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A shocked mother must find peace with her son, a jihadist killed in the 2017 London Bridge attack, in this nuanced and humanizing portrait of a woman grappling with faith, loss and memory in the aftermath of tragedy.

Actors Franco Interlenghi and Rinaldo Smordoni (who played Pasquale and Giuseppe respectively) recall how they landed the roles in the film Shoeshine and their experiences as young actors in post-war Rome.

Art documentary about the Accademia Carrara gallery, which reopened in 2015 after seven years of extensive restoration.

Travelogue of picturesque views in Italy.

On the military road construction site, on the pastures of Lessinia, writer Carlo Stuparic wrote to his brother Giani. The film celebrates his memory.

Sixty years of the David di Donatello awards represent a long history of successes, of famous actors and award-winning directors, of box-office hits and other films that have distinguished the history and identity of Italian cinema. A journey into Italian film-making creativity.

The incredible story of the 20 children of Bullenhuser Damm, little known in Italy until a few years ago, represents one of the most terrible manifestations of the senselessness of the Nazi policy of eliminating the Jewish people. Twenty children taken from all over Europe, aged between 5 and 12, united only by the fact that they were Jewish, embarked on a terrifying journey. The first stop was Auschwitz-Birkenau, where they were all to be deported: here their fates crossed in the terrible selection carried out by Dr. Josef Mengele: the angel of death needed 10 boys and 10 girls.

Summer 2017, a string of brutal police killings of young African American men has sent shockwaves throughout the country. A Black community in the American South tries to cope with the lingering effects of the past and navigate their place in a country that is not on their side. Meanwhile, the Black Panthers prepare a large-scale protest against police brutality.

A Donatello award nominated documentary following the life of an autistic boy and his family.

Just as Mbaye is about to return to Dakar, France announces that it is closing its borders due to the Covid epidemic. A journey against the tide begins.

The front line told through the lens of fourteen photojournalists, who with their shots showed the hell, the horrors, the suffering and the indelible scars of war. The voices, photographs and memories of men and women become the stages of a physical and emotional journey between past and present. Because the front line is not only where bombs are shot and dropped, but everywhere you "fight" daily for survival.

Lungomare Adriatico was born following a request by the Mostra del Nuovo Cinema in Pesaro to create a new theme song for the festival; the initial intention was then amplified into seven 43-second theme songs, one for each day of the festival. The project is composed of seven variations on a single subject: a wave.

The extraction of flight feathers from birds of prey, as practiced by Neanderthal man, is revived in the Fumane Cave in Lessinia.

Carpaccio is a 1947 short film directed by Umberto Barbaro and Roberto Longhi and based on the life of the Italian painter Vittore Carpaccio.

At the end of 2018 Colle Der Fomento, the most enduring italian hip hop group, were about to release “Adversus”, a full album after more than a decade since their previous classic “Anima e Ghiaccio”, for this movie the group (along with the producer Dj Craim) opened the doors of their rehearsal room to the cameras and released an in-depth interview about the development “Adversus” and the themes of each track.

As winter approaches and the seasonal drought hits his small business, Massimo - a lifelong farmer living with his 90-year-old mother on Villa Sirena’s farm - discovers in the newly found free time an opportunity to spend time with his family.

Depicts the incredible story of the contributions made by the Italian Canadian community of Montreal to the fashion industry and how impactful these contributions were to the design culture and labour market in Quebec.

Time lapse documentary about the lifecycle of flowers.

From the Nazi 'super' cows that still roam the woods to CIA-trained killer dolphins, the work of some mad scientists has led to the birth of strange creatures.

Somewhere between mondo movie and fake investigative film, this work reaches levels of dementia that are difficult to match.

Documentary about the life and career of actress Carolina Cataldi-Tassoni with special focus on her work in Dario Argento's "Opera".

In the center of Naples, in the Montesanto district, Maurizio, a homeless man, has built a shack on the stairs that lead to Corso Vittorio Emanuele. Maurizio gathers and collects all the objects that consumer society gets rid of. Thus, the interior of his shack resembles a real house.

Roman township of San Basilio: Fabio, 7 years old, in Italian a "character", is assigned to a differential class. How the family reacts, what the neighbors say, what the teachers, the principal, the psychologist of the elementary school think: the doubt is that there is no re-education of a child at stake, but the green light for social homologation.

The film captures the process of pantyhose making at an unnamed Italian factory.

March 2020. In a remote farmhouse, the life and story of a former black terrorist serving a life sentence intertwine with those of other people: a horse trainer, a father who finds his daughters after many years, a film crew from another generation, and the owner of the farmhouse. While waiting for the prisoner to return to prison, they spend a season together, surrounded by cows, vipers, and wolves.

Sigonella unravels the Achille Lauro hijacking and the standoff that led Italy to defy the U.S. Through firsthand accounts and dynamic visuals, it captures a tense mix of espionage and politics, echoing today's geopolitical struggles.

The comparison of two realities: Lent of Capuchin Friars and Queeresima Association Arc. On one side the Christian rites followed by a large audience and devout; on the other side young and old people passionately trying to carry on an idea of civilization. On the same floor there are men and women of modern Italy, who, through a concrete commitment, are trying to change things for the better.

The documentary shows the remarkably diverse landscapes of the Serchio Valley, from the Apuan Alps to the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The old Pavilion 17 in Rome has reopened its doors. For two years it has been a space for welcoming and assisting refugees and stateless people from all over the world, leaving behind its past as a detention center for women doubtfully diagnosed as “semi-disordered.” The building is now a space of life and liberation. The past and the present coexist in its corridors and rooms, where the passage of time continues to be visible and the light subtly fractures the gloom.

Living the High Life

The adventure of 12 autistic youngsters and their psychiatrist who walk 200 kilometers along the via Francigena. We will delve into their stories, to tear apart the prejudices that wrongly surround them.

Wrapping the audience in waves of sound, Alberi takes us on a circular journey through the Italian countryside. The marvelous natural music at the tops of the eponymous trees makes way for the rhythmic cadence of civilization—men baring axes and the natural clatter of daily life—before their unforgettable return home from the forest. The singular artistry of director Michelangelo Frammartino (Le quatro volte) is beautifully displayed in this mesmerizing homage to nature.

In the mountains of Sardinia and the inhospitable desert landscape of Palestine, shepherds have been herding livestock in the same traditional way for centuries. Experienced men drive bleating sheep and goats across fertile grazing spots. From a distance, the dancing white dots form an aesthetically appealing and meditative image against a background of dramatic mountain ridges.

The actors of Avanzi reunite after 15 years in Su Pallosu, a small village in Sardinia. They have decided to put together a show to support the cause of the local fishermen who are having great difficulty because of fish depopulation.

Sokurov directed and filmed Mozart’s Requiem for the Rossica Choir in the wonderful hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic.

The film recounts the struggle of the factory workers of five Italian factories, Cagli, Coca Cola, Filodont, Luciani and Metalfer. A montage of interviews in which the workers denounce the hardships and difficulties of living without wages and put forward their proposals for getting out of the crisis and for change. The workers of the occupied factories decide to put up a tent in Piazza di Spagna to propagandise their struggle, but permission is denied by the Commissariat of Public Security. There are clashes with the police, who charge and use batons every time the workers try to set up the tent. Despite being injured and bruised, the workers do not give up until they get what they ask for: 'A tent in the square of Rome to remind the citizens - especially the wealthier classes - that there are workers in Rome without pay during the Christmas holidays'. In the end, the workers get what they ask for and the tent is finally raised amid applause and general satisfaction.