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Composed of short cinematographic haïkaï written with a camera, in the spirit and rythm of the japanese poetry. It’s a cinema of the moment, minimalist, made with starving eyes, in constant search of what we are rich of, here and now.
The hard-working brothers Lorello and Brunello are filmed throughout the seasons on their farm in Tuscany. Their efforts look like a labour of Sisyphus, in which all progress is destroyed by prices on the world market and the return of packs of wolves hunting sheep. Respectful, detailed and filled with earthly beauty.
The second Gulf War from 1990 to 1991 represents in the collective Arab memory a turning point in regards to the Arab nationalism’s self-perception as well as a moment of deep historical and existential insecurity. Five Arab directors discuss the events from their personal perspective.
Lisetta Carmi is one of the most important photographers in Italian and international history. Her shots, her vision of the world, her passionate works that went against the grain of society in the 1960s and 1970s have marked the art world to this day. Lisetta Carmi, "a soul on the road" constantly searching for the truth of the people and the world around her.
Fish stocks in the Mediterranean Sea have dropped to alarming levels, but in one of its most overexploited areas, the state of fish populations is improving. By protecting just 1% of the Adriatic Sea, fish stocks and vulnerable species have begun to recover. This is the inspiring story of the protection of the Jabuka/Pomo Pit, narrated through the voices of fishermen, scientists, NGOs and decision-makers.
A migrant boat has been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for 30 hours. As authorities ignore calls for help, the Sea-Watch Crew, an NGO, launches an urgent search.
“Principe Maurice #Tribute” is a documentary about the icon of the Night Theatre, and Master of Ceremonies of the Carnival of Venice, Maurizio Agosti. Known by his stage name of Principe Maurice, Agosti tells his story starting from the beginning of his carrier at the Cocoricò of Riccione to his recent work at Plastic of Milan and at the Carnival of Venice.
A documentary about Italian singer Ultimo.
On November 24 in 1979 a brand new event took place in Pisa: the police gave permission to stage the first national gay parade, organized in collaboration with the City of Pisa. The march was an unexpected success, with hundreds of gays and transgender people coming from every part of Italy. They paraded openly and the city was partly friendly and partly hostile. This documentary features personal memories and political comments from the past to the present. Using images of contemporary society and exclusive archival material, twelve people, participants and organizers, recall how that historic day was created, its relevance and consequences for their own lives and for the gay community as a whole.
It is a unusual documentary that mixes the music of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi with places, faces and voices from Piacenza, a nice place in the north of Italy where Verdi lived and composed his music. Probably it could have been more interesting if the musical part was not so preminent...recommended for Verdi's fans
A symphonic journey into our obsessive consumption. The many objects we accumulate begin their production journey in silent secluded industrial site where borderline men work in isolation without any interference. These men trigger, unconsciously, the long chain of creation, transport, commercialization and destruction of the objects feeding our bulimic lifestyle.
The day of two different types of young women in the early 1980s in a big city, in this case Rome: on the one hand a militant girl in an extra-parliamentary left-wing group and on the other four punk girls.
Unreleased images of fables told and listened to by Gianni Rodari during a visit to a kindergarten school in Reggio Emilia (Italy) in 1972.
The documentary focuses on the definitive closure of national airline Alitalia enlighten about the events and the political interference that caused the largest mass layoff ever in the history of Italy (11K workers).
Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a soldier on the Eastern front during WWII, culminating in the infamous retreat of the Italian troops, the difficult reintegration into civilian life after the war, his relationship with his literary work and with his ancestral land, the Asiago Plateau.
The story tells an interesting moment in the life of Ennio Flaiano, his meeting with Federico Fellini and his relationship with the famous producer of the "Dolce Vita" Peppino Amato, until he decides to write a dictionary of the 'verbal errors' committed by Peppino Amato.
It’s been twenty years since the G8 Summit held in Genoa in 2001 was marred by violence. There are two generations who went through that experience, in one way or another, and twenty years later they cannot consider the case closed. The dream behind the protests at Genoa 2001 is still alive: the issues then addressed are today’s issues, only more urgent. And the violence of Genoa 2001 is not over, since although that violence has been recounted many times, from different sides, and celebrated or condemned, it has never been understood or resolved.
Italian documentary illustrating the xylella virus devastation of the olive-growing flora in Apulia by the xylella virus. In Apulia, a region in south-eastern Italy, the most serious botanical pandemic of the century is underway: a quarantine bacterium, Xylella Fastidiosa, is killing millions of olive trees. Disrupting landscape, economy and human relations. The Era of Giants narrates Giuseppe’s journey to his father’s land, in the Plain of the Monumental Olive Trees, where the epidemic is imminent. He will have to explain to the old farmer how their lives will be disrupted by this invisible bacterium, hitherto unknown in Italy.
The story of the life of one of the greatest exponents of Futurism, protagonist of the avant-garde art scene in Rome before, during and after Fascism.
Documentary about a lost sequence from Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1971 film "The Decameron".
Roads designed for cars, concrete overpowering the rustic building that was a sign of a house somehow possessed, not a trap. Hard-packed gardens, good only for motorcycles. Brescia: reality or nightmare? The public housing is faded, sad. Blocks left there, a neighborhood without connection. Kids slide on mounds of dirt and garbage. Man, where are you going? (Luciano Spiazzi)
No other country in the world has the same kind of affection and admiration toward Walt Disney and his art and characters as Italy. His movies are legendary and his stories belong to the collective imagination of generations of Italians who grew up with his world of dreams and hopes. This documentary explores this love story.
In a room of the Cineteca di Milano, Giancarlo Consonni and Graziella Tonon observe old films that have just been digitized: they tell of the life and projects of the architect, urban planner, painter and photographer Piero Bottoni. The film follows the couple's research among the materials stored both in the film library and above all in the archive. They tell of a multifaceted and socially committed artist, who has dedicated his life and his work to the primary intent of instilling dream and enchantment into reality, making use of the contribution of all the arts. Through the multiplicity of materials at our disposal - drawings, films, photos, surveys, projects, voices - the film shows the realization of Piero Bottoni's most ambitious project: the construction of a mountain in Milan, Monte Stella, born from the rubble of the Second World War.
Against the backdrop of a roman sunset, a flock of birds becomes the protagonist of a veritable dance in the sky...
Through confrontation with her mother, and grandmother, the filmmaker traces the history of three generations of women, uncovering their hidden truths and the white lies that define their current identities.
Valentino and Gabriele have never had a real home, but they know that the Arcobaleno Center looks a lot like one. Ciro, guardian and soul of this occupied space, is instead worried about the fate of the two brothers, aware of the precarious conditions of the place. Thanks to him, Valentino and Gabriele wonder for the first time what it means to have a home. La Guadagna, which gives its name to the football team to which the two boys belong and to the film, is a neighborhood on the outskirts of Palermo that represents a closed and autonomous microcosm.
The story of Italian soundtrack composer Piero Umiliani, from his post-war beginnings in the jazz combos of the Allies, to being one of the first to experiment with lounge and electronic music in Italy.
For her debut film, model-actor turned filmmaker Kasia Smutniak travels to Poland’s forbidden red zone to shine a light on her home country’s border policies and the European Union’s refugee crisis.
Italy, from the '50s to the present day, told through the eyes of generations of children captured in Rai's (Italian public TV) archival footage.
Through the eyes of the two protagonists, HONEYDEW tells the story of a small town in the grip of a dramatic existential change due to the recent legalization of marijuana.
Through the narrative expedient of following, step by step, the working day of a mountain postman (Angelo Lezuo), effectively tells the daily life, in the fifties, of all a community in the Dolomites: that of the inhabitants of Colle Santa Lucia in the province of Belluno.
The documentary "La Lezione di Oscar" (translated as Oscar's Lesson) tells the story of guitarist Oscar Ghiglia, heir to the legacy of Andrès Segovia, and pillar of the last 60 years of the history of classical guitar. Through his words and memories, the films narrates his teaching, his career, his playing, and his life: it is a biopic and a musical documentary all in one.
A documentary record of the 1953 Mille Miglia, tracing the race across Italy from Brescia to Rome and back.
A film about the Neapolitan lower classes. A close-up account of the daily struggles and aspirations of those without power, money, education, or a public voice. The stories of Pio, a precarious worker in the tourism industry; that of Ugo's family, seeking truth and justice; and finally that of the organized unemployed who have been fighting for years for decent work, reflect three movements on a single trajectory, uniting the lives of the invisible, the voiceless of the city.
The mysteries and drama behind the tournament that saw the hosts triumph, but also the disappearance of over 30,000 political opponents. Interviews, exclusive documents, a long and in-depth investigation into a World Cup that—40 years later—still searches for the final truth.
An overview of various sport fishing techniques, with a focus on surf casting or heavy casting from the shore, which originated in England and allows casts of up to 70 meters to be made in rough seas (which encourages large fish to approach the shore), using fresh razor clams as bait.
It's the great documentary of the Ethiopian War. It begins in an original way by dealing with the multifaceted pre-war preparations. The central part of the film illustrates the resolution of logistical problems - first and foremost that of communications. The final part, finally, presents some episodes of the war, which ended victoriously, and some images of plowing the newly conquered lands.
The earthquake that struck Friuli in 1976 is still vivid in the collective imagination, for how it served as an example in the subsequent reconstructions. A necessary story to prepare us for the environmental upheavals that lie in wait.
The fifth project of the Living Architectures series, Inside Piano is composed of three films on three symbolic buildings of Renzo Piano's career. A visit throughout the prototype-building of the Centre Pompidou. An immersion in the soundproof world of a submarine floating in the depths of the Parisian underground. A journey aboard a luminous magic carpet of a highly sophisticated architectural machine. A humorous, caustic and quirky point of view.
Bruno Mattei's follow up to Libidomania with more perversity and violence from around the world.
Naples told, through the centuries, in an anthology: Dadapolis by Fabrizia Ramondino and Andreas Friedrich Müller. A city always full of ferment, culture but also contradictions. In the film, however, today's city is told through the eyes of about sixty artists who live and work between Naples and abroad. A kaleidoscopic story made up of performances, songs, works of art and dialogues that narrate the transformations of a city, which never before has turned out to be so topical.