Alberese, in the Tuscan Maremma, is home to the last three remaining butteri, heroic men who still rear cattle in the wild, living examples of the possibility of redemption between humans and nature. The eyes of these men and their animals reflect the feeling they have of living a life with meaning, a life that they will never give up. Two young men have joined the group to learn this traditional craft, a tough job that few can do. Only one of them will make it. The future of this ancient world will lie in his hands.
Produced by INSEKT FILM in collaboration with ISTITUTO LUCE CINECITTA’ and BERTA FILM
Festivals and Awards
Visioni dal Mondo, “Best Documentary Project” award, Visioni Incontra pitching forum 2017. Best Documentary Festival Ars Contemporanea 2019. Best Documentary Tulum Word Enveronment Film Festival 2019. Biografilm Festival 2018 – Official selection.. Festival mente locale 2018 Official selection. Nice Festival 2018/19. Bellaria Film festival 2018 – Official selection.
A human, poetic journey inside the Orbetello lagoon fishing community, using the fishermen’s stories to explore a new way of fishing, based on sustainability and traditional systems. Watch the video
Bold Italian Flavor is the affirmation that the possibility of producing and cultivating food in a sustainable manner is, today, an economically feasible reality. This reality will be explored on a voyage visiting different italian food communities, with special attention being shown to the type of product each community generates, their modes of processing and distributing it, and, finally, their projects for the future. Although the logic of a local enterprise in a global economy based on large numbers and astronomic balances might appear anachronistic, it is the only possible path. These communities and the food they produce represent the avant-garde of a new sustainable agriculture and of a philosophy of food production attentive to organoleptic quality, sustainability and social equity, founded on a complicity and solidarity that transforms seasoned consumers into modern co-producers. Watch the video
Though the distinctive, identity-based economies of the Tuscan islands are becoming increasingly marginalized, crushed by the mirage of easy profits and the invasion of mass tourism, in recent years a number of small farms have been started. Often they are run by courageous and far-sighted young people who are staking their livelihoods on their homeland, bringing together tradition and innovation. Watch the video
The personal experience of a journey of solidarity to visit the Saharawi communities of Dakhla and Smara, telling the story of a group of refugees who have been living in the middle of the Algerian desert for 35 years, waiting to return to their homeland. Watch the video
INSEKT FILM è una casa di produzione cinematografica indipendente Toscana attiva dal 1997 specializzata nella produzione di documentari per la TV
Alberese, in the Tuscan Maremma, is home to the last three remaining butteri, heroic men who still rear cattle in the wild, living examples of the possibility of redemption between humans and nature. The eyes of these men and their animals reflect the feeling they have of living a life with meaning, a life that they will never give up. Two young men have joined the group to learn this traditional craft, a tough job that few can do. Only one of them will make it. The future of this ancient world will lie in his hands.
