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

Every day cars, trucks, and trains cross the Alps. Tunnels and Alpine passes are the routes that allow one to bypass the mountains, and connect southern and northern Europe. Who regulates this incessant movement of goods and people? The film takes us on a voyage through the Alps, along with the protagonists of these journeys: railway workers, truckers, car drivers, and tourists. It investigates the management of Alpine traffic and its environmental impact in one of the most populous and frequented mountain regions in the world.

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  Filippo Ciardi

  Ciardi divides his time between Spain and Prato, where he was born in 1975. With a degree in economics, he is a journalist, photo-reporter, and documentarist and has worked for several non-government organisations (AIFO, LVIA, CCM). He made the documentary, Attraverso le Alpi, with his co-director,  Giancarlo Bertalero.

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  Giancarlo Bertalero

  Born in 1972, he has worked for important multinational companies in the logistics and transportation sector. He was also the coordinator for the the observatory of transboundary traffic between Italy and France, financed by the European Commission. From this experience came the idea for the documentary, Attraverso le Alpi, made with his co-director, Filippo Ciardi.