Portare a spasso l’acqua. Storie di acquaioli

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The accounts of canal keepers and their deep knowledge of “carrying water” in the rice fields of eastern Piedmont, Europe’s largest area of rice cultivation. The canal keepers relate the history of the system of irrigation channels that has formed the landscape for generations, the heritage of knowledge, technology, and relationship between man and nature.

Localized Title
[Carrying water. Stories of water carriers]
Genre
Documentary
Country
Italy
Year
2025
Duration
35'
Production Companies
Dipartimento per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile e la Transizione Ecologica dell’Università del Piemonte Orientale
Languages
Italian
Food on Film project
Food on Film
Partners
Slow Food
Associazione Cinemambiente
Cezam
Innsbruck nature film festival
mobilEvent
In collaboration with
Interfilm
UNISG - University of Gastronomic Sciences

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