SYNOPSIS:

There is a story that few know, that of the relationship between the Republic of Venice and its land possessions. It is above all the need to stock up on timber that pushed the Serenissima to expand inland in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. And it is the great challenge with the Ottoman Empire for supremacy over the Mediterranean that feeds this need. In the Venetian, Friulian and Istrian woods, Venice could in fact find the best wood, the essential raw material to build the warships it needed in view of a decisive battle with the Turks, which took place in 1571 in the famous Battle of Lepanto. To preserve its precious woods, Venice implements a series of good land management practices, also giving way to a profound change of mentality. Safeguarding the territory becomes a real watchword, with an approach that seems to approach our current environmental sensitivity. "The gold of Venice" is the story of this adventure and how those practices and that mentality have reached today.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Nicola Pittarello is a director, editor and screenwriter, graduated in DAMS Cinema, attended the ipotesi Cinema school/laboratory at the Cineteca di Bologna founded by the master Ermanno Olmi and curated by the director Mario Brenta.

AWARDS and SCREENINGS:

RAM Film Festival - Rovereto Archeologia Memorie (rassegna): Premio L'Italia Si Racconta, THE ARCHEOLOGY CHANNEL: Honorable Mention by Jury for Animation and Effects, THE ARCHEOLOGY CHANNEL: Honorable Mention by Jury for Cinematography, THE ARCHEOLOGY CHANNEL: Special Mention by Jury: For Portrayal of Tree Reforestation

THE ARCHEOLOGY CHANNEL, International Archaeology Film Festival in Split, Rassegna Internazionale del Film Archeologico a Belgrado, Firenze Archeofilm, Festival della Comunicazione e del Cinema Archeologico, Fiducia Festival, RAM Film Festival - Rovereto Archeologia Memorie