Il Monte delle Formiche

The Mount of Ants
El monte de las hormigas
Riccardo Palladino
Italy
2017
63'
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Description

Every summer of every year for centuries, swarms of winged ants travel to the “Mount of Ants” in Italy on September 8th, where they mate in flight: the impregnated females create new colonies while the male ants die in the ground, at the foot of the sanctuary built on the top of this mountain and dedicated to “Our Lady of The Ants”. Tourists, curious and faithful come to admire the singular event and to attend the feast.

Awards and festivals

- Punto de Vista (2018)
- Filmaker Fest (2018)
- Documentaria (2018)
- Locarno Festival - Filmmakers of the Present (2017)
- Mar del Plata Film Festival (2017)
- Annecy Cinema Italien - Il concorso (2017)

Biography of the director

Riccardo Palladino
He was born in Terni (Italy) in 1982. He studied film at the DAMS in Bologna. He works as a filmmaker, has written several essays on film and teaches cinematographic language at various schools. He supervised the photography on Vestiti di vita by Daniele Segre (2004).

His first medium-length documentary film
Brasimone took part in Visions du Réel 2014, the Bellaria Film Festival 2015 (Gianni Volpi Award), Visioni Fuori Raccordo 2014 (Special Jury Mention), Trento Film Festival, DMZ DOCS, Perso – Perugia Social Film Festival, and many other festivals.

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May

Thursday 10

  • 19:30 h
  • Centro Cultural Casa del Reloj
  • Q&A with Riccardo Palladino
Data sheet
Director
Riccardo Palladino
Language
Italian, French, German - Subtitled in Spanish
Screenplay
Riccardo Palladino
Cinematography
Eugenio Barzaghi
Editing
Riccardo Palladino, Carlotta Cristiani
Sound
Marco Neri, Alessandro Quaglio
Music
Benedetta Gelati, Miguel Negrão, Dave Seidel
Producción
Riccardo Palladino,Lara Brucci, Luca Ricciardi
Production company
Cameramano, Minollo Film
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