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A nocturnal journey inside the abandoned spaces of the former Collegno mental hospital. Through the writings from within - the voices of the letters, diaries and testimonies of the internees - the labyrinthine and crumbling rooms come back to life and evoke the painful past of the psychiatric hospital. They tell of the electroshocks and tortures on adults and children carried out by Doctor Giorgio Coda, the "electrician" from Collegno. They tell of the official trial against him for torture and of the proletarian trial that Coda suffered at the hands of a Prima Linea group, led by one of his "patients". Only at dawn, with the story of the closure of the mental hospitals, will we see the light again.

"Piazza Garibaldi" is a name found in almost any Italian town. It is a metaphor for the nation and its history. Like in the successful, award-winning "La strada di Levi", Ferrario sets off on a journey: this time, on the traces of the expedition of the Thousand. The aim: to verify the relationship between past and present, starting from Bergamo, formerly the "City of the Thousand" and today a bastion of Padania, and arriving at Teano. The voyage is full of surprises, meetings, reflections: a sweeping road movie through the history and geography of the country, seeking to answer a nagging question: why are Italians no longer able to imagine a future for themselves?

A documentary about a recently discovered photograph that might picture the poet Arthur Rimbaud.

Abu Dis is an Arab village situated in the shadow of Mount of Olives. After the second Palestinian Intifada, the Israeli government decided to build a 2-meter wall right in the middle of the village that divided Abu Dis into two sides. But now the wall is no longer a dividing border as it was intended. Everybody is climbing over it in order to get to Jerusalem. This situation reflects the general chaos of the conflict in which well-defined rules don't exist. The directors followed the day to day life that surrounds the wall through three main protagonists.

Directed by a group of avant-garde filmmakers, the film is an investigation of the less edifying aspects of film industry.

Lucy is a 95-year-old lady. In her apartment, photos turned yellow by the passing time tell the adolescence of a boy who at the time was called Luciano and who was going to live the most terrible period of his life. Lucy is the oldest transsexual woman in Italy. She is among the few survivors of Dachau's concentration camp. Lucy's story tells us the story of the 1900s. The events of her turbulent life become a metaphor for a humanity that does not give up and that treasures the most important gift in history, memory, as a unique and irreplaceable starting point.

The Cores are a very special family. Christian was world champion in bouldering, Stella was Italian champion, and just over a year ago they became parents of twins, Lara and Ania. They live in a valley not far from Savona, Italy, but their story is inextricably linked to the woods overlooking Varazze. With other climbers from the area, they have sought, found and cleaned rocks to climb with more and more extreme difficulty, bringing to light a climbing spot now famous all over the world. In particular, they have discovered a rock and a problem thought to be the toughest in the world, which was named Gioia by Christian, the first to climb it.

On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the village of Primavalle. A brief and poetic account of the events and their impact on an impoverished community. A handful of wild flowers and a painful catch in the voices.

Heartbeat, an ispirational film written, directed and produced by Filippo Cinotti & Matteo Bombardi. An original story by AD ASTRA /W co-production of VMultimedia. Realized with passion and love for cinematography.

A documentary looking at the life and films of Francesco Rosi.

During the months of the pandemic, the group of inmates and the theater company began an epistolary correspondence, in the course of which the text that was supposed to be their next performance, based on a fairy tale from Basile's collection Lo cunto de li cunti, became the fantastic echo of a slow and difficult transformation that affected everyone. Thus, the film is about metamorphosis and tried to do so by putting the world of fairy tale in constant dialogue with the world of reality.

The Italian architect Giancarlo De Carlo (Genoa 1919 - Milan 2005), inspires generations of architects all over the world. His philosophy still remain a school subject. The film, inspired by Franco Buncuga's book “Conversations with Giancarlo de Carlo”, recalls an imaginary trip from Genoa to Urbino, guiding the audience through the historical town center, the Palazzo Ducale and the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance architect Francesco di Giorgio Martini, which made the Urbino so great.

Writer and filmmaker Paolo Cognetti travels from his native Italy to Alaska, where he visits the landscapes that inspired many of his literary heroes.

A Mondo documentary following the customs and rites of passage of various tribes in Africa.

A documentary on the behind the scenes of the 2022 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.

A documentary about the story of Mario de Marcella, a hermit that lived in the woods near Rome. He was called by hunters "Il Solengo" because that's how they call the lone boar that is cut off from the rest of the pack.

A documentary short.

Documentary on the penetration of drugs in Milan in the 70s. Filomena is only 24 years old and recounts with a lucidity that takes her breath away her journey as a child locked up in boarding school, ran away from home, taken back by her family and treated as a lost woman. She talks about her marriage to a boy who emigrated to Germany, and her inability to adapt to this new situation. She narrates the arrival in Milan, the meeting with Antonio and the one with drugs. A dialogue for two voices traces the ruthless picture of drug addiction, the daily search for the dose and the attempts to get out of it. It is a poignant document, above all for the lucidity, measure, maturity and intelligence of two unforgettable figures.

A visual biography of Gianni Celati through the writer's places and his journey.

A journey into the enigmatic universe of the Piedmontese singer-songwriter COSMO. From his indie rock beginnings, COSMO narrates the development of an unconventional career—and a character who struggles with social conventions and the expectations of the music industry.

Shot between Milan and Viareggio, in the places tied to Giorgio Gaber’s life, the undisputed protagonist of one of the most precious chapters in Italian entertainment, spanning from light music to teatro canzone. An intimate and exclusive journey.

A young Italian director encounters Nigerian musician and revolutionary Fela Kuti and for years chases the dream of making a film about him. He will never succeed but he will discovers something more important: a new idea of existence.

A documentary in three screens about the bottom-up magnetic revolution that made possible the broadcasting of the Bologna massacre on 2 August 1980.

A winning portrait of Italian-born Auckland concert pianist Flavio Villani as he returns like the prodigal son to Italy for his concert debut, scaling one of the summits of the Romantic repertoire.

Branko has been a truck driver for only a few months, a choice that is quite understandable, given that he now earns three times as much as he did as a schoolteacher. But everything has a price, which is not always quantifiable in terms of money. As children we were told: “work ennobles man”. But here the opposite seems true: it is Branko, with his efficiency, his obstinacy, his good will, who ennobles a job that grows more and more alienating, absurd and enslaving.

Gregoretti's last film, in which the great filmmaker, documentary maker and journalist retraces his activity with irony and light-heartedness. Through episodes of his personal and professional life, and images of his films and television programs, a humorous story of how we were to understand that now, in reality, we are not so different.

Director Paolo Sorrentino returns to Naples, his hometown, and reflects on his youth in an exclusive tour of the locations of “The Hand of God”.

An unusual and evocative journey through the city of Milan at the beginning of the 80's, among fashion, art and everyday life.

This documentary for Italian television features extensive interviews with film director Federico Fellini looking back on his career.

Many communities were founded to improve the world in the second half of the last century. India with its enormous historic potential of celebrated spirituality and a generous attitude to other life forms, became the home to many of these communes seeking meaning. The 2,200 members of the 'Auroville' community in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have turned their back on the capitalist way.

Produced for the Italian pavilion at Seville Expo, Antonioni takes a look at specific aspects of Sicily, including almond blossom, aerial investigations of volcanoes and a look at Aciraele's colorful carnival.

Snow arrives in Val Chiese and work on the dam stops. Winter caretakers appear on the scene to replace the workers.

Docudrama about comic book artist Zarcone, who disappeared after illustrating issue #1 of "Diabolik" (November 1, 1962).

The flat tops of the houses give the town an Eastern appearance - the narrow, roughly paved thorough fare through which loosely cloaked natives proceed on mule-back, the marabouts or travelling priests, the palm trees which are frequently encountered, are all typical of a life widely different from that of the bustling Western world.

An extraordinary voyage of discovery to see the most impressive collection of works of art built up over two thousand years of history. VATICAN MUSEUMS 3D, a SKY production in collaboration with the Vatican Museums Directorate, for the very first time brings Ultra HD 4K/3D film cameras inside the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel, to show the masterpieces in these collections as they have never been seen before.

Five dancers take the audience on a sensory and historical journey through the physical world of 20th-century Western culture, bringing to light overlooked aspects and forgotten perspectives to help us understand not only who we are, but also who we are becoming.

Through exclusive interviews and archival footage, the documentary tells the story of the former Brescian antique dealer obsessed with skinny women. From his first difficult relationship with his wife, whom he saved with a divorce, to his affair with Monica Calò, whom he stabbed to death with 22 stab wounds in 1998.

In Emilia-Romagna, between Piacenza and Rimini, there is a district where the most important automotive and motorcycle industries in the world are located. It is the "Motor Valley", a land of dreams and ideas that transform into innovative creations.