The Waterbook

Synopsis

The elders drink it (a bit), the youngsters reinvent it. It feeds mills, it washes cars. The water unites faraway people, makes distant memories resurface, and exhibits deturpations. This is a story told by men and women, proverbs and sayings.

Production notes

Instant movie made for the 2004 Location Piacenza Film Festival. Conceived at night and totally readapted the following morning, as new subjects would come into place while looking around town. The book structure, for instance, comes from the very first person met in a park in Piacenza, who proverbially closes the short film.

Awards

Winner of the:

• Best Documentary Award at the 2006 Pentedattilo Film Festival (Reggio Calabria, Italy)
• Roots Award at the 2006 Tellaro Film Festival (La Spezia, Italy)
• Jury Prize (Documentary Section) at the 2006 Cuveglio Film Festival (Varese, Italy)
• First Prize (Documentary Section) at the 2005 Fiati Corti (Treviso, Italy)
• First Prize at the 2004 Location Piacenza (Piacenza, Italy)

Selected for competition at:

• CortoPianura 2009 (Verona, Italy)
• Indyvision 2007 (Milan, Italy)
• LevanteFilmFest 2006 (Bari, Italy)
• Premio Perini 2006 (Milan, Italy)
• SannioShortFilm 2006 (Benevento, Italy)
• Aperitivo Corto 2006 (Milan, Italy)
• CortonClub - Videofestival di Canzo 2005 (Como, Italy)
• Lago Film Fest 2005 (Treviso, Italy)
• OrvietoCortoFest 2005 (Terni, Italy)
• Martelive 2005 (Rome, Italy)
• CortiGiano Video Festival 2005 (Rome, Italy)
• FilmLab Festival 2004 (Brescia, Italy)

Screened out of competition at:

• Di terra e di cielo 2010 (Varese, Italy)
• CinemAmbiente - Environmental Film Festival 2005 (Turin, Italy)
• Euganea Movie Movement - Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio 2005 (Padua, Italy)

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