How do you adapt one of the most psychologically rich and interior novel series of recent years for television? Join My Brilliant Friend creator Saverio Costanzo for a session on adaptation, artistic vision, and the challenge of bringing Elena Ferrante’s celebrated Neapolitan world to the screen.

My Brilliant Friend is a sweeping portrait of friendship, class, and female identity, set against the backdrop of post-war Naples. Across four seasons, the series follows the intense and evolving relationship between Lenù and Lila - a bond shaped as much by deep affection as by rivalry, ambition, and the struggle to break free from one’s origins.

Saverio Costanzo, who created the series and wrote and directed its first two seasons, has been central to shaping its distinctive tone and visual language. In this session, he will share how he approached the challenge of translating Ferrante’s deeply interior work into compelling television, and how he built a world that feels both emotionally immediate and historically precise.

Join us as Saverio Costanzo takes us inside the making of one of the most ambitious literary adaptations in contemporary television.