Film

Nanni e le api - Piccolo ritratto di un apicoltore

nanni an the Bees - Small Portrait of a Beekeeper

Apiculturalist Nanni Mayer's first encounter with bees was in 1979 when he helped a friend recapture a colony from a tree. This marked the beginning of a long-term affair. To gain an appreciation for the complex relationship between a man and his hives, film director Scippa accompanies Mayer on his beekeeping chores, collecting thoughts, memories, doubts, and worries about the unexplained honey bee colony depopulation syndrome, or colony collapse disorder, affecting apiaries. The film becomes a poetic reflection, documenting various aspects of this little known profession pursued with tenacity, hard work and sacrifice, as well as respect and admiration for these busy little critters Mayer envies for their resistance to adversity.

Il regista / The Director

Alessandro Scippa (b. Naples, 1968) has worked as assistant director for Mario Martone, Stefano Incerti and Daniele Gaglianone, with whom he wrote the screenplay for Nemmeno il destino (2004), and Lucio Fiorentino's Pandemia (2008). He has written dialogues for the TV soap operas "Un posto al sole", "Incantesimo" and screenplays for the TV series "La Squadra". Shorts to his credit include Favole vere, Favole false (1994), Barricate (1995), Zhao (1997, co-directed with Maurizio Braucci), 1944 (2007), Memo torinesi (2007), Francesco sull'isola (2009). He has taught courses in screenplay theory and technique at the DAMS, Turin.

Edizione 2009
Concorso Documentari Italiani/Italian Documentary Competition

documentario
Italia/Italy, 2009, 23'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
Alessandro Scippa

TAGS:
AGRICOLTURA, ALIMENTAZIONE, ALLEVAMENTO - FOOD, AGRICULTURE, LIFESTOCK BREEDING / APICOLTURA - BEEKEEPING