Familiarmente - L'errore è il talento che si allena

The initiative was born to combat performance anxiety and the fear of failure, transforming the “mistake” from a negative mark to a necessary step for learning and growing.
Through a rich calendar of free meetings, the review will involve schools, sports clubs, and experts.

There is a subtle courage in putting error back at the center. Not as a sin to be atoned for, but as a spark from which to restart.
This is the challenge of Familiarmente 2026, the review by the Municipality of Villafranca di Verona – Department of Social Policies and Family – which from April 8 to 23 transforms the area into a laboratory of collective thinking.

The chosen theme is a necessary provocation: “Mistakes are the talent that trains.”

While the world celebrates perfection, we choose to explore stumbling. How do you learn to “fail well”?
How do you turn a fall into an evolution?
Sixteen days filled with meetings, shows, and screenings to trace new trajectories.
Familiarmente does not speak to academics, but to real life. It is dedicated to those who raise children, run businesses, teach, coach, or simply try to navigate daily life.
Through the voices of psychologists, philosophers, doctors, and coaches, we will rediscover that error is never the final chapter, but often the incipit of a much more interesting story.

Here are all the appointments:

First Week
- Wednesday, April 8 (8:45 PM) "Loss and the resulting choice: can we transform what seems unacceptable?"
Location: Auditorium, Via Rizzini 7 - Speakers: Manuel Pauciullo (psychologist), Elisabetta Zanolli, Elisabetta Cioffi, Stefano Danzi, and Francesca Corghi (art therapist).

- Thursday, April 9 (6:00 PM) "Well done, you made a mistake! In educational sports, making mistakes is not a problem, but a resource to be used wisely."
Location: Sala Franzini, P.zza Giovanni XXIII 4 - Details: Training workshop for coaches and managers with Dr. Paolo Pezzana.

- Friday, April 10 (8:45 PM) "When mistake becomes an opportunity: how to transform failures for an authentic relationship?"
Location: Auditorium, Via Rizzini 7 - Speaker: Prof. Nicola Donti (philosopher and trainer).

Second Week
- Monday, April 13 (8:45 PM) "It is in the darkness of the sky that stars begin to shine."
Location: Auditorium, Via Rizzini 7 - Speakers: Experts from the communities "S. Patrignano," "Comunità dei Giovani," and "La Genovesa." Led by Dr. Camillo Smacchia (Ser.D.).

- Tuesday, April 14 (6:30 PM) "Rainbows, you can be reborn from a storm!"
Location: Library, P.zza Villafranchetta 30 - Speakers: Meeting with author Francesca Sanavia and psychologist Maria Lorena Turrina.

- Wednesday, April 15 (8:45 PM) "What if failing were the turning point?"
Location: Centro Giovani, Via L. Fantoni 44 - Speaker: Meeting with coach Arianna Livrieri.

- Thursday, April 16 (8:45 PM) "Beautiful as the Leaning Tower of Pisa - The value of mistakes in school."
Location: Library, P.zza Villafranchetta 30 - Speakers: Maria Lorena Turrina and Prof. Enrico Alfano.

Third Week.
- Monday, April 20
6:30 PM (Library): Meeting with author Irina Turcanu and Maria Lorena Turrina on the topic "The sun is missing but it's still nice."
8:30 PM (Sala Alida Ferrarini, Via Napoleone III): Free screening of the film by Gabriele Muccino "The Unspoken" (2026).

- Tuesday, April 21 (8:30 PM) Title: "We are human."
Location: Sala Alida Ferrarini, Via Napoleone III Details: Show with "Le ali colorate," directed by Alessia Antinori.

- Wednesday, April 22 (8:45 PM) "Stories of memorable mistakes."
Location: Aula Magna L. Medi, Via Magenta 7A - Speakers: Prof. Piero Martin (experimental physics) in dialogue with Prof. Roberto Venturelli.

- Thursday, April 23 (8:45 PM) "Doctor, does chickenpox appear in the evening or in the morning?"
Location: Centro Anck'io, Via della Speranza 11 - Speaker: Meeting with pediatrician Paola di Turi. Ongoing exhibitions

From April 12 to 26: At Palazzo Bottagisio, the exhibition "My Purgatory. Dante Prophet of Hope," curated by the Pastoral Unit of Villafranca.