Blade Runner and AI at Libreria Feltrinelli, November 6

Blade Runner: back to the future? A talk with Aresu and Niola at Libreria Feltrinelli, November 6, 2026

In short. Blade Runner is at the center of «Blade Runner: ritorno al futuro?

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Illustrazione generata con intelligenza artificiale: non è una fotografia della Libreria Feltrinelli né dell'evento.

Blade Runner is at the center of «Blade Runner: ritorno al futuro? L'AI e il futuro dell'umano tra letteratura, cinema e musica», a talk with Alessandro Aresu and Gabriele Niola at Libreria Feltrinelli, Via Appia Nuova 427, Rome, on Friday, November 6, 2026, as part of the Romaeuropa Festival program. Admission is free.

Blade Runner: watercolor illustration of a room with an open book on a table and the audience seen from behind — Illustration generated with artificial intelligence: it is not a photograph of Libreria Feltrinelli or the event.

Updated October 26, 2026.

The official presentation

At a time when artificial intelligence is redrawing the boundaries between human and machine, Blade Runner keeps questioning our relationship with technology, identity and the future.
Text from the official Cultura Roma Capitale page, translated from Italian, source

The talk is organized with Prima effe Feltrinelli per la scuola and curated by Fondazione RomaEuropa, as part of Romaeuropa Festival 2026. It brings literature and cinema together to reflect on how technology changes the way we tell and imagine the human being.

The guests are Alessandro Aresu, an expert in the geopolitics of innovation and author of the book «Non è intelligente ma si applica» (Feltrinelli), and Gabriele Niola, a journalist and film critic, author of «Fare film è un inferno» (UTET). With the audience and some classes from the Liceo Cine TV Rossellini, the two explore the imagery of science fiction and today's challenges.

The evening previews the Blade Runner Cine-concert on November 8 at Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone: the film on the big screen, with Vangelis's famous score performed live. If you want to complete the experience, the details are on the Blade Runner Cine-concert page.

Where it takes place: Libreria Feltrinelli on Via Appia Nuova

The venue is a bookstore of the Feltrinelli chain, at Via Appia Nuova 427 in Rome. The talk takes Romaeuropa Festival out of the theaters, into a space open to the city.

The festival also brings shows to the Mattatoio, for example Il salto di Nureyev, and to the Auditorium. The full picture is on the Romaeuropa Festival 2026 page.

Practical information

Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
Venue: Libreria Feltrinelli, Via Appia Nuova 427, Rome
Admission: free
Guests: Alessandro Aresu, Gabriele Niola
Organizers: Fondazione RomaEuropa, with Prima effe Feltrinelli per la scuola
Related event: Blade Runner Cine-concert, November 8, 2026, Auditorium Parco della Musica
Getting there: use the ATAC route planner

Frequently asked questions about the Blade Runner talk

Is there an admission fee?

No, the talk is free.

Who takes part?

Alessandro Aresu, author of «Non è intelligente ma si applica», and film critic Gabriele Niola, author of «Fare film è un inferno», together with some classes from the Liceo Cine TV Rossellini.