Song of Breath
Original title
"Il Canto del Respiro"
A documentary film by Simona Canonica
Switzerland, Italy, 2025, 110′,
v.o. Italian, Mongolian, English, Larrakia
Awards
- Best Documentary Feature, Miami Women Film Fest, 2025
- Best Cinematography, RIFF, Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 2025
- Best Sound Design (Nomination), IDA Documentary Awards 2025, Los Angeles
- Best Director Award, Glocal Film Festival 2025, Varese
- Best Ethnomusicology-Themed Film Award,IsReal Festival del Cinema Documentario 2025, Nuoro
Festivals
⁃ Solothurn, 61° Solothurner Filmtage, 2026
⁃ Miami, 11° Miami Woman Film Fest, 2025
⁃ Rotterdam, RIFF, Rotterdam Independent Film Festival, 2025
⁃ Torino, 4° Contemporanea Film Festival, 2025
⁃ Varese, 14° Glocal Film Festival, 2025
⁃ Ulaanbaatar, 17° Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival, Opening film of the Festival, 2025
⁃ Torino, 28° Festival CinemAmbiente, 2025
⁃ Nuoro, 9° IsReal Festival del Cinema Documentario, 2025
⁃ Trento, 73° Trento Film Festival, 2025
⁃ Nyon, Visions du Réel, 54° Festival International de Cinéma, 2025
Synopsis:
An immersive journey through some of the world’s most ancient cultures, rediscovering the invisible element that connects all living beings to Nature: ànemos, the “vital breath” that becomes vibration, sound, voice, and song. In Australia, a descendant of the natives travels across the country to pass on the memory of his people and the power of the didgeridoo’s circular sound. In Mongolia, a boy searches for the primordial vibration of his voice, the wonder of harmonic singing. In Italy, in the heart of the Paneveggio woods, a red fir tree holds and reveals (to those who know how to listen) its own secret: the very essence of music.