A memorial to lost love that is based on the true love story of my mentor Gianpaolo Barbieri and his partner Evar, who died a quarter of a century ago.
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A memorial to lost love that is based on the true love story of my mentor Gianpaolo Barbieri and his partner Evar, who died a quarter of a century ago.
In Montreal, Canada, an association of first- and second-generation Italian immigrants is organizing a celebration for the patron saint of their hometown: Larino, in Molise. Vincent is the association's president and has been working for years to keep the tradition alive. Claire recently discovered she is originally from Larino and is conducting genealogical research on her family. Franco and Pina live in a residential neighborhood and dream of one day returning to Italy. Meanwhile, in Larino, preparations for the feast of San Pardo are in step with the rhythms of nature.
Eugenio Cappuccio was Fellini's formal assistant director on "Ginger and Fred" in 1985. Then he always followed "The Maestro" in several different projects. This film documentary is a biographical journey into Federico Fellini's magical and enormous cinema and world, from the start of his career until the end of his life.
A. is obsessed with his image. Like a post-modern Narcissus, he projects himself in the endless choices that social media devices offer him. Riccardo Giacconi creates a disquieting film about a teenager who gets lost in the maze of the never-ending reproductions of his Dorian Grayesque portrait. Taking to new and yet unexplored extremes, the fixation with the digital screens in their many guises, the film works like an almost endless fall – without any kind of parachute – through the network of images hidden behind and inside other images.
Trying to find a non-existent house number, a pizza delivery boy finds himself dealing with a demon to pay a money debt in alternative ways to get rid of a strange curse.
Andrea is quarantined in his own home. He contracted a deadly virus after a space journey. His wife Agata and daughter Mia therefore have to wear protective clothing when they visit him in his room. But Mia thinks it’s all just a game. Sober and small drama for three characters, confidently directed and beautifully acted.
A documentary following the lives of two baby YouTube influencers and their family. Sisters Marghe and Giulia, aged 9 and 12, are known as “Marghe Giulia Kawaii” by their over 300,000 followers and their videos have been viewed millions of times. The documentary examines the effects of their new found fame and explores its influence on their private lives, where daily habits and online sharing seem to constantly overlap.
Visceral animation and shapeshifting movements are powerfully weaponized in this ode to the work and artistic lense of legendary photographer Cindy Sherman.
Shot in the juvenile prison of Nisida, in Naples, the short film is the result of a screenwriting workshop held with some inmates of the juvenile prison of Airola, in the province of Benevento, between February and December 2018 and which led to the collective writing of the script.
A year of life across the entire Alpine region, from the spring thaw to the arrival of winter, seen through the eyes, gestures, and reflections of three characters: Virginie, Marcel, and Valentin. Far removed from the stereotype of the “mountain man,” these figures embody a contemporary, resilient, and at times innovative way of living and working in the Alps. For them, a return to a rural lifestyle is both a political and a spiritual choice.
Veronica is 17 years old and for a long time she has been spying from afar a life different from hers, and she chose it for herself. When she finally manages to approach Alessia, she immerses herself completely in this new world that appears to be the same and at the same time different from what she imagined.
The world will end in 12 minutes. A young couple in love decides to spend the remaining time sitting on a park bench, talking about regrets, stolen futures and mistakes of the human race.
Documentary on Gea Casolaro included in the Ceilings 2 project, curated by Simona Caramia.
Two boys meet late at night.
A small girl bored while staying alone with her busy Grandpa in his house. She tries in any possible ways to grab his attention, but something goes wrong…
Antonia Maria Iannicelli is serving a ten-year sentence. From the prison, she tells the tragic events that led to the death of her 3 years old son Nicola, called Cocò, killed together with her grandfather Giuseppe and her partner. A case famous for his brutality that shocked Italy and led Pope Bergoglio to excommunicate the Mafia people, responsible for the crime.
Venus gets out of the water and seduces a man. One of four Venus-themed short films directed by Eckhart Schmidt as bonus features for the Blu-ray release of his "Venus. Venuc."-cycle.
The pain and frustration of young Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are shown through the prism of a parkour team.
Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem Mass performed by soloists, choir and orchestra of the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. Conductor: Juraj Valcuha. Choirmaster: Gea Garatti Ansini.
A silent city, mysteriously deprived of inhabitants, is crossed by a man who has come from a faraway country.
This documentary explores Life and Art of Queen bassist John Deacon.
Nabil has to deal with his fear of water caused by a trauma he had, which he tries, day after day, to fight.
Divina Mortis tells tell the story of a cult lead by a friar that is convinced to be the link between the divine and an earthly world invaded by the undead. In this world we'll follow the vicissitudes of two sisters trying to survive.
A country torn apart by the First World War. A people mourning over 650,000 fallen in the trenches. Politicians humiliated at the Versailles peace table. A poet-soldier who draws crowds to every rally. A city that becomes an emblem of irredentist and nationalist claims. It was in this Italy that the Fiume enterprise began on 12 September 1919: the adventure of Grabiele d'Annunzio and a handful of legionnaires who set out from Ronchi in Friuli, against the will of the established power, to occupy the Adriatic city and annex it to Italy, establish the Regency of Carnaro, and found a 'myth' destined to influence Italian and international culture and politics, aesthetics and vocabulary, well beyond the Twenty Years of Fascism.
Christian is a dreamer who cannot find his place in this world; for the past 10 years he's been living in London, a city of a million opportunities, and training to become a professional in martial arts. At 35 years old, nothing he aspired to has become a reality. When he finds himself unemployed, his girlfriend (tired of his endless excuses) kicks him to the curb. Now he will be forced back to his birthplace, Genoa, where he will have to rediscover himself, reinvent himself, and above all else adapt himself to a new reality of friends and family, a reality far different from that which he imagined.
Twelve musicians who have never seen each other before, six Europeans and six Africans, in a house in Addis Ababa. Objective: to build a jazz concert in fifteen days . The way to get there is a fifteen-day coexistence that turns into a perennial jam session . It looks like the format of a reality show ; in reality it is MAISHA, a project of the European Union - precisely of the European Commission.
Margherita, a young photographer meets her sister Caterina at a symbolic place of their childhood to give her important news. Right in the middle of the Piedmont’s hills, the distance between them arises changing their lives forever.
What came out of the workshop "Del passeggiar filmando, e poi del maltrattar la povera pellicola - piccolo esercizio in Super8" at the Layers festival, 8 and 9 June 2019, in Dergano, Milan.
An erotic and pornographic nonfiction movie shot in five days aboard a camper. Two couples, one in their twenties and one in their forties, travel to perform a porno-aesthetic performance at a post-porn festival in Rome. They take the opportunity to shoot “a sex film” and, in addition to making a lot of it, they become aware of their erotic bond and how much this goes beyond social stereotypes.
This docufilm follows and documents the activity of the icon Robert Capucci of international high fashion. It is a triumph of colors and elegance thanks to the famous "sculpture dresses". The film encompasses great testimonials from people such as Anna Fendi, soprano Raina Kabaivanska, princess Maria Pace Odescalchi, directors of the major museums in the world.