Documentary Competition

G4 UNA CRESTA TRA PASSATO E GUERRA
G4 A Ridge between the past and war
Fulvio Mariani, Mario Casella, SWITZERLAND, 2002, 69', col.,b/n, video
Director Fulvio Mariani, Mario Casella
Script Mario Casella
Cameraman Fulvio Mariani
Editing Marianne Quarti
Production Iceberg Film
Distribution Iceberg Film, TSI

2002: a group of seven Swiss-Italian mountaineers set out, in celebration of the International Year of Mountains, to climb G4, a mountain reaching almost eight thousand metres situated in the Karakorum mountain range and defined as "One of the most difficult mountains in the world" by mountaineer and writer Kurt Diemberger. G4, an abbreviation of Gasherbrum 4, is situated between the Chinese, Pakistan and Indian borders, and has always been a battle zone between the latter two. The initial plan was to carry out an expedition and film a documentary tracing the footsteps of the original climb in 1958 by the mountaineers Walter Bonatti, Carlo Mauri and Fosco Maraini. In reality, the expedition found themselves climbing G4 during a period of inflamed conflict between Pakistan and India. The documentary weaves between the 1958 images and those filmed in 2002, including interviews on Bonatti and Mauris' expedition.

DIRECTORS
Fulvio Mariani was born in 1958, started his career working as a cameraman for RTSI and has made numerous documentaries on mountaineering, exploration and adventure. He took part in the expedition to the north face of Everest in 1983 and two years later followed the solitary ascent of Cerro Torre by Marco Pedrini, documented in "Cumbre", winning many awards. Thanks to this achievement, Mariani began to work alone, specialising in adventure films. He has taken part in many expeditions with some of the greatest mountaineers in the world. He made "200 metri al 21¡ secolo" with Reinhold Messner on the southern face of Lhotse, and was responsible for both the cinematography of "Grido di Pietra" by Werner Herzog and the television series "Overland". Moreover, he has made "Los Cueveros, I signori dell'oscurità", a documentary on speleology in Cuba, and "Montagne liquefatte", with Mario Casella. He has also participated in the Cervino International Film Festival with "Dolomiti di Pietro" and "I cavalieri delle vertigini".

Mario Casella was born in 1958, graduated in Arts and became an alpine guide in 1985. He is a journalist for RTSI and co-producer of the RTSI's magazine "Fal˜". Casella is no longer an alpine guide, but has taken part in non-European expeditions over the years.

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