Touching portrait of the blind music therapist Wolfgang Fasser
Nicola Bellucci's documentary film is a haunting portrait of the charismatic sound researcher Wolfgang Fasser, who works with severely disabled children in the seclusion of a Tuscan mountain village. Having gone blind as a youth, he discovered the power of the sounds of nature and instruments on his way into the darkness. He uses his own life experience as a blind man to help the children to get involved in the world and to make the most of their individual possibilities. He shows that loss can mean unlimited gain and that not understanding is often more fascinating than understanding.
A must for all border-crossers and those who want to become one.
"In the Garden of Sounds" is a voyage of discovery into the border areas of communication, a quiet and touching film about the 'audible world', which we who see normally do not or hardly consciously perceive.
Festivals / film awards
- 2011: Bergamo Film Meeting, IT
- 2011: Docaviv Festival, Tel Aviv, IL
- 2011: Finnish Red Cross Film Festival, Turku, FI
- 2011: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Durham, USA
- 2011: London International Documentary Festival, UK, Special Mention
- 2011: Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, USA
- 2011: Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA, Best of Fest Selection
- 2011: Pesaro Docfest, Siena, IT, Best Documentary
- 2011: Reel Music Festival, Portland, USA
- 2011: Reframing Reality, Jerusalem, IL
- 2011: Sguardi sul Reale Festival, IT
- 2011: Sprout Film Festival, New York, USA
- 2011: Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, GR
- 2010: Festival de Cine Internacional de Ourense, ES
- 2010: Festival dei Popoli, Florence, IT, Audience Award
- 2010: Margaret Mead Film Festival, New York, USA
- 2010: Solothurner Filmtage, CH, Prix de Soleure
- 2010: São Paulo International Film Festival, BR, Best Documentary
- 2010: Taipeh Golden Horse Film Festival, TW
- 2010: Taiwan International Documentary Festival, TW, Grand Prix der Jury
- 2010: Visions du Réel Nyon, CH
- 2009: Basler Film- und Medienkunstpreise, CH, Special Mention
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