(ANSA) - ANCONA - The ''cultural arm'' of the Adriatic Ionian macro-region is the Adriatic Mediterranean Festival, 8th edition, which will take place from August 30 to September 6 at Ancona, with a day in Senigallia on September 4. Admed 2014 is dedicated to ''the issue of borders - explains the festival's director Giovanni Seneca -: not only territorial, economic and social borders, but also between genders and between generations''. There will be a symbolic link between Bosnia and Herzegovina, who assumed the presidency of the Adriatic and Ionian Macroregion in June, and where the opening day was held, in Sarajevo on June 17, and Senigallia, because these two cities were both hit by floods. ''The event is designed as a show located all around the city. Among the main events, there are meetings with philosophers Gianni Vattimo and Remo Bodei, Raiz and Radicanto, young band from Sarajevo Divanhana, Enzo Avitabile and the Kocani Orkestar in concert, a live streaming DJ set between Ancona and eight countries in the AIMR, and a performance by Moni Ovadia and Orchestrina Adriatica 'Trasponde' in Senigallia. There will be then a show on the status of women in society, ''Storie di donne morte ammazzate-Allegra barbarie italiana'' by Betta Cianchini, a selection of documentaries and movies from the Balkan region, an exhibition at the tactile Museum Homer. Admed's TV spot was created thanks to a 'call for ideas' among students attending the Macerata Academy of Fine Arts. According to Fabio Pigliapoco, secretary general of the Adriatic Ionian Initiative, this Adriatic-Mediterranean Festival ''perfectly reflects the spirit of the Adriatic-Ionian macro-region''. Culture councillor Pietro Marcolini (Marche Region) underlined that ''we need to focus on culture as one of our cornerstones in order to develop the Aimr'', by extending the festival to other Italian regions which are part of this macroregion. (ANSA).