The Ice Builders

Francesco Clerici, Tommaso Barbaro | Italy | 2024 | 15'
Screenings
Sat 29 March H 13:00
Section
Original title
The Ice Builders
Synopsis
In the Himalayas, in the remote desert valley of Zanskar, the local populations have always been dependent on glaciers but today, in an unequal battle against climate change, they have no choice but to build artificial glaciers, combining traditional techniques and modern practices, to fight the lack of water in spring due to rising temperatures and contribute towards groundwater recharge.
Cast
Lobzang Wangtak e Sonam Wangchuk, e con Stanzin Gyatsok, Olay Mai Dorjay, Stanzin Angchuck, Jigmet Lotus, Chozom Dolma
Films Distribution
Nieminen Film
Production
Point Nemo, The Blink Fish
Editing
Da un’idea di Andrea Zatta in collaborazione con Trentino For Tibet ODV e Montura
Cinematography
Francesco Clerici
Editing
Jan Devetak
Language
Inglese
Subtitles
Italiano
Premiere
Prima milanese
Main awards
Green Film Award (Trento Film Festival 2024), Caesar Jury Award, Audience Award, University Award (Ennesimo Film Festival 2024), Special Jury Award (Festival international du film alpin des Diablerets 2024), Best indipendent project (Conero Film + AdV 2024), Best Documentary (Cortolovere 2024), Lombardia Short Award (Desenzano Film Festival 2024), Special Mention Best Short Film, Student Jury Award (Terraviva Film Festival 2024), Jury Special Mention (Festival de Cinema de Muntanya de Torello 2024), “Peter Atanasov” Award for Best Screenplay (International Mountain Film Festival Bansko, 2024)
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Biography
Francesco Clerici graduated in History and Art Criticism from the Università Statale di Milano. Il gesto delle mani, his debut film, won the Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique (FIPRESCI) Award at the Berlinale in 2015. His works, which include augmented reality projects, video installations, short films, web series, books, experimental films, and documentaries, have been showcased at festivals worldwide, including the London Film Festival, the Viennale, the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), the Dok.fest in Munich, Dok Leipzig, the Berlinale, the Sarajevo Film Festival, and many others. His works have also been exhibited at institutions such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the British Film Institute in London, the Irish Film Institute in Dublin, the Cineteca Mexicana in Mexico City, the Center for Documentary Cinema in Moscow, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the Barbican, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto (MART), the Dundee Contemporary Arts Center, the National Museum of 21st Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome, and Palazzo Reale in Milan. His latest documentary films, La paz del futuro (co-directed with Luca Previtali) and Enrico Cattaneo. Rumore Bianco (co-directed with Ruggero Gabbai), were presented at the Rome Film Fest in 2022, while his experimental short film Even Tide won the Special Jury Prize at the Torino Film Festival in 2023.
Filmography
2024 - The Ice Builders, sf
2023 - Even Tide, sf
2022 - La paz del futuro, ff (diretto con Luca Previtali)
2021 - Enrico Cattaneo. Rumore Bianco, sf (diretto con Ruggero Gabbai)
2015 - Il gesto delle mani, sf
Biography
Tommaso Barbaro is a sound editor and sound designer in the film industry, working on productions presented at various international festivals. He has collaborated with directors such as Soldini, Parenti, D’Anolfi, Venier, Marazzi, Testi, Diril, and Lucini. In 2019, the documentary film The Disappearance of My Mother by Beniamino Barrese, for which he handled sound editing and mixing, was presented in the international competition at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2020, he received a nomination for Best Use of Sound & Music at the Berlin Commercial for the film Rumori by SÄMEN. Alongside his work in filmmaking, he is also active in sound design for advertising. From 2016 to 2021, he directed The Huddle, his first documentary, which has been distributed on Amazon Prime UK and USA.
Filmography
2024 - The Ice Builders, sf
2021 - The Huddle, ff

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