UN ANNO IN LESSINIA
A YEAR IN LESSINIA
Alberto Rizzi / Italy / 2025 / 90 min / Colour
For a full year, the Sharksfilm crew lived and worked in Lessinia. This mountainous region of Verona was chosen not just for its landscape, but because it became part of the film’s very fabric—shaping its writing with its history, traditions, natural wonders, distinctive architecture, the vast open spaces of its high pastures, and the geo-paleontological treasure of its rare and precious fossils. In addition to documenting the shoot, the director listens to the voices of some members of the film’s cast and crew as they reflect on their connection to the land where they’ve worked, while also gathering the stories of many others who have been involved with Lessinia: scholars, artists, local leaders, storytellers, and heads of institutions and associations. The result is a cinematic portrait of a land, seen through the lens of cinema itself.
Alberto Rizzi
A director and screenwriter from Verona, he works in both theater and film. He graduated in Film Directing from the Luchino Visconti Film School in Milan and founded the production company Ippogrifo. In 2020, he won Best Directing at the Festival del Cinema Italiano for his debut feature Si muore solo da vivi. His second film, Squali (2024), was selected by the Alice nella Città section of the Rome Film Festival.
