Memoirs of a Mountain Doctor
Salman Luban, a young Belarusian, was sent to the Calanca Valley by the Red Cross in 1917. In this remote area of Italian-speaking Graubünden, he found his calling – and never saw his homeland again until his death in 19
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Salman Luban, a young Belarusian, was sent to the Calanca Valley by the Red Cross in 1917. In this remote area of Italian-speaking Graubünden, he found his calling – and never saw his homeland again until his death in 19
Bilquis is a woman who lives alone in a remote forest house, in the middle of nowhere. She has fled her own town to avoid execution for committing a crime. While peacefully living out her lonely days, she accidentally hi
Short film shown as part of THE COLOURS OF SMALL GAUGE CINEMA Strand at Cinema Ritrovato 2024.
That of the Gran Sasso and Laga mountains, in the heart of the Abruzzo Apennines, is a particular story. Exploited beyond all limits for grazing, they have now returned to repopulate with plants and animals, thanks to th
A documentary made with archive footage and photographs alternating with recent film footage; the choice of texts is taken from Mario Rigoni Stern, Emilio Lussu, Piero Jahier, Filippo Sacchi, and Nuto Revelli.
Groups of young people participate in CAI (Italian Alpine Club) projects for rehabilitation-therapeutic purposes, tackling treks in the mountains to re-educate themselves about the environment.
This is a cinematic journey along the Italian Alpine arc, exploring ten territories and ten contemporary architectural projects that tell a new way of inhabiting the mountains. Through schools, restored villages, infrast
A voyage, from the Po river to Sicily, in search of the sense of culture for the italian population
Mirella Tenderini is a writer, translator, discoverer of literary treasures from around the world, and a mountain woman. In the 1960s, she managed several refuges in Switzerland and Italy with her husband, the renowned m