Films by Renzo Carbonera

Germany 2024, 43 min
by Renzo Carbonera

In the forests of Trentino lives a small, millennia-old community of Bavarian origin, now on the brink of extinction. They are the Cimbri of Luserna. With barely more than a hundred people, they are the descendants of farmers from Bavaria who came to Northern Italy over 1,000 years ago. Here lives Helga, the so-called "mushroom witch", the only one in the village who knows exactly where to find the best mushrooms. She and all the residents of Luserna strive tirelessly to preserve their tradition

2023, 52 min
by Renzo Carbonera

In January 1693, a strong earthquake destroyed the town of Noto and more than 60 other places in south-eastern Sicily. In the following decades, placed in a new location, a unique Baroque city was born, absorbing influences from all over Europe. In this film we meet Noto and its inhabitants, who will lead us to discover the origin of 'Sicilian Baroque′.