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Through a series of interviews and sparse contributions filmed for the occasion, it tells the story of the contribution made by women to the Resistance movement in Liguria, from the first hours of 8 September 1943.

The 100-year history of the Sambenedettese Club - a football team from a small town on the Adriatic Sea that, in the 1970s, came close to reaching Serie A. The sports narrative intertwines with the political one, telling, from the unique perspective of the Italian province.

It is possible to grow the number of your own followers in an "ethical" way? Can you become a "Good Influencer"?

Shots of Turin, deserted because of the pandemic, interweave with images of the movies that have been shot in the city ever since the dawn of cinematography.

Through the testimonies of Israeli and Palestinian mothers living in a land torn apart by endless war, terrified that their children will not return home, the film shows the conflicts and private dramas that tell the story of history. A collection of testimonies of life, everyday moments, archive footage, and private video material to tell stories of pain and anger.

This documentary focuses on a story that is at the same time all stories: that of Eva, daughter of Juan Carlos Arroyo, one of the 30,000 disappeared detainees of the last dictatorship. Eva is one of the strongest activists in the H.I.J.O.S. organization, and through her and her sister's and mother's stories, the film addresses human rights, clandestinity, uprooting, and exile. The film recovers the dreams of a generation, which resurface in the activism of their sons and daughters, central participants in the demands for memory, truth, and justice—demands that articulate with new social struggles.

What remains of the Island of Ischia and the Villa? What remains of these landscapes in which Luchino Visconti, icon of the cinema, lived and dreamed so often?
He declared, probably referring mischievously to the Italy of his time, that "you should never stop building your house... "
What remains of his loved ones, of those who like him resisted fascism and its potential and threatening return? The film will explore this legendary place, through the emptiness of the villa and its abandoned, decrepit but still present walls, reminiscent of the effervescence of the ideas and projects developed in that place.
By returning to the island of Ischia, by finding the house as it is today, by reviving it as it was during the time of Visconti, thanks to images of the present, archival documents, and by making links with the aestheticism of his films, we will discover the filmmaker in a singular way.

Filmed on location in Naples Italy, We Are Art documents Annalaura di Luggo's journey as she undertakes her most artistic creative challenge: creating "Colloculi", an immersive, multi-media, interactive art installation constructed in the shape of a Giant Eye.

Nuovo cinema paralitico is a project that came about through the collaboration between Davide Ferrario and the author and poet Franco Arminio. Using numerous short films, the project offers a poetic image of a “marginal” Italy, far from residential areas and forgotten by the official media.

Cars affect our primary senses on all levels, they define our world and change our contemporary society. Our tastes have changed: drive-in food, that was once at most a monthly family treat has now become an essential daily ritual in our fast-paced, consumer society. We barely notice the smell of exhaust fumes but more and more people are getting sick from atmospheric pollution. Our cities are now designed in function of cars, changing what we see and our perception of the world we live in. The film seeks to question the car myth, something that is deeply rooted in our consumer society. A group of primary school's kids guide the spectators in a journey into our imaginary. Using automotive archives and through the involvement in a dynamic way of scientists, engineers, anthropologist and racing drivers, the film explores how the car has changed not only the cities we live in but also our lives.

The texts of the poet, director, and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini, read by Toni Servillo and accompanied by archival images, reconstruct the history of Italy since the war through to the 70s: the love for the people, the hatred of the bourgeoisie, the difficult relationship with the youth protest.

A lumberjack by trade, Lorenzo has spent his entire life abroad, first in France and then in Switzerland. His body bent in two from years of hard work, Lorenzo carries his seventy-three years with ease atop forty-meter-tall fir trees. His work, in the endless expanse of beech and fir forests of Risoux, is both scientific and passionate. He lives alone, as his wife is in a clinic in Lausanne and a son was injured in the woods. Yet he hasn't lost his smile, he loves nature, and he approaches his relationships with other emigrants with irony and generosity. With them in the forest, Lorenzo prepares the charcoal kiln to transform beech branches into charcoal using the ancient ritual that unfolds over days and nights.

The film about the history of S. E. F. Torres 1903 and the extraordinary deeds of some of its most representative athletes.

Through the real life of Pandina and Pandone, RADIOPORNOPANDA explores the world of paid online couple shows. The journey of a couple who have made this type of expression their professional activity, told through the voyeuristic gaze of the director.

A 14-minute color short set in Naples that deals with religious festivals, local traditions/identity, poverty, and religious feeling. It was screened in December 1976 during the retrospective Kinomata.

I'm twenty. I need to be scared of things.

Shedding a new light in the deepest depths of the Adriatic sea, a modern fairy tale that renews the spirit of underwater exploration.

A cinematographic work created for the Museo del Fiore Sardo as part of the "Borghi di Eccellenza" project and produced by the Municipality of Gavoi and IpotesICinema. The film is an evocative narrative and documentary journey along the history of a community, of shepherds, of dairy production.

Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, is enduring indiscriminate bombing. With Russian forces attempting to encircle the city, it's a time marked of both deep despair and deep defiance for the residents of Kyiv.

He was the best. He was everybody's favorite. He was the European champion. He was Italian. But Leone Jacovacci wound up being none of the above. Because he was a black Italian. An unsung yet extraordinary tale about a fight in the ring postponed for 90 years: a fight against racism.

An accidental interruption of the S. Giacomo Electric Line requires the intervention of a team of specialized technicians. The short movie follows these men to the place of intervention, dwelling on the beautiful snow-capped landscapes and the local inhabitants engaged in their daily activities.

Santa Fiora Social Club, an unpublished film report by Simone himself and Andrea Cocchi dedicated to Cristicchi's artistic and human experience with miners.

Part interview, part monologue, part documentary with Nanni Moretti talking about his work.

In a beautiful Alpine setting, this is the true story of Matthias, a left-wing filmmaker, and Sadiel, a Cuban activist. Sadiel is unhappy with communist Cuba and these frustrations lead him to embrace right-wing ideas, while Matthias stays true to his beliefs. Their relationship mirrors bigger political issues, challenging their political views and ideas of a “successful” queer relationship. Matthias Lintner films this intimate portrayal, through which both embark on a transformative journey, realizing the true nature of change.

An invitation to listen to someone who uses words to explore the interaction between man and modern times. In her mountain hut in Ciaminades, in Val Badia, Roberta Dapunt talks to us about her writing. She lets us glimpse the sheets of poetry hanging on the wall, waiting for additions and deletions, subject to continuous rewriting. And when Roberta reads her poetry we cling to the verse as if to a mountain rock face.

The life of Saint Anthony is intertwined with the seventh centenary of the discovery of his relics.

A border inspection at Ventimiglia, between Italy and France, turns into a fantastical fairy tale narrated by a chorus of frogs, wherein a scientist experiments with rejuvenation techniques using monkey testicles. Dr. Voronoff was a real person, and was world-famous in the 1920s. His villa stands on the border where migrants try to cross. But it is as if they do not exist.

Naples between religion and superstition: pagan and Christian rituals intertwine in the Neapolitan city, with a particular cult for lottery numbers.

Testimonies of young women, the jealousy of their boyfriends, the indifference of their fathers, the intransigence of the stereotypes that pass through them. 10 episodes of an experimental web-series on sexism and gender violence, born immediately after the rape in Palermo in July 2023 in an attempt to build a counter-narrative that demystifies the macho and misogynistic mythologies of the media and the collectives, against the backdrop of anthropological considerations on “men who hate women”. Disturbing, percussive and pounding like all the works by canecapovolto, a place in which to penetrate the problem and extract its roots for a greater understanding of things. The series is copyright-free, it can be freely reshared by anyone.

Over 8 years, a small fisherman puts himself, as 'David against Goliath', in the heart of the new reform of the Common Fisheries in Brussels, to try to understand and change the system that took everything from him.

This film is a collection of images from the Po River valley. Within it lie trains, old country houses and new factories, cultivated fields, and the noise of machinery. Everything moves forward and grows old, with the river watching it all drift by.

In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the director gives voice and, in particular the image, to the protagonist. The photographer takes the audience on a tour of the outskirts of daily life as seen from the corner of his eye, the area in between what is artificial and authentic or grand and small – the meso-scale.

Using archival materials, *Milano Infetta* tells the story of *Il Virus*, a historic squatted space in 1980s Milan and the heart of the punk movement, amid urban transformations and the loss of memory.

This is not only the story of the famous rivalry between Borromini and Bernini, but of Borromini’s rivalry with himself, a genius so tied to his art as to transform it into a demon that devours him from inside.

The guardian of the great dam reflects on the history and beauty of the valley, which was revitalized by the Edison power plant, and expresses his deep love for the disappearing traditions and society there. The filmmaker approaches his work by focusing on a theme, finding authentic places and people, and allowing them to become comfortable with the camera before beginning the filming process.

In the early days of March 1991, a number of ships laden with people made their appearance on Italy's Adriatic shores, marking what would later be known as the 'Albanian Exodus'. Who were the people on the ships? Where were they fleeing from? And where are they today. This is the story of a journey, the story of the ships and of the people who fled on them.

Among the ruins of a magical place in the middle of the Tuscan countryside, as if arriving from another planet, two giant amplifiers, sixteen musicians, and their instruments touch down. Despite the Abbey’s lack of a roof, which would allow the sound an easy escape into the sky, Lucio Corsi and his companions manage to trap the music in an original and evocative film.