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

NOMADLAND

Chloé Zhao / 107 min / 2020 / United States

After losing her job and her husband, Fern sets off in her van towards the horizon of the great American West. She meets other nomads like her with whom she forms temporary communities, looks for seasonal jobs, and never stops travelling. It is the story of a life, of strength, hope and resilience, outside of social norms.

NUBE

Diego Alonso  Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada, Christian  Arredondo Narvaez / 8 min / 2023 / France, Hungary, Mexico

After seeing a large black cloud dissolve painfully in a strong thunderstorm, a white cloud fears that its small one, also black, will dissolve in the same way. In trying to protect her, she goes so far as to overcome a massive mountain range, to no avail. However, a sacrifice can be the origin of hope and new life.

TOTS ELS MEUS COLORS

ALL MY COLOURS

Marc  Riba , Anna  Solanas / 5 min / 2023 / Spain

Sadly, the mother of a little girl has passed away, taking with her all the colours of life. Thanks to her animal friends, the little girl gradually recovers the joy of living and with it recolours her days and those of her father.

MOINEAUX

SPARROWS

Rémi Durin / 12 min / 2024 / Italian premiere / Belgium, France

A group of young Tibetan monks awaits the arrival of a wise elder who can reveal the secrets of life to them. A lively little monk, however, is distracted by a sparrow fluttering in the temple. Following him, he will embark on a lifelong journey during which he will learn the very essence of existence, only to be able to recount it, one day, to some child monks. However, a sparrow distracts one of them…

LA PÂQUERETTE-RACLETTE

THE CHEDDAR DAISY

Liselotte Macagno / 5 min / 2023 / Italian premiere / France

Every day tourists trek up and down from the top of Pic-O'don to see the amazing cheddar-daisy. Claude, guided by his friend the goat, also tries to climb the mountain, but he is a little late compared to the others and now that he is tired of all that coming and going, might not take things very well...

ATOMIC CHICKEN

Thibault Ermeneux, Lucie Lyfoung, Solène Polet, Capucine Prat, Morgane Siriex, Anna Uglova / 5 min / 2023 / Italian premiere / France

A quiet chicken coop wakes up in a small French village. But something unusual stands out in the background: a huge nuclear power plant. Soon, this imposing presence makes itself felt even in the monotonous life of the chickens, which is no longer so ordinary.

TÊTE EN L'AIR

HEAD IN THE CLOUDS

Rémi Durin / 10 min / 2023 / Belgium, France

Alphonse the squirrel is different from his peers. He has the soul of an artist, and instead of playing with others he prefers to climb alone to the top of the trees to admire and photograph clouds of all types. His adventurous spirit will lead him to discover new things and mysterious wonders.

KANOPOS IR PAČIŪŽOS

HOOFS ON SKATES

Ignas Meilūnas / 13 min / 2024 / Lithuania

A little pig happily skates on a frozen lake and invites his friend the cow to join him. Between vaults and slides, they have a lot of fun, but under the thin layer of ice there is a mysterious and disturbing shadow.

SOUND OF THE SPIRITS

Lin Hnin Aye / 63 min / 2023 / Italian premiere / Germany, Myanmar

In the village of Chaung Gyi, Myanmar, the Lisu people live in deep connection with nature, passing on ancient traditions. The mellifluous voice of shaman Byar Wu echoes through the mountains, where he ritually summons the lost souls of his community to prevent misfortune and illness, revealing an intangible world of souls that continue to persist. 

HUNNUN SOONDAN

Misha Voropaev / 55 min / 2023 / Italian premiere / Russian Federation, Georgia

Tuva, a mysterious land between vast prairies, mountains and dense taiga north of Mongolia, is the kingdom of the Huun-Huur-Tu group, guardians of traditional Tuva music. Despite the temptations of a comfortable life in Europe, success in Hollywood and the patronage of Arab sheikhs, the group prefers to return to their homeland to verify that the roots of the Tuvan musical tradition are solid and evolving.

PHALÈNE

Sarah-Anaïs  Desbenoit / 20 min / 2022 / France

Two twin sisters live in a suspended world, performing every gesture in perfect synchrony, according to their dual ritual. The dialogue of images and sounds breaks down the dimensions of earthly time and space. Immersed in a dreamlike atmosphere, the repetition of gestures merges their souls and their bodies with similar features, now and forever, crossing the mysterious darkness in the direction of the light.

UN PASTEUR

A SHEPHERD

Louis Hanquet / 71 min / 2024 / France

Félix is a young shepherd with a melancholy temperament who lives a life outside of time. From autumn to spring he works with his father to care for the family herd, while in summer he makes a long journey on foot to lead the animals to summer pastures in the French Pre-Alps of Ubaye. There, immersed in a rocky and inaccessible environment, he faces solitude and the presence of the wolf.