YEAR: 2022

(first opera)
DIRECTOR: Daniela Genta
COUNTRY: Italy
DURATION: 20′: 58″
PRODUCTION: ISPRA – Superior Institute for Environmental Protection and Research

CAST:
Lorenzo Rossi, Michela Angiolillo, Michela Giusti, Sante Francesco Rende, Leonardo Tunesi, Alfredo Pazzini, Alessia Izzi

Meet the audience: director Daniela Genta

SYNOPSIS
Wire-guided robots, echo sounders, drones, artificial intelligence. The documentary describes the technological progress of the last decades applied to marine research. New technologies have made it possible to reveal the splendor and richness of deep ecosystems, allowing researchers to acquire valuable data and information for the study of these fascinating environments. In addition to the extreme richness and beauty of nature, the images also show signs of human activity: mysterious wrecks, archaeological finds and, unfortunately, waste and abandoned fishing gear. The documentary was shot in 2021 largely in Sicily, where the research vessel Astrea had been moored in the port of Syracuse.