IN FLIGHT WITH THE HIPPOGRIFF A journey through the land and water museums of the Ferrara area. HD video film lasting 25 minutes created as part of the HERMAN Project Management of Cultural Heritage in the Central Europe Area Central Europe Territorial Cooperation Programme 2007 – 2013 Province of Ferrara Supervision by Arch. Moreno Po Coordination by Ethel Guidi and Matteo Terzi Organization by Francesca Felletti Direction by Andrea Samaritani Aerial shots with a drone and three-dimensional processing and animation of the Hippogriff by Dino Marsan and Alessandro Bersanetti Assistant director and editor Maria Chiara Samaritani Texts by the narrator (Hippogriff) by Claudia Fortini Testimonies by Carlo Bassi, Marcello Simoni and Caterina Cornelio Reading by the narrator Enzo Minarelli and Lorenzo Vidoni Translations by Enzo Minarelli, Maik Schoenfisch, Xiaoling Lin Extras Shade Amini and Gregorio Caselli Audio post-production by Lorenzo Vidoni Production by Ex-Press Comunicazione (Mauro Curati and Alessandro Alvisi) We would like to thank the owners, directors, managers and managers of: ARGENTA Museo delle Valli Museo della Bonifica e Impianti di Saiarino Civic Museum BONDENO Civic Archaeological Museum “G. Ferraresi” CENTO Civic Art Gallery “Il Guercino” Modern Art Gallery “A. Bonzagni” CODIGORO Pomposa Abbey and Pomposiano Museum COMACCHIO Museum of the Roman Ship of Comacchio: the cargo “Remo Brindisi” Museum of Contemporary Art Historical and Naturalistic Trail of the Comacchio Valleys Marinated Products Factory COPPARO Villa Bighi Museum FERRARA House of Ludovico Ariosto Casa Romei Estense Castle National Archaeological Museum Civic Lapidary Museum “Filippo De Pisis” Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Cathedral Museum Museum of the 19th Century Museum of Palazzo Schifanoia Museum of the Risorgimento and the Resistance Museum of Natural History Jewish Museum of Ferrara Giovanni Boldini Museum National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah Riminaldi Museum Marfisa d'Este Building National Art Gallery LAGOSANTO Marozzo Pumping Plant - House of Memory MESOLA Mesola Castle - Museum of the Deer and the Mesola Woods Mesola Woods Nature Reserve - Po Delta Park of Mesola OSTELLATO Museum of the Territory PORTOMAGGIORE Archaeological Museum: The Fadieni Burial Ground RO The Mill on the Po VOGHIERA Civic Museum of Belriguardo and also thanks for their collaboration: Management Body for Parks and Biodiversity – Po Delta Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism, Superintendency for Archaeological Heritage of Emilia Romagna – Bologna Archdiocese of Ferrara - Comacchio, Office of Sacred Art and Cultural Heritage State Forestry Corps, Territorial Office for Biodiversity - Punta Marina, Ravenna Thanks to Roberto Mugavero, Minerva Edizioni, for kindly granting the photographs by Walter Breveglieri, relating to the excavations in Valle Pega, published in the book “…Ieri il Delta”, 2005 The passages quoted or read are taken from: “Gli Estensi. A thousand years of history”, by Luciano Chiappini, Corbo Editore, 2001 “Orlando Furioso”, by Ludovico Ariosto “Nymphs and Eels”, by Ugo Ojetti, Mondadori, 1939 “Why Ferrara is beautiful” by Carlo Bassi, Corbo Editore, 1994 “From the Mill on the Po to the meeting with Cornelius Nepos”, by Giovanni Guareschi, Corriere della Sera, 23 August 1941 “The land of water”, by Giuseppe Ungaretti, Mondadori, 1961 “Journey to Italy”, by Guido Piovene, Mondadori, 1957 “Guide to Ferrara, Itineraries to get to know the city of Este”, by Lucio Scardino, Este Edition 2010 This project is implemented through the Central Europe programme co-financed by the ERDF