets of the town and part of an exhibition route that continues in Mogoro. On Saturday, October 10th, the Festival really got underway in Mogoro, with the official inauguration and subsequent guided tour of the eight new exhibitions along the streets of the historic center.
There was also space for the 2026 BìFoto Award, with speeches by the jury members present at the inauguration and the presentation of the selected projects. Fiorella Baldisserri and Alfio Tommasini , winners of the Award, and Elsa Casadevall and Guido Rosales , representing Luis Casadevall , participated.
Among the protagonists of the 16th edition, Pietro Masturzo, documentary photographer and independent photojournalist, presented “Water Apartheid in Palestine,” a work created during several trips to Palestine, especially the Jordan Valley, which documents the issue of Palestinian communities' access to water and the effects of the occupation on daily life and the surrounding territory.
(Unioneonline/AD)
