The Ice Builders
The Ice Builders
Francesco Clerici, Tommaso Barbaro
Italy / 2024 / 15' / Italian premiere
The Ice Builders
Francesco Clerici, Tommaso Barbaro
Italy / 2024 / 15' / Italian premiere

In the Himalayan mountains, in the remote high-altitude desert valley of Zanskar, the local population has always depended on glaciers, which provided the water necessary for life and to cultivate crops when they melted in spring. Today, in an unequal battle against climate change, the people of Ladakh construct artificial glaciers to combat the lack of water in spring and contribute towards groundwater recharge.

Language: English

Subtitles: Italian

Directors

Francesco Clerici

He graduated in History and Art Criticism at the Università Statale in Milan. In 2015, IL GESTO DELLE MANI, his first work, won the FIPRESCI prize at Berlin Film Festival.

Tommaso Barbaro

A sound editor and sound designer, he obtained a diploma from the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti. He has worked with various internationally famous directors.

Awards

Premio Solidarietà Banca per il Trentino - Alto Adige
Ed. 2024
The commitment of the inhabitants in the Zanskar area, dependent on glaciers to provide them with water for crops and to rear animals. Faced with climate change and negative external factors leading to recurring drought, they combine their efforts to construct small artificial glaciers, with ingenuity and patient solidarity, to feed the water table, demonstrating in concrete terms how everything is interdependent and linked.

Gallery

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