Lessinia Category
by Walter Mazo
31’, Mini DV, Italy, 2008
For twenty years Giuseppe Tosi, musician, choral director, and music teacher, has transmitted his musical knowledge and exceptional wisdom to the young people of Bosco Chiesanuova.
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(Lessinia: An Evocative and Lost World)
by Giorgio Pirana
15’, Digital Betacam, Italy, 2008
A young man, keeping a promise, visits the Lessinia and comes to realize that it evokes a sense of betrayal and bewilderment.
(Ogre)
by Diego Carli
25’, Mini DV, Italia, 2008
Thanks to a tacit understanding, an ogre shares the Lessinia with mountaineers until this strange alliance breaks apart.
(Tears and Pain in Rock)
by Maurizio Delibori
8', DV-Cam, Italy, 2008
The stone crucifixions in the Cimbro area of Velo Veronese and Azzarino testify to a religious piety yet to be rediscovered and valued.
(Without a Shadow of a Doubt)
by Alessandro Zonin
27’, HD, Italy, 2008
Who is that mysterious pregnant girl at that bus stop, in the Lessinia mountains? Pietro will never know, just as he will never know about those two children who are not his.
NEWS
Award ceremony
The awards ceremony of the 15th Film Festival della Lessinia, with the conferral of the Lessinia d'Oro, will take place on Saturday, August 29, 2009, at 6:30 pm in the main theatre of the Teatro Vittoria.
Tribute to Marcello Baldi
Il Film Festival della Lessinia rende omaggio a Marcello Baldi con la proiezione del suo ultimo film Narciso. Dietro i cannoni, davanti ai muli. Ospite dell'evento, nel Teatro Vittoria di Bosco Chiesanuova, giovedì 27 agosto 2009 alle ore 21.00, Dario Baldi, co-regista del film insieme con il padre.
Interview to Franco Piavoli
Vittorio Zambaldo interviews Franco Piavoli, guest of the Film Festival della Lessinia. Piavoli is the author of "L'orto di Flora" within Ermanno Olmi's film "Terra Madre", which will be shown again on Thursday, August 27 at 5:00 pm in the Teatro Vittoria. READ THE INTERVIEW
Heidi in Lessinia
The retrospective devoted to Heidi continues at the Film Festival della Lessinia. Three afternoon screenings will bring to Bosco Chiesanuova three masterpieces featuring the infamous shepherd-girl invented by Johanna Spyri. Monday, August 24, 4:00 pm: Heidi. Zoccoletti olandesi (Heidi. Dutch Clogs), by Allan Dwan (featuring Shirley Temple); Tuesday, August 25, 4:00 pm: Heidi. Sono tornata per te (Heidi. I've Come back for You), by Luigi Comencini; Wednesday, August 26, 4:00 pm: Heidi torna tra i monti (Heidi Returns to the Mountains), the celebrated animated cartoons by Isao Takahata.