Le novità della XIX edizione

It will be a different edition than usual, the health emergency has imposed choices due to various conditions different from the starting ones: a more concentrated and modified version than expected, but which maintains the news and initiatives planned in the previous months.

It is a turning point, accompanied by the new artistic director Pier Paolo Giarolo, we want to mark the beginning of a more marked direction towards environmental issues that have always been close to our hearts. A Festival that turns our gaze towards the beauties and resources of our territory, to immerse ourselves in the nature that this beautiful land offers us and to breathe, and listen to the breath of the trees, the silence of the evening. A program that talks about cultures, landscapes, environmental crises and sustainable projects from all over the world to reflect on important issues that concern us closely, because we are inhabitants of the same planet.

The competitive structure of the Festival also changes: the only International Competition with documentaries, short and feature films, animated shorts, fiction films. A single section of the competition where, through different genres, the themes of the land and its products are central; trees, with their strength, but also their weakness and the need to protect them; climate change; pollution; the times of nature and the courage of those who still try to live keeping up with them; the value of places and relationships. There are many nuances of the issues addressed, attributable to a single common thread that unites them: the value and respect for the Earth, with a particular focus on Trees.

Not only films and events bring us closer to environmental issues, but also the choices of many places, which allow us to immerse ourselves in greenery, and at the same time to approach and enhance local realities, significant for the local community. With this spirit, we have chosen locations such as Agrimons, the first zero-km agrimarket in Italy, the Buzzaccarini Park in Monselice, the Gardens of Este and the Rustico of Villa Draghi, green spaces experienced by citizens as an oasis of peace and contact with nature.