“Eco de femmes” is a documentary which shares the experiences and goals, whether in life or professionally, of six women who live and work in different rural communities in Morocco and Tunisia. Zina, Cherifa, Halima, Fatima, Amina and Jamila all share the common objective of creating farming businesses that can combine their profound knowledge of agriculture and manufacturing and the development of new products for the market.

“Eco de femmes” was created in the frame ofthe namesake project, realized by GVC and financed by the European Union and the Emilia-Romagna Region, in collaboration with the European Committee for Education and Agriculture (CEFA), le Réseau Tunisien de l’Economie Sociale (RTES) and le Réseau Marocain de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire (REMESS). The documentary was filmed thanks to valuable sponsorship from EleNfanT, an association of writers, filmmakers and independent producers.

Carlotta Piccinini, who graduated in 1979, works across several different fields: video art, interactive installations and social documentaries. In 2007 she began working in visual design, and in 2010 she directed her first documentary, “1515 Le nuvole non si fermano”, produced by Visuallab and filmed in refugee camps in Sahrawi, Algeria. She belongs to the EleNfanT association, where she works as a director, visual artist, assistant director and editor. Since 2009 she has worked as a manager of production and artistic content for LPM- Live Performance Meeting.