Terra a Perdere

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Sardinia is world-renowned for its crystal-clear sea, white sandy beaches, and unspoiled nature, but this is just one side of the story. The island hosts the two largest military firing ranges in Europe, and since the 1980s, hundreds of people living nearby have died from rare tumors. In 2021, the so-called “Quirra Syndrome trial” ended with no convictions. Despite four parliamentary committees of inquiry, no progress has been made to ensure transparency. Military secrecy shrouds everything, and new lethal weapons continue to be tested. Military firing ranges are the places where wars begin.

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Fabio Palli spent two decades as a war photographer, capturing some of the bloodiest conflicts: from the war in the former Yugoslavia to Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. He collaborated as a freelancer with major news agencies such as Associated Press, Reuters, Emblema, Grazia Neri, and La Presse. In 2016, he founded Fivedabliu, an independent online newspaper. Terra a perdere is his second work as a documentary filmmaker; previously, he created DigaVox, a short film on social housing in Genoa.

Chiara Pracchi, after taking her first steps at Radiopopolare and Peacereporter, chose to focus on the theme of organized crime, which she covered in Narcomafie and Il Fatto Quotidiano. In her publications, she has written, with Gianni Barbacetto, about usury and racketeering in Counterpoint in Time of Crisis and for the Atlas of the Mafias, edited by Enzo Ciconte, Francesco Forgione, and Isaia Sales. Terra a perdere is her second documentary after Guerra in-fame, a collection of testimonies on the strikes of ’43-’44 and life in Milan during the Second World War.

Simona Tarzia started working in communication with a Genoese agency that dealt with “EC Communication Projects.” Today, she is a freelance journalist covering issues such as mafias, the environment, and the European Union for Fivedabliu.it, an independent newspaper she co-founded in 2016 with Fabio Palli. In 2023, the Ligurian Chroniclers-FNSI Group awarded her the “Reporter of the Year” award for an investigation into the Morandi Bridge collapse. She has produced impactful reportages such as DigaVox (2018), which led to the demolition of the Begato Dams, and Another World is Possible (2019), an exclusive interview with Mimmo Lucano recorded shortly before he began his “Fast of Justice” in August 2018. Terra a perdere (2023) was selected for the EU Dafne Caruana Galizia award and was a finalist at the RIFF and the Legambiente Clorofilla Film Festival. Additionally, she is one of the founders of MediaLab, an association of Ligurian journalists focused on media literacy.