Lessinia - Monte Baldo section

Italy - 2007 - Betacam SP - Colour
Length: 29' - Language: No dialogue
Director: Raffaello Boni
Photography: Raffaello Boni
Editing: Raffaello Boni
Production: Raffaello Boni

Small animals - often passing unobserved - live in a meadow's tiny microcosm. Magical flight patterns, an infinite array of colors, and wondrous shapes characterize the creatures found in the extraordinary natural habitat of Monte Baldo. As they fly, so too move the clouds, blades of grass, and leaves on the trees. The film speaks of their destiny as it does the importance of every living thing, from birth to mating to death.

Italy - 2007 - Mini DV - Colour
Length: 13’ - Language: Italian
Director: Ezio Bonomi
Editing: Marzio Miliani
Production: Ezio Bonomi

The harrow is a tool used in the Lessinia to spread manure on the fields for a short time in early spring. Today rudimentary or mechanical versions can be found. Here we witness the construction of an artisanal tool, made from boughs of elm and hazelnut.

Italy - 2007 - Mini DV - Colour
Length: 12' - Language: No dialogue
Director: Marzio Miliani
Photography: Emanuele Miliani
Editing: Marzio Miliani
Music: Modest Mussorgsky
Production: Marzio Miliani

Listening to One Night on Monte Calvo by Mussorgsky, images of the Lessinia - where fire functions as the dominant protagonist - come to mind. The music underscores the magical and suggestive qualites of this element, revealing a Lessinia of the past in the present.

Italy - 2007 - Digital Betacam - Colour
Length: 15’ - Language: No dialogue
Director: Giorgio Pirana
Photography: Giorgio Pirana
Editing: Diego Torresani
Production: Giorgio Pirana

The pastures of the Lessinia Mountains seemingly speak in their own voice, inviting us to reflect upon the value of the land and its many treasures.

Italy - 2007 - Digital Betacam - Colour
Length: 15’ - Language: Italian
Director: Maurizio Delibori
Script: Maurizio Delibori
Photography: Diego Delibori
Editing: Diego Delibori
Production:Deli Video

The Lessinia is testament to many forms of "sacrality", from the natural landscape, to signs of small capitals, churches, and crucifixes. We must recognize the fundamental value of beauty in the sacred in order to preserve it for the future.

Italy - 2007 - Mini DV - Black and white
Length: 12’ - Language: Italian
Director: Francesco Dal Santo
Script: Francesco Dal Santo
Photography: Francesco Dal Santo, Andrea Zenorini
Editing: Francesco Dal Santo
Production: Francesco Dal Santo

In a time when dancing was considered a sin, a young girl from a rural village dancing on her own was akin to dancing with the devil himself. Told as part story/part fable, we learn about the traditions, beliefs, and behavior typical of the Lessinia mountains of a century ago.

Italy - 2007 - Mini DV - Colour
Length: 6’ - Language: Italian
Director: Centro Video Editing
di Bosco Chiesanuova
Production: Centro Video Editing
of Bosco Chiesanuova

An unusual walk in the woods of the Lessinia forms the backdrop of two episodes narrating the contradictions of a mountain, where the preservation of popular tradition and modernity intersect.

Italy - 2006 - Mini DV - Colour
Length: 4’ - Language: No dialogue
Director: Giuseppe Maria Piccione
Photography: Giuseppe Maria Piccione
Editing: Giuseppe Maria Piccione
Production: Giuseppe Maria Piccione

Uncle Emilio, already an old man, has spent his entire life in the mountains. We see him working to clear the field of small branches when he is surprised by a dead tree found among robust ones, suggesting that all living things die, even as life goes on. This is confirmed by a child’s cry and the sound of work being done. Uncle Emilio comes to symbolize existence.