Nina, a restless teenager, lives with her parents in the countryside. She doesn't understand her father Giovanni's passion for recording nature sounds, such as the chirping of cicadas or the rustling of tree leaves. The relationship between Nina and Giovanni is strained, especially due to his illness, which is gradually shutting him down.
At home, her mother tries to pretend that everything is fine, while at school, Nina experiences the turmoil of her first love. Nina seeks balance, which she unexpectedly finds in something her father has always told her: the sound of nature. Gradually, she becomes more attuned to her father's passion, but in her own way. Nina learns that her father's dream has always been to record the howling of a wolf. Wolves howl only to find comfort in their solitude, and although her father is still with her, that same feeling begins to overtake Nina. This drives her to find the courage to let her father hear her recordings, and he is finally proud of her.
One night, however, his condition seems to take a turn for the worse. It may be the last time Nina sees him, but she cannot bring herself to cross the threshold of his room. She escapes into the woods and finds herself in a clearing, where she finally sees a wolf. It's a magical encounter that lasts only an instant: the wolf disappears into the forest, and only then is its howl heard. Nina records it: she may never see her father again, but she knows that from that moment on, she will not be alone.
Margherita Panizon is an Italian filmmaker and screenwriter blending contemporary art and cinema. Born in Trieste in 1989, she studied Contemporary Cinema and Theatre at the University of Reading (UK) and later attended the Atelier del Cinema del Reale, FILMaP, in Naples. Her first documentary, Non può essere sempre estate (2018), premiered at the Rome Film Festival (Extra Doc MAXXI). As a participatory documentary instructor, she created La vasca del capitone and Melarancholia. Her fiction short film Come le lumache (2022) was selected for the International Critics’ Week at the 79th Venice Film Festival. She is developing her debut fiction feature Lo sconsegnato, finalist for the Solinas Prize in 2020, and VOICE, developed during the IDM Racconti 2024 program.
Sarah Pennacchi is an Italian producer who grew up in France and graduated in Modern History from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza.’ She worked in asset management in Milan and London for four years before transitioning to the film industry in 2005. She founded Tico Film in Rome, with her first investment in La vera leggenda di Tony Vilar, which premiered at Tribeca. Sarah specializes in documentaries, including Slow Food Story, Babylon Sisters, and La città che cura. After ten years in London, she collaborated with UK companies and worked at the Italian Cultural Institute. In 2019, she joined the EAVE Producers Workshop. In 2024, her film Jump Out won at Festival dei Popoli. She’s now developing three projects and working with Pilgrim on films by director Margherita Panizon.