To the River!

Al fiume! (To the River!) is a collective writing workshop led by Marco Gnaccolini and Raffaele Pizzatti Sertorelli for Atlante delle Rive, aimed at participants aged 18 to 39. It is produced by Jolefilm in collaboration with the Euganea Film Festival and promoted by acquevenete.

This collaborative writing workshop combines storytelling, ecology, and role-playing to explore the relationship between humans and the environment through the lens of water management. Participants will collectively construct the story of a river—from its source to its mouth—traversing landscapes, transformations, and conflicts.

The workshop is conceived as a shared writing experience that blends storytelling, ecology, and role-playing. It stems from the idea of ​​creating a collaborative experience where writing becomes a means to observe, imagine, and discuss water management—and, more broadly, the human-environment relationship—through collective narrative practice. Participants are invited to build a river's story together, following its journey from source to end while navigating landscapes, transformations, and conflicts.

The starting point is a compelling concept: the river is not merely a natural feature but a living system shaped by forces, decisions, and collective imaginings. It is an ecosystem of stories, serving as a tool to examine the territory and its dynamics. In this sense, the project draws loose inspiration from the perspective of the anarchist geographer Élisée Reclus and his work The Story of a Stream (Histoire d'un ruisseau); here, the watercourse becomes a narrative of the landscape and its relationships, capable of symbolically encapsulating human social and political concerns. WORKSHOP DATES

– Monday, August 31 — Villa Pisani, 15:00–18:00 – Tuesday, September 1 — Wastewater Treatment Plant, 10:00–13:00 – Wednesday, September 2 — Villa Pisani, 15:00–18:00 – Thursday, September 3 — Villa Pisani, 15:00–18:00 – Friday, September 4 — Villa Pisani, 15:00–18:00 – Saturday, September 5 — Villa Pisani, 15:00–18:00

The workshop results will be presented to the public on Sunday, September 6, starting at 20:00, at the Este Gardens.

The workshop is free of charge. Registration is open via email at info@euganeafilmfestival.it.