The cultural association Fanes is a cultural association founded the 10 th of January 2006 in La Ila (BZ) on the initiative of Susy Rottonara, Roland Verra and Hans Peter Karbon, after the production of their film, Le Rëgn de Fanes ( The Reign of Fanes ), the first Ladin film about the most famous legend in Dolomitic Ladin tradition, the legend of Fanes, which involved actors and collaborators from various Ladin vallies and celebrated its cinematographic premiere the 26 th of November 2005 in La Ila.

The members of the cultural association Fanes are mostly from the Ladin vallies and were directly involved in the production of the film The Reign of Fanes , but some are just fans of Ladin legends who didn’t work at the filmic project.

Purpose:
The cultural association Fanes wants to promote and preserve the Ladin culture, especially Ladin legends and history. The first aim of this association is the promotion of Ladin culture in the Ladin area and beyond its boarders through various forms of art -filmic, literary, musical and art productions- and cultural events in collaboration with other cultural institutions as Universities, museums, libraries, festivals, meetings, cultural magazines and getting in contact with other linguistic minorities and legend-fans on national and international level. The symbol of the cultural association Fanes is a blue star on silver background as it was painted on the shields of Dolasila’s warriors in memory of the princess and her Rajëta according to Wolff’s writings. This symbol represents the engagement of the association for a living preservation of the tradition of Ladin legends.