Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths

Original Title|Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths

Documentary, Experimental, Animation | 2025 (Completed)

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Director	Eva Giolo
Producer	Eva Giolo

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Children reimagine legends in Ladin, the ancient language of the Dolomite valleys.

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synopsis

In this creative documentary, children living in the valleys of the Dolomite mountains reimagine local legends in Ladin, the protected Rhaeto-Romanic language of the region. At the same time, they explore bodies of water, holes, caves and passages looking for something lost or forgotten. Through a poetic choreography, the film becomes a fictional journey creating resonances between the landscape, magical thinking and Ladin. A puzzle unfolds as a timeless fable.

Credits

Director
Eva Giolo
Producer
Eva Giolo
Editing
Eva Giolo
Photography
Eva Giolo
Art direction
Eva Giolo
Sound
Simonluca Laitempergher

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Production share
Majority Flanders
Belgium
Genre
Documentary, Experimental, Animation
Year of production

2025
Production status
Completed
Original title
Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths
Original language
Ladin

Technical specs

Running time
Aspect ratio
1.33:1 (4:3)
Sound format
5.1 (+sub) + Dolby
Available formats
DCP
Colour
Colour

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Contact

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1190 Vorst
België

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Distribution
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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2026: LIMINALcinema: Film and Moving Image Festival Guangdong, CN The Auditorium WIELS Brussels, BE Festival Scope (online) 2025: Jeu de Paume Paris, FR Blue Danube Film Festival Vienna and Budapest, AT l’Alternativa – Barcelona Independent Film Festival Barcelona, ES Accent Sisters New York, US Viennale Vienna, AT Doclisboa Lisbon, PT Carpathian Mountain International Film Festival (CMIFF) Uzhhorod, Transcarpathia, UA Festival du nouveau cinéma Montreal, CA First Crossings at the Tribute to a Vision Cross-Border Film Festival Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Gorizia (Italy), SI Bendita Tú Festival Madrid / Buenos Aires, ES Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) Reykjavík, IS wysiwyg cinema (Filmhuis Den Haag) Den Haag, NL Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF Bucharest, RO Kordon Kärdla (Hiiumaa island), EE EXis seoul, KP Lago Film Festival Revine Lago, IT Open City Documentary Film Festival London, GB Open City Documentary Festival London, GB First Look 2025 (Museum of The Moving Image) New York, US International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) Rotterdam, NL