CANYONING
CANYONING
MICHELE RADICI
Italy / 1995 / 14'
CANYONING
MICHELE RADICI
Italy / 1995 / 14'

Danilo Cogrossi, former Olympic diving champion, has long since abandoned the 10-metre board for the 28 metres one. Diving from that height means entering the water at t88 km per hour and the tiniest error would be fatal, but Danilo thinks he can do better. He wants to dive from that height among the gorges and waterfalls where he has been practising torrentism for years. A sculptural body, muscles taut, the mind fixed on the tiny well surrounded by granite walls 27 metres below and then the dive...a breathtaking dive.

Director

MICHELE RADICI

Michele Radici is an enthusiastic sportsman, specialising in filming extreme sports and adventures. He has produced various documentaries on flight (aerial acrobatics, hang-gliding and parachute sports), skin diving (potholing and archaeological diving, sharks) and the mountains (women’s free climbing, exploring in Venezuela, extreme skiing) for Canale 5 and the Istituto Luce in Rome. He participated at the Trento Filmfestival in 1986 with "La parete che non c'è” , in 1988 with "The Time Machine" (made with Stefano De Benedetti) and in 1990 with "Face To Face" (made with Anthony Hoffmann). In 1991 he presented "Carnatic: la nave senza volto".
In 2008 he translated an old book written by Bridwell (by now impossible to find) and wrote part of the new book “The Bird” on the life and feats of Jim Bridwell, updated with the latest ascents, together with Giovanni Groaz. In 2009 he produced and directed a split-screen film for the Upper Valdigne on Courmayeur and neighbouring municipalities. In the same year he was a member of the jury at the Trento Film Festival.