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LAND AWAKENING

VOLUNTEERING AT ORGANIC FARMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, MEXICAN-CANADIAN FILMMAKER RAÚL ÁLVAREZ EMBARKS ON A FILMING ODYSSEY TO LEARN ABOUT ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGIES TO GROW AND GATHER FOOD, CREATING AN INSPIRING FILM ABOUT THE GENEROSITY OF THE LAND BUT ALSO ABOUT HIS OWN LIFE TRANSFORMATION.

TRIGGERED BY HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH UNIQUE CHARACTERS, PARADIGMS LIKE AGRICULTURE, TILLING THE SOIL, SUPERMARKETS, AND EVEN THE TERM “WEEDS” ARE QUESTIONED, REVEALING NEW APPROACHES TO FOOD PRODUCTION AND MAKING HIS JOURNEY INTRIGUING AND FASCINATING.

THE FILM WAS PRODUCED INDEPENDENTLY BY THE DIRECTOR WHO ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED IT AND EDITED IT.

2018 ITALIAN TOUR CONTINUES

THE TOWN OF CARAMANICO TERME, PROVINCE OF PESCARA IN ABRUZZO HONOURED THE FILM “RINASCERE NELLA TERRA” (“LAND AWAKENING”) WITH THE "PRICE TO WELLNESS - LAND AND FOOD, 2018", “PREMIO BENESSERE – TERRA E CIBO, 2018”.
IT WAS SCREENED ON JUNE 9, 2018 IN THIS PICTURESQUE AND BEAUTIFUL TOWN DURING THEIR “FESTIVAL DEL BENESSERE 2018”, THE WELLNESS FESTIVAL – AWARDING EXCELLENCE IN WELLNESS CREATION AND PROMOTION.


2018 ITALIAN TOUR KICKED-OFF JANUARY 5. “RINASCERE NELLA TERRA”, THE ITALIAN SUBTITLED VERSION OF “LAND AWAKENING” WAS SCREENED AT THE PANTA REI ECOVILLAGE AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRE, IN LAGO TRASIMENO ON JANUARY 5 AND 27.

DURING THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE THE FILM RECENTLY TOURED BASILICATA, APULIA AND ABRUZZO WITH A TOTAL OF 6 PRESENTATIONS IN MATERA, CISTERNINO, THE ECOVILLAGE OF URUPIA, LECCE, OSTUNI AND CARAMANICO TERME.

SUNDAY JULY 15, 2018 WILL BE SCREENED IN LA FORCLAZ, VD, SWITZERLAND. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THE FILM WILL BE SCREENED IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

SEE BELOW FOR COMING DATES AND SCREENING LOCATIONS FURTHER DURING THE YEAR.