The Water Keepers. Carnia arises.

In Carnia, a remote area in the Eastern Alps in Italy, time seems to be passing asleep along the cyclical rhythms of nature. An intervention on local water resources, dictated by external economic interests, unexpectedly moves the local population’s sense of attachment of the territory. Through a moderate provincial revolution the people of Carnia will be able to rejoin their motions to a larger movement, which is opposed to the privatization of hydro-services. This independent documentary emphasizes people‘s relationship with water and the issue of social participation, maintaining a poetic autonomy of naturalistic images and their juxtaposition to human affairs.

  • Giulio Squarci
    Director
  • Giulio Squarci
    Writer
  • Jolita Ziauberyte
    Producer
  • Ira Conti, Maria Plazzotta
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    I Custodi dell'Acqua. La Carnia si ribella.
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2015
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Full HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Environmental Film Festival Cinemambiente
    Torino
    Italy
    October 9, 2015
    Italian Premiere
  • FReDD Toulouse Festival
    Toulouse
    France
    April 6, 2016
    French Premiere
  • Ecozine Festival Internacional de Cine y Medio Ambiente
    Zaragozza
    Spain
    May 13, 2016
    Spanish Premiere
  • FINCA Festival International de Cine Ambiental
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    June 3, 2016
    South American Premiere
  • SEFF - Smaragdni Eco Film Festival
    Itinerant festival accros the country
    Croatia
    Croatian Premiere
  • Clorofilla Film Festival
    Itinerant festival
    Italy
  • Kugy Mountain Film Festival
    Camporosso/Tarvisio
    Italy
    August 21, 2016
  • Roma Cinema Doc
    Rome
    Italy
    Winner December 2015
  • Festival Un film per la pace
    Venezia, Padova, Udine
    Italy
    October 28, 2016
    Premio Speciale Miglior Film "Acqua Bene di Tutti"
  • Cine'eco Seia
    Seia
    Portugal
    October 13, 2016
    Prémio Antropologia Ambiental
  • Innsbruck Nature Film Festival
    Innsbruck
    Austria
    October 19, 2016
    Austrian Premiere
Director Biography - Giulio Squarci

Giulio Squarci, Author and Director

Born in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, in 1982, Giulio holds a Degree in Multimedia Science and Technology, which he gained in 2008.

As an Editor and Filmmaker, he has collaborated with companies working in national broadcasting. As a Director and Editor, he has successfully worked for local broadcasting companies. As a Freelancer, he has dedicated his time to filming commercials, industrial videos and documentaries.

Passionate about documentary making, and firmly connected to his Carnic roots, Giulio is keenly interested in the man and land relationship, filtered by a poetic and philosophical sight.

“The Water Keepers” is his first written and directed piece of work.

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