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

URBAN ECO-HUNTING

A hunt for an unusual treasure among the streets and piazzas of the center of Bosco Chiesanuova with girls and boys engaged in a series of tests, riddles and small challenges that will lead them to reflect not only on the importance of actively participating in caring for the environment and their community but also on how waste is disposed of and what are its recycling and reuse opportunities. Each of the teams will be accompanied and guided by volunteers from the CSV of Verona. We recommend that you bring a pair of work gloves with you. In collaboration with Consiglio di Bacino Verona Nord and part of the “Novaera” project.

MAKE YOUR OWN SOAP

Making soap at home means reclaiming ancient knowledge such as the production technique and knowledge of the properties of herbs, essential oils, flowers and their perfumes. Under the guidance of Giulia Signorini of La Ferraretta Bianca, participants will learn the basic notions necessary to self-produce, with the traditional cold method, a 100% natural and artisanal lavender soap. An eco-sustainable activity that will give everyone the opportunity to take home a bar of artisanal soap, already seasoned and ready to be used.

MÉTÉORES

METEORS

Agnès Patron, Morgane  Le Péchon / 4 min / 2023 / France

One night, a group of bright-eyed wild animals approaches a group of houses. Four boys, as if attracted by a mysterious call, wake up and together with the animals run into the forest towards a spectacular starry sky that seems to draw them in with a prodigious and enigmatic force, in a whirlwind of lights and colours.

PO TU STORONU

OUT THERE

Evgeniy  Golovin, Alexander Afonasyev / 13 min / 2024 / Italian premiere / Russian Federation

Pete is not a boy like the others. For him, going out in the morning and meeting the world out there is an adventure full of pitfalls and fears, like having to climb a treacherous mountain. At school, instead of following the lesson, he gets up and tries to protect a fly outside the window ... but no one understands him, every school rejects him, and his peers make fun of him. Luckily, however, in the midst of so much rejection, a special friend will understand his talents, seeing beyond his oddities.

EHA VARI

THE SHADOW OF DAWN

Olga Stalev / 15 min / 2024 / Estonia

A young woman with long red hair is walking in the woods when, unexpectedly, a young lumberjack declares his love for her. Her impulsive and contemptuous refusal unleashes in him a deep resentment that turns into a thirst for revenge. The girl, hunted, will have no other hope of salvation other than freeing her shadow with a spell.

MAGDA

Adela Kaczmarek / 9 min / 2022 / Italian premiere / Poland

Magda Grodzka-Gużkowska (1925-2014) was a Polish activist during the Second World War. From the recordings of her voice we discover that at just fourteen she joined the clandestine movement of opposition to the Nazi invasion and thanks to her skills as a skier, helped some soldiers reach the Slovakian border through the Tatra mountains, the highest peaks of the Carpathians, putting her own life at risk.

OSMÝ DEN

EIGHTH DAY

Petr Pylypčuk / 20 min / 2023 / Czech Republic

Members of a religious sect are camped at the edge of the forest. The families are preparing for the ritual in the lake the following day, but young Anna, now intolerant of the group's stringent rules, decides to move away to savour the taste of freedom for the first time.