PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EMBASSY OF ITALY

The Truffle Hunters returns to the ANU Film Group as part of this year’s Week of the Italian Cuisine in the World. Arrive early – from 7 pm onwards – and enjoy a glass of prosecco before the film starts to get you ‘in the mood’.

Deep in the forests of Northern Italy resides the most expensive ingredient in the world: the white Alba truffle. A pungent but rarefied mystery, the prized delicacy has to date resisted all of modern science’s efforts at cultivation. The only souls on Earth who know how to dig it up are dwindling group of Italian elders and their expertly-trained canine companions.

Guided by a secret culture and training passed down through generations, these men live a simpler, slower way of life from a bygone era. Yet, the demand for the white truffle continues to increase year after year, even as supply decreases as a result of climate change and deforestation.

A wily, almost absurdist real-life fairy tale, this incredible documentary by filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw will take you into a world of magic within nature.