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Theme: Dynamic Earth

Use password: Laguna2021

Directed by Pietro Agnoletto, Noemi Petrasso, Yan Guan Rosanna Suter

Country of Origin: Italy

The short documentary explores the world of culture, nature and gastronomy through the eyes of a chef - Lorenzo Barbasetti di Prun. His vision captivates the audience - as he brings the observer to join on an adventure for a search of new values of the Venetian Lagoon through the creation of dishes based from wild plants across the marshlands.

Director Biography - Pietro Agnoletto, Noemi Petrasso, Yan Guan Rosanna Suter

Baiba Pruse, Pietro Agnoletto, Yan Guan Rosanna Suter and Noemi Petrasso met at the Films in Venice and Filming Venice Summer School held by Venice International University.

Baiba's current work is linked to local ecological knowledge regarding wild plant uses, environmental changes, citizen engagement and she is strongly supporting the research strategy of transdisciplinarity and collaborative work between artists. Her Ph.D. thesis were in Earth Sciences, Physical Geography and Environmental Sciences under the subject of Co-creation of knowledge: supporting the implementation of sustainable development goals through citizen science and ethnobotany.

Pietro is a Phd student of Milano-Bicocca University. He is a visual researcher in a national project about the representation of environmental issues on audiovisual media from the '60 to early '90 Italy. He also worked as a videomaker and visual artist.

Noemi comes from Turin, where she graduated, but she's currently living in Venice to study Arts Management at university. As a dancer and dance teacher, she has always had a strong passion for the arts, then she collaborated in many projects concerning theater, literature and music. In 2020 she attended a Minor in curatorship, deepening her understanding of fine arts management even more.

With a background in Social Sciences and Film Studies (BA) Yan Guan Rosanna Suter hopes to shed light on social issues that concern not only human beings but also the environment we live in. Currently, finishing her masters in Global Media and Communications, her focus lies in questions of representations of marginalised groups. As an aspiring video-journalist she is eager to transform perceptions through the medium of audio-visual artistry.

Credits
Director - Pietro Agnoletto
Director - Noemi Petrasso
Director - Yan Guan Rosanna Suter
A concept by - Baiba Pruse
Cinematographers and Editors - Pietro Agnoletto
Cinematographers and Editors - Yan Guan Rosanna Suter
Producer - Petrasso Noemi
Producer - Baiba Pruse
Key Cast - Lorenzo Barbasetti di Prun "Himself"