31. Film Festival della Lessinia
Bosco Chiesanuova (Italia)
22- 31 August 2025

THE HONEY FESTIVAL

In the Church Square, the honey and hive-product markets open, featuring apiary visits, children’s workshops, and live music for the 42nd Lessinia Beekeeping and Honey Festival, organized by the Veneto Regional Beekeepers’ Association in collaboration with the Pro Loco and the Municipality of Bosco Chiesanuova.

WAXED PAPER

Beeswax is a natural substance, insoluble in water, ideal for storing honey inside the hive. Participants also discover that, among its many ingenious uses, wax can be used to make practical, eco-friendly food wraps. With the Regional Beekeepers’ Association of Veneto and co-funding from the European Union. Participants can take home the personal wax wrap they create.

GUIDED TASTING OF ITALIAN HONEY

There’s honey and then there’s honey. But which honey best enhances and balances the characteristics of different cheeses? Participants learn this with the Veneto Beekeepers’ Association through a tasting of four Italian honeys paired with cheeses from Lessinia, led by Marco Filippozzi, member of the National Register of Honey Sensory Analysis Experts.

SCREENING OF PRIZE-WINNING FILMS

Davide Poggi, Giuseppe Fornari
WHERE THOUGHT BREATHES: ZAMBONI IN BOSCO AND NIETZSCHE IN RECOARO

Two philosophers found in the Lessini Mountains a privileged place for their reflections and speculations: Giuseppe Zamboni from Verona, who spent his final years in Bosco Chiesanuova, and Friedrich Nietzsche who, due to health problems, spent his last summers in Recoaro Terme. In conversation with their colleague Giorgio Erle, Davide Poggi and Giuseppe Fornari, professors at the University of Verona, talk about the “need for mountains” of two great voices of philosophy, to nourish the “parts of the mind”, as Plato called them.

A CONVERSATION WITH MARCO PAOLINI

Marco Paolini’s connection with the mountains has been evident since Il racconto del Vajont (The Story of Vajant). The mountains return in his works dedicated to Luigi Meneghello, Mario Rigoni Stern, and Jack London, and appears in the theater in Bestiari, in the Appunti and in the Filò, as well as in projects like Fén. With Marco Segato, Paolini he had already recounted the Dolomites in La pelle dell’orso; he now returns in Mar de Molada to talk about water. The guest of honor at this year’s Festival, Paolini converses with Alessandro Anderloni.

SCREENING OF PRIZE-WINNING FILMS

Cristina Bellemo
NIGHT STORIES

“What's inside the night outside of me?” Falling asleep requires an act of faith, to move from seeing to dreaming. What happens during sleep is uncontrollable and sometimes remains secret. Cristina Bellemo, author of Poesie notturne (Topipittori, 2025) and Amelia (Il Castoro, 2020), is aware of this. The latter is the story of a sheep who is enchanted by the first evening star and, distracted, remains outside the barn. What will she discover about the night that scares her a little? What will she learn about herself?

MAR DE MOLADA

Marco Segato / 78 min / 2025 / Italy

Mar de Molada is the title of the show staged by Marco Paolini in the autumn of 2024. Weaving together storytelling, science, and poetry, the artist aimed to raise awareness around the sustainable management of water resources. The documentary follows the creative process behind the show and highlights the deep connection between theater, civic consciousness, and the land of the Veneto that has always been at the heart of Paolini’s work.

Manuel Panarotto
BEYOND THE LESSINIA PASTURES. IN THE REALM OF WILDERNESS

The landscapes of the Lessini Mountains are well known and often photographed—but what about its animals? In Oltre i Pascoli della Lessinia. Nel Regno della Natura Selvaggia (Beyond the Lessinia Pastures: in the Realm of Wilderness, wabisabi books, 2025), Manuel Panarotto reveals an extraordinary world of wildlife that only those with the patience and sensitivity to give it time can truly discover. The special guest is Ottavio, the inseparable dog who joins Manuel on every watch. Marta Bic

SCREENING OF PRIZE-WINNING FILMS

SCREENING OF PRIZE-WINNING FILMS