Erto: The Moon Beneath the Water

A portrait of Erto, the Dolomites village struck by the Vajont disaster sixty years ago, and of a community still fighting for dignity and recognition.

Director

Alessandro Negrini

Production

Incipit Film, Incandenza Film, Casablanca Film Production, RTV Slovenija

Format

Feature, 99 min · TV version 75 min · Italy / Slovenia

Music

Original score by Andrea Gattico

Support

Piemonte Doc Film Fund · Film Commission Torino Piemonte

Awards

21 international awards

21 Awards

Also · Best Documentary, Roshani International Film Festival 2024 · ARPA Award, Marateale in Green 2026 · Two awards, Thilsri Film Festival 2026 · Honourable Mention, Onirica Film Festival 2026

The Music

The score of Erto moves between two worlds: memory and dream. Alessandro Negrini wanted a sound the audience would recognise as the song of the lake, so I built it from crystal glasses and goblets filled with water — a recurring call, almost a howl to the moon. The memories of the past are carried by near-folk themes, always acoustic, where the timbre of clarinet, accordion and traditional instruments comes first; the dream is a more rarefied, recurring music, like Eclissi, that drifts through the whole film.

Trailer

• Un bosco mi disse3:07
• Eclissi – intro2:50
• Valzer della luna1:24