This documentary arises from the idea of putting on video the director’s experience, when the director, during a business trip in Ladakh, gets the opportunity to visit the monastery of Lamayuru, where the sacred dances for the Spring Festival are taking place.

Sceneggiatura / Screenplay Mario Gianni
Fotografia (colore) / Photography (colour) Mario Gianni
Montaggio / Editing Mario Gianni
Produzione / Production Film Service s.r.l.
Anno di produzione / Year of production 2007
Durata / Running time 18’
Formato / Format HD

Mario Gianni

He started his career in 1960 as a press photograph for the newspaper “La Nazione”. 1970 he made his directorial debut for the national broadcast RAI/TV and made documentaries and reportages about current, cultural and religious topics. He established in 1975 the production company Film Service s.r.l. of which he is at the present the manager, and produces many videos in advertising and industrial field. 1976 he was in Ladakh for the first time for a 60’ documentary. He made numerous documentaries also in different countries like Israel, Iceland, Japan, Brazil, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, India, Russia, many of them are screened abroad. Among the countless projects, he made 1991-1993 across the four continents a documentary of 20 episodes about the ethnic minorities threaten with extinction, which constitute the TV program The Argonaut, internationally released. LADAKH 1997-2007 Ladakh 1997-2007 / Ladakh 1997-2007 Mario Gianni ITALIA Sceneggiatura / Screenplay Mario Gianni Fotografia (colore) / Photography (colour) Mario Gianni Montaggio / Editing Mario Gianni Produzione / Production Film Service s.r.l. Anno di produzione / Year of production 2007 Durata / Running time 28’ Formato / Format HD Dopo 32 anni il regista fa ritorno in Ladakh, dove aveva realizzato un documentario di 2 ore sulla rappresentazione teatrale della vita di Buddha, alla ricerca del professore e dei ragazzi di allora che avevano messo in scena lo spettacolo. After 32 years, the director went back to Ladakh, where he then made a 2 hours-length documentary on a theatre piece about Buddha’s life, with the purpose to find the professor and the youths who staged the theatre performance at this time.