Other Mountains
by Ugo Slomp
35’, Betacam SP, Italy, 1995/2007
Sheep, pigs, donkeys, mules, frogs, even mice: it’s all Albino Brisaghetto cares about, as he kills to quell his terrible hunger.
(The Guards of Mount Ararat)
by Martin Thoma
44’, Digital Betacam, Germany, 2007
12-year-old Erhan wants to become an alpine guide of the Ararat, the only way he can guarantee himself a future in the place where, according to legend, Noah’s ark landed.
(Olga and Time)
by Manuele Cecconello
56’, Mini DV, Italy, 2007
Slowness, waiting, and silence are everything to Olga, the solitary icon of the Biellese shepards.
(Postman of the Himalaya)
di Ines Possemeyer
52’, Digital Betacam, Germany, 2007
Dolmar, 64 years old, delivers mail where cars cannot go to the most isolated villages located in the high mountains of the Indian region of the Himalayas.
(Memories Re-sewn)
by Anja Medved e Nadja Velušček
47’, Betacam SP, Italy, 2006
Short stories reflecting on the general history of the borderland between Italy and Yugoslavia which experienced dramatic depopulation after 1947.
(All the Saints and Drunken Horsemen)
by Tomas Leach
53’, Digital Betacam, Switzerland, 2007
Every year the inhabitants of the city of Todos Sanctos, Guatemala take part in a drunken horse race. For the first time in his life, Roman prepares for this event.
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.