Longevity Fest 2024
On 2 and 3 September in Porto Cervo the event that tells the secrets of longevity in Sardinia and around the world
The third edition of the Longevity Fest, promoted by the Costa Smerald Consortium, will be held on 2 and 3 September in the Marina di Porto Cervo square. The event, which combines science and culture, highlights the lifestyles of Sardinia and Costa Rica, two of the most significant ‘Blue Zones’, places where people live longer, through the contributions of researchers and experts.
Conceived by director Pietro Mereu and coordinated by the Costa Smeralda Consortium, the Longevity Fest project enjoys the patronage of the Region of Sardinia and the Municipality of Arzachena, and sees the kind collaboration of Hotel Pitrizza and Mereu Auto.
The event takes place over two evenings: on 2 September with the screening of the documentary Kentannos - Pura Vida directed by Victor Cruz, followed by a talk show on the theme Sardinia - Costa Rica moderated by artistic director Pietro Mereu. Among the guests: Eleonora Cozzella, Director of Il Gusto; Jorge Vindas, founder of Zona Azul de Nicoya; Laura Vindas, nutrition researcher at the University of Maryland in Baltimore; Alessandra Nieddu, researcher at the University of Sassari; Gianni Pes, founder of the Blue Zone concept and researcher; Giovanni Scapagnini, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Molise and scientific director of the Garda Valley Foundation. Closing the evening was the speech by Chef Maria Carta, originally from Seulo, a Blue Zone village, and owner of the ‘Is Feminas’ restaurant in Cagliari, who in collaboration with Insula Sardinia and Chef Ester Loru Ramirez Gomez spoke about the longevity experience created for the occasion with Sardinian-Costa Rican contaminations.
Mario Ferraro, Vice-President of the Consorzio Costa Smeralda and CEO of Smeralda Holding says: ‘We are proud to host the third edition of the Longevity Fest; the festival, dedicated to culture and anthropology, represents a precious opportunity to enhance the excellence of the Sardinian territory, where history, nature and traditions intertwine in a unique context’.
Longevity Fest During the evening of 3 September, the first edition of the Longevity Award assigned to author Mogol, who presents his book Rinascita (Rebirth) for the occasion, is launched. In the second part of the evening, singer and actress Ambra Pintore will lead the panel How does one become a Blue Zone? featuring the projection of the documentary Arzachentos, on the long-living people of Arzachena directed by Pietro Mereu, in the presence of Gianni Pes, founder of the Blue Zone concept and researcher; Roberto Ragnedda, Mayor of Arzachena; Giovanni Scapagnini, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Molise and scientific director of the Garda Valley Foundation. A speech by Diego di Niglio, founder of the Coda di Lupo Farm in Arzachena, will conclude the event.
‘This year the Longevity fest becomes bigger and more important, on the first evening we will host Costa Rica for a comparison between two long-lived lifestyles. While in the second evening there will be, again within the Longevity Fest, the first Longevity Award that we will give to a personality with not only anagraphic but also artistic longevity, the most important Italian poet and maestro Mogol’. - declares Pietro Mereu, artistic director Longevity Fest.
Longevity Fest takes place on 2 and 3 September at the Piazzetta della Marina in Porto Cervo. R.S.V.P. info@consorziocostasmeralda.com free access, subject to availability.