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"Oceani" is a documentary that tells the story of Manuel Sirianni, a young boy with autism who, thanks to assisted communication, is able to express himself and share his view of the world. Directed by Valentina Pellegrino and Barbara Rosano, the film follows his journey of growth and daily challenges, showing how this particular form of communication—which requires the assistance of a facilitator—allows Manuel to overcome language barriers and connect with others.

Angelo in France. The father leaves bitter the Carabinieri and emigrates to France when, in Trieste, he is ordered to suppress dissent even firing on the crowd. It's the year 1920, is preparing the fascist dictatorship. Angelo Zois, his son, now old, traces the arc of his life. He lives with his wife Camille in Lalley, arrondissement of Grenoble. Alone. With the immense pain of the loss of both sons, he died of a heart attack at thirty, she committed suicide at forty after devoting with a smile all his energies to the poor, the last of the world, in Africa and India.

Timisoara, Romania. The revolution against Ceausescu exploded here. The chance nature of meetings in the magma of the human condition. The Rom family living under a bridge. The street children who learn the art of the circus. The science fiction writers who meet on a boat. Girls dreaming of being in the movies. Junkies who sniff glue. The beauty that girls spread in the air. Young people who laugh and aren’t afraid of the future.

Marengù is a portrait-film which stars an extraordinary entrepreneur as its main character. Tino Sana, left an orphan when he was still a child (his father emigrated to Germany and died on the job, his mother a worker in Switzerland) grew up at the school of the great educator don Bepo Vavassori. Fallen in love with wood, which he learnt to work in the Orphanage of don Bepo, he still defines himself marengù (carpenter) even if his business counts 130 workers and he furnishes the most prestigious hotels in Europe and the most luxurious transatlantic liners of the world.

The figure of the learned scholar in 18th Century Bergamo.

Portrait of a Lorena Baretti, a girl who is a temporary waitress in a bar in the Sant’Omobono Spa Complex.

The popular ceremony for the deceased which is still celebrated in Magasa di Valvestino (Brescia) in the manner of the 18th century.

The Mella stream floods and the families of Castelmella (Brescia) mobilize to quickly free the houses from water and mud.

We follow the entire manufacturing process of straw hats in Florence, from the selection of raw materials to final decoration with fancy ribbons. The beautiful finished pieces proudly display themselves, as they are neatly placed into crates, before their trip to the shop window.

A short film showing the decoration and assemblage of carriages in Sicliy.

The charm of the rationality of a great capital.

The island of Bácan, in the Venice Lagoon, is a strip of land that once emerged only in the summer. Human intervention, particularly the excavation work for the MOSE dam has altered the lagoon’s water balance, making the island a permanent feature. Through a narration that gives voice to the island itself, the film reflects on its changing nature and on the connection between humans, water, and the landscape.

In this bold and personal short, filmmaker Lorenz Zenleser reflects on his complicated relationship with the Victory Monument in Bolzano, an imposing fascist structure built in 1928 to mark Italy’s victory over Austria, which is still politically charged and actively appropriated by the far-right. As he sets out to film the monument’s troubled legacy, the camera itself seems to resist: double 8 mm footage begins to glitch and tremble. This formal revolt provides the opportunity to transform a personal inquiry into a haunting meditation on the endurance of fascist symbols in public space, and the difficulty of capturing them without reinforcing their presence.

“Memoria di Legno” is a documentary about an abandoned carpentry workshop. Closed, but not silent. The wind lifts the dust, water carves the cracks, the wood holds the memory. Men vanish, things keep speaking.

A journey through history that three teenagers from the Tito Livio classical high school in Padua (played by professional actors) take together to deepen their understanding of the characters they will be playing in a theatrical performance inspired by Carlo Goldoni's "Mercatanti" (The Merchants), but adapted to the most significant era for Venice's role in international trade, that is, the crucial decades between the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

In the anonymous solitude of a Palermo night, a photo booth becomes an urban confessional: one after another, unknown faces sit before its glass eye, leaving behind, between light and silence, crumbs of identity.

Painted, skinned, caged, abandoned among rubbish, animals are victims of exploitation and unnatural conditions imposed by humans.

Young shepherds raise goats in Margone, Trentino, reviving traditional sheep farming customs and producing cave-aged cheeses.

1973. Giorgio de Chirico, by then 85 years old, is captured in his studio by the RAI program How a Work of Art Is Born by Franco Simongini. On the canvas, "The Sun on the Easel" gradually comes to life.

A documentary journey into the masked traditions of Bulgaria and Italy - where ritual, identity, and spirit become one.

A documentary that gives voice to those cultivating the future – across fields, farms, and generations in South Tyrol.

When you turn around streets in the south of two different countries, you see cultural carnivals characterized with folk rituals in order to bring blessings from the earth.

A documentary that traces the life and passions of Gino Buscaglia, a well-known film critic.

Shiny supermarkets stand next to dilapidated factory buildings in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, one of the Balkans once most important industrial areas. The film tells stories of intense historical transformations and economic crises, through the experiences of people who lived through an industrial rise and an industrial decline.

“This film is a reading and critical analysis of Michelangelo’s artistic language compiled with the visual language of cinema.”

In the midst of a torrid summer, in which climate change appears once again in all its unstoppable power, the protagonist, a young French woman, calls her mother, telling her in an agitated manner that she feels crushed by the city atmosphere and that she is about to leave for a trip.

A documentary following the eccentric director Piero Galli during the production of his low-budget independent film "Agente Segreto 6667 - Più che Mai a Brescia".

The film is a brief account of a very successful Italian aviation .

An essay in an alternative format on the frustration and difficulties of being trans in Italy.