Documentary: PANTA REI…everything runs

An excursion in the caves of Diros in Greece is an unforgettable experience. The boat glides on the crystal-clear waters descending from Mount Taigeto, between cleverly illuminated stalactites and stalagmites. For 30 minutes, one lives in a world of unreal splendour, passing from a cave to the next, the deepest of which, called the “Big Ocean”, reaches a depth of 70 metres. After having rowed for about 800 metres on board small boats, in religious silence, a group of underwater spelaeologists lower themselves into the submerged and mostly unexplored cavities in this immense complex, gently paddling with flippers through unreal and awesome environments, amid calcareous columns that remind one of a cathedral, though narrow passages that lead to halls with changing colours, in one of the most beautiful submerged caves of the whole planet. But, the surprises don’t end here: in the most recessed part were found bones belonging to prehistoric animals that, thousands upon thousands of years ago, fleeing the glaciations, found their last shelter here …

• Selected in Competition at the International Exhibition of the Archaeological Cinema held in Rovereto 2006
• Selected in Competition at the “FESTIVAL MONDIAL DE L’IMAGE SOUS MARINE” held in Antibes (France) – 2006
• Selected in Competition at the “SOLUNTO FILM FESTIVAL” held in Palermo (Italy) – 2006
• Selected in Competition at the BEOGRAD International UNDERWATER FILM FESTIVAL held in Beograd (Serbia) – 2006
• Selected in Competition at the “FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DEL CINEMA ARCHEOLOGICO – “CAPITELLO D’ORO” held in Rome (Italy) – 2007

DV 4:3 / Duration: 30 minutes / Authors: NICOLETTA RETICO, MASSIMO D’ALESSANDRO / Producers: MARIO MAZZOLI / Photograpy: MARCO CAMPOLUNGO / Music: FLIPPER MUSIC EDITION / Director: MASSIMO D’ALESSANDRO

~ by Amministratore on 4 July 2009.