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

Italian premiere

In Venezuela, a country with lunar landscapes and a harsh climate, stand the Tepui, plateaus that dominate the tropical jungle and known as "mountains of the gods" in indigenous culture. Some of these imposing mountain massifs have never been explored by man. In the Canaima National Park, in the southeastern part of the country, an international scientific team undertakes a mission to the Auyán Tepui which is over 2,400 metres high. Deep within this sandstone giant, Italian geologist Francesco Sauro and his companions discovered a vast cave system. The documentary recounts this expedition, uniting the expert voices of geologists, microbiologists, bioacousticians, and mountaineers in a harsh and mysterious environment.

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  Lars Abromeit

  Born in Berlin in 1974, he is a science journalist, filmmaker, and book author. He currently lives in Hamburg. Since 2006 he has been responsible for the "Adventure and Expeditions" section at Geo Magazine, participating in naturalistic research in extreme environments. In 2023 he published the book Bis an den Rand der Welt, a collection of expedition reports.
  

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  Jochen Schmoll

  A director and cinematographer, he lives between Barcelona and Germany. He is involved with extreme sports, documentaries, and advertising. He worked as a cameraman in Germany, producing, in 1996, his first documentary, a portrait of the mountaineer Robert Jasper. Among his works are Seven Giants (2012), Into the Light (2013), Spitting Distance (2015), Freedom to Roam (2019) and Rock’n Road (2020).