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.
- 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)
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.