FESTIVAL DELLE COLLINE TORINESI

What FESTIVAL DELLE COLLINE TORINESI does

The Festival delle Colline Torinesi is a Turin-based cultural association (associazione) founded on December 22, 1995 that produces an annual international contemporary theater festival, currently in its 29th edition (October–November 2024). Since 2023 it has operated under the curatorial identity of an 'autumn festival' organized by TPE Teatro Piemonte Europa, with programming centered on the theme 'CONFINI/SCONFINAMENTI' (borders/border-crossings). Performance venues span the Turin metropolitan area, including Teatro Astra (the primary stage), Lavanderie a Vapore in Collegno, Fonderie Limone Moncalieri, Fondazione Merz, Polo del '900, and shared spaces with Museo Nazionale del Cinema, with the festival co-presenting work alongside Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo.

The festival's core product is the annual multi-week program of theatrical and choreographic productions (typically 20–27 productions per edition) featuring Italian and international artists such as Romeo Castellucci, Pippo Delbono, Motus, Sotterraneo, El Conde de Torrefiel, Milo Rau, and Agrupación Señor Serrano. A secondary set of services includes an international touring program ('In Tournèe') that circulates productions across European cities, a full historical archive of editions 1996–2024, and a press archive. There is no proprietary technology product; the offering is fundamentally a curatorial and live-performance service.

Revenue is built on a tripartite public funding architecture (Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage – €34,347 in 2017; Piedmont Region – €100,000 in 2017; City of Turin – €81,000 in 2017; totaling €215,347 documented for that year), supplemented by ticket sales and coproduction partnerships. The organization operates with a minimal staff of 5 employees (headcount reported as approximately 5) and a Board of Directors comprising Sergio Ariotti, Isabella Lagattolla, and Carlo Cantono. The customer base is audience-driven (local and international theater and performing-arts enthusiasts) and B2B-driven (theater companies seeking international visibility), with no concentration in a single commercial buyer.

Name

FESTIVAL DELLE COLLINE TORINESI

Legal name

Festival delle Colline Torinesi

Website

https://festivaldellecolline.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Festival delle Colline Torinesi is a Turin-based non-profit cultural association founded in 1995 that produces an annual international contemporary theater festival, now in its 29th edition, serving local audiences and international theater companies through public funding and ticket sales.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Festival

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Fringe & Experimental Performing Arts (MPAGABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG), Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG)

Keywords

• Contemporary theater festival
• Performing arts events
• International theater productions
• Cultural festival programming
• Theatrical creation showcase

Headquarters

HQ city

Torino

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

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GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Funding and Grants: The festival receives government funding from multiple sources including the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (Ministero dei Beni Attività Culturali e Turismo), Piedmont Region (Regione Piemonte), and the City of Torino (Città di Torino) to support theatrical and choreographic activities.
2. Ticket Sales: Revenue generated from ticket sales for festival performances held at Teatro Astra, Lavanderie a Vapore, and other venues in the Turin area.

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Core offering

Festival delle Colline Torinesi is an annual international theater festival dedicated to contemporary creation, organized by TPE Teatro Astra in Turin, Italy. The festival presents international and Italian contemporary theatrical productions across multiple venues in the Turin metropolitan area over a multi-week period (typically October-November), with thematic programming such as 'CONFINI/SCONFINAMENTI' (Borders/Crossing Borders). Now in its 29th edition, it features both established companies and emerging artists, with complementary services including an international touring program, a historical festival archive, and a press archive.

Product overview

Festival delle Colline Torinesi is an annual international theater festival dedicated to contemporary creation, organized by TPE Teatro Astra in Turin, Italy. Now in its 29th edition, the festival features international and Italian theatrical productions exploring themes of borders, migration, and artistic innovation. The festival operates as a multi-day event (typically 3-4 weeks in October-November) across multiple Turin venues, presenting works by established companies (Pippo Delbono, Socìetas, Motus) and emerging artists. Additional services include an archive of all editions since 1996, a touring program for festival productions, and a press archive. The festival collaborates with Fondazione Merz, Fondazione Piemonte dal Vivo, and other cultural institutions.

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• Festival delle Colline Torinesi - Annual Contemporary Theater Festival

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TPE Teatro Piemonte EuropacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTPE Teatro Piemonte Europa is the organizing entity of the Festival delle Colline Torinesi. The festival maintains its new identity as an 'autumn festival' under the TPE umbrella.
• Fondazione MerzcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFondazione Merz collaborates on thematic projects combining theater and visual arts, hosting installations and performances. Shared artistic direction on themes like 'confini-sconfinamenti' (borders/transgressions).
• Fondazione Piemonte dal VivocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional foundation providing support and co-presenting certain festival productions, including performances at Lavanderie a Vapore in Collegno.
• Associazione UBU per Franco QuadriminorOthersPartner organization with logo displayed on festival website.
• Sistema Teatro TorinominorOthersLocal theater network association with logo displayed on festival website.
• Il Circolo dei lettoriminorOthersCultural partner organization with logo displayed on festival website.
• delTeatro.itminorOthersPartner website/platform with logo displayed on festival website.
• IN Italia NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFestival network including TPE/Festival delle Colline Torinesi, Teatro Metastasio Prato/Contemporanea festival, Sardegna Teatro, Veneto Teatro, and Triennale di Milano/Fog Festival, created to promote international creation in Italy and disseminate Italian artists' work in Europe and worldwide.
• Museo Nazionale del CinemacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on 'Cinema in scena' programming, presenting film cycles alongside theatrical performances (e.g., Antonioni films paired with related theatrical works).
• MC93 - Scène Nationale de BobignyminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFrench theater providing coproduction support for performances including 'Nel paese dell'inverno' by Silvia Costa.
• La Manufacture-Haute école des arts de la scèneminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss drama school collaborating with Motus company on 'Rip it up and start again', created with students from the school.
• Fonderie Limone MoncalieriminorOthersPerformance venue hosting festival productions including Macbettu and Platonov.

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Direct peers

• RomaEuropa Festival: RomaEuropa Festival is a major autumn contemporary performing arts festival in Rome featuring international theater, dance, and digital arts. It is a direct peer in scale, format, and curatorial focus on international contemporary creation, and is one of the few Italian festivals of broadly comparable institutional standing.
• Biennale Teatro: Biennale Teatro is the international contemporary theater festival of the Venice Biennale, the most prominent Italian platform for new theatrical creation. It is directly comparable as a curated Italian contemporary theater festival with international company programming, similar curatorial ambitions, and analogous public-funding reliance.
• Torinodanza: Torinodanza is the autumn contemporary dance festival in Turin organized under the same TPE Teatro Piemonte Europa umbrella. It is a direct sibling festival, sharing TPE infrastructure, public funders, and the Turin venue network, with adjacent but complementary performing-arts programming.
• Short Theatre: Short Theatre is a Rome-based annual contemporary performing arts festival focused on emerging companies and international experimental work. It is directly comparable as a smaller-scale Italian contemporary festival competing for similar international touring productions, audiences, and grant pools.
• Santarcangelo Festival: Santarcangelo Festival is an Italian summer contemporary theater and performance festival with strong international programming and experimental focus. It is directly comparable in curatorial approach to avant-garde and emerging-company work, though operating in a smaller-city context with a similar multi-venue model.
• Festival dei Due Mondi: Spoleto's Festival dei Due Mondi is one of Italy's oldest and most prestigious performing arts festivals, combining opera, theater, and dance with international programming. It is a direct peer as a high-profile Italian arts festival with international scope and similar municipal and ministry funding structures.
• Milano Oltre: Milano Oltre is a Milan-based contemporary performing arts festival featuring international dance, theater, and multidisciplinary work. It is directly comparable as an Italian autumn contemporary arts festival with a similar international touring-program model and analogous mix of public and ticketed revenue.

Broad incumbents

• Festival d'Avignon: The Festival d'Avignon is the largest annual performing arts event in Europe, presenting contemporary theater across multiple venues in Avignon, France. It is comparable as a benchmark international contemporary theater festival and a useful reference for editorial ambition, though operating at vastly greater scale and budget.
• Edinburgh International Festival: The Edinburgh International Festival (alongside the Edinburgh Fringe) is one of the world's leading summer arts festivals, presenting international theater, opera, dance, and music. It shares the festival model and international curatorial remit, but operates at substantially greater scale, audience, and funding levels.

Emerging players

• Drodesera / Centrale Fies: Centrale Fies is a production center and festival in Dro (Trentino) dedicated to live contemporary performance and research. It overlaps with Festival delle Colline Torinesi on experimental programming and artist development, but operates a more production-focused, residential model rather than a presentation-only festival.

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