In 1917 an extraordinary industry dedicated to photosensitive film was born in the woods, and after 100 years we tell the story of the men and women, the darkness, the machines, the energies, the products, the Ferrania universe that can be defined as an entire world that gravitated around these places.

Morning – Ferrania Film Museum

Conceived as a sort of itinerary through the rooms, the museum aims to portray the many aspects of industrial events: the life of the factory, corporate culture and corporate affairs, design and visual communication, architecture, products and patents, the war years and more recent ones.

The various departments, from photography to radiography, the light and dark of the departments, the great season of colour and cinema, and the social universe of Ferrania, consisting of the workers’ village, the Christmas parcel, the after-work club, and much more, are also housed inside.

The museum also contains a first body of artefacts from the factory: machines, measuring instruments, glassware, delivery notebooks, various objects.

Afternoon – Photographic tour

The tour will take place in stages, touching on the most significant buildings and places in Ferrania’s technical and cultural history.

During the tour there will be a guest photographer Luca Gianetti, who will be on hand to provide participants with details of photographic technique. At the start of the photographic tour, two 24-exposure colour rolls of film will be distributed under the Ferrania Solis brand name, produced by the plant during its final years of activity.