The film is an exploration of the world of Mayflies, very small insects that inhabit rivers and steam waters. These beings go mostly unnoticed because of their tiny size and their shy nature, but they have an important role in the ecosystem and in the study of waterways, as bioindicators. The images, mostly underwater, capture the environment in which they live, zooming them to be able to appreciate their unusual, almost alien forms, and explore a world that is almost invisible, but extremely rich. The documentary is an invitation to stop and to observe, to become more aware of the way we live with other forms of life in our planet. The footage was filmed in a stream in the Montevecchia Regional Park in the Curone Valley (LC)
[Daniela Aurora Echevarria e Nicolò Dugnani]
Effimere
[Effimere]
Daniela Aurora Echevarria e Nicolò Dugnani
Daniela Aurora Echevarria (Lima, 1996) and Nicolò Dugnani (Cantù, 1998) are a couple of artists who started their collaboration with the project “Effimere”, a short documentary that was born from a shared interest in the environment and biodiversity. Daniela graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In 2024 she participated in the exhibition of the finalists of the Master of Painting Award and the New Ecologies Festival in Chemnitz, Germany. She is currently enrolled in the master in painting in the Academy of fine Arts of Venice. Nicolò trained at the Michelangelo Antonioni Film Institute, where he obtained his diploma in Directing, and currently works as a video maker in the production of promotional videos for various brands including Radio Deejay, Martini and ACMilan. His interest in nature, and in particular in the marine world, led him to train as a diver and dive operator.
