30. Film Festival della Lessinia
Bosco Chiesanuova (Italia)
23 August - 1 September 2024

Italian premiere

One reaches the sites of the Val di Vesta, one of the most isolated, wild valleys in the Pre-Alps, by going up the river in a rowboat. A landscape of water, caves, landslides, and woods becomes an interior landscape that reflects the emotional and spiritual side of those who travel through it. The elements seem to take on life, becoming grotesque visages and deformed creatures. The sounds of the woods, an archetypal place, transform into cries and verses, and stimulate oneiric visions. Every encounter becomes a confusion of dreams and reality. This film has elements of both documentary and fiction, and offers a new and original stylistic perspective.

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  Mario Piavoli

  Piavoli was born in Desenzano del Garda in 1970, and now resides in Pozzolengo (Brescia). He founded the production house, Zefirofilm, for which he makes documentaries and reportage. He also holds workshops on the theory and technique of audio-visual language. He has collaborated with such well-known directors as Ermanno Olmi and Franco Piavoli.