The Moon Beneath the Water

Poetic Documentary  | 2023 | 1h 39 min

Ten years in the life of Erto, a town devastated by the Vajont dam flood, which invented for itself a unique form of resistance. A contemplation from the point of view of nature and a reflection on the difficulties of maintaining a solid identity when an entire world crumbles.

“They even stole the moon from us!”

Screenplay by Fabrizio Bozzetti and director Alessandro Negrini.

An Italian-Danish co-production by Incipt Film (Udine), Incadenza Productions (Torino) and Casablanca Film (Copenhagen), with the support of FVG Audiovisual Fund, FVG Film Commission, RTV Slovenia, Piemonte Docfilm fund, MEDIA, Norsk Film Institute and MiC (tax credit).

Selected in 40 international festivals so far, the film received 21 awards and 4 nominations.

Winner

  • Special Jury Award Crossing the Screen Eastoburne International Film Festival (8th edition, England);
  • Best documentary Roshani International Film Festival (7th edition, India); 
  • Best direction Roshani International Film Festival (7th edition, India); 
  • Best documentary SBIFest (3rd edition, Portugal);
  • Jury Award for Best Documentary Jalgaon International Film Festival (2nd edition, India);
  • Best direction Jalgaon International Film Festival (2nd edition, India);
  • Special Jury Prize Cinematic European Film Festival (2nd edition, Romania);
  • Best documentary Thilsri International Film Festival (6th edition, India);
  • Best direction Thilsri International Film Festival (6th edition, India);
  • Arpa Prize Marateale Internationale Festival (10th edition, Italy);
  • Ischia Film Festival – Confini (22th edition, Italy);
  • Best feature film Post-Cinema Film Festival of Syracuse (1st edition, Italy);
  • Best direction Cefalù Film Festival (10th edition, Italy)
  • Environment Award Cefalù Film Festival (10th edition, Italy);
  • Grand Jury Prize AIFF – Ariano Independent Film Festival (1st edition, Italy);
  • Best film Sibillini Film Festival, Amandola (1st edition, Italy);
  • SOLISA Prize Amura International Film Festival (1st edition, Italy);
  • honorable mention – Jury Prize RFA – Robinson Film Awards, Naples (5th edition, Italy);
  • honorable mention Piano B Film Festival, Rome (1st edition, Italy);
  • honorable mention Onirica Film Festival (5th edition, Italy);
  • honorable mention Ponza Film Festival (3rd edition, Italy);

Finalist

  • Universal Film Festival, Kansas City (18th edition, USA);
  • Anatolia International Film Festival, Istanbul (13th edition, Türkiye);
  • By the River Film Festival Veles (2h edition, North Macedonia);
  • Festival del Tempo Rome (7th edition, Italy).

Selected

  • Portobello Film Festival, London (30th edition, England);
  • Festival Internacional de Documentário, São Paulo (7th edition, Brazil);
  • MDOC – Melgaco International Documentary Film Festival (11th edition, Portugal);
  • Docs Ireland Film Festival (6th edition, UK);
  • Global Indipendent Film Festival of India (6th edition, India);
  • Chichester International Film Festival (33th edition, England);
  • Naples Film Festival (24th edition, Italy);
  • Iglesias Mediterranean Cinema Days (13th edition, Italy);
  • Orsigna Arum Festival (3th edition, Italy);
  • Festival Mente Locale Visions from the world, Bologna and Modena (11th edition, Italy);
  • Clorofilla Film Festival, Grosseto (24th edition, Italy);
  • Valsusa FilmFest (29th edition, Italy);
  • Festival dei Diritti, Pavia (17th edition, Italy);
  • Cinemaeambiente Avezzano – Krisis (10th edition, Italy);
  • The Memory Film Fest (4th edition, Italy);
  • Geofilmfestival (8th edition, Italy)
  • Trapani Film Festival (4th edition, Italy).

In Italian cinemas starting October 9, 2023.

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