Asking questions is the salt of democracy. Asking questions to artists is even worse: it’s the sign of a newfound wariness towards intellectual work.

But there is a right way to go about, and at Lago Film Fest, we practice it every morning at our meetings with the authors: a series of daily Q&As, open to the public, in the lounge area at Livelet, with a one-off session in the bucolic quiet of the green area in Santa Maria and a hike to Pian de le Femene.