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A Sardinian village in the early 20th century. "La Louve" tells the story of a woman so named because of her relationship with the men of the village. Her freedom has no place in the good manners of this small society, and will lead her to her her destiny.
Sisters explores the situation of abortion access in Italy, Poland, and Malta, highlighting the solidarity response provided by national and international collectives and organizations, working together to ensure the right to self-determination and reproductive health for those in need.
Two great friends reunite to help one of them confess to his new crush during the Christmas season.
Combining materials, mostly discarded, extracted from the AAMOD heritage, “CI SARANNO I DRONI” examines the processes of metamorphosis of power that took place in Italy in the second half of the 20th century.
Mistery/Musical short film directed by Valerio Pitorri at 48Hours Film Project 2023 Rome, starring Bianca Lain, Leandro Sbrocchi and Alessandro De Filippis.
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.
Before the foundation of Trieste, the lands of the Caput Adriae were already inhabited by our ancestors, the population of the castellieri. Hema is a joung girl who lives in the Iron Age in the castelliere of Elleri and like all children of all times she becomes attached to a small animal that she finds occasionaly. The father, a salt merchant, becomes the protagonist of a sad ritual that Hema, in a sort of game, will imitate. But a parallelism to the present day sees another little girl similar to Hema, who, being on an educational trip to the same hillford, accidentally brings to light an artifact that will evoke an emotional bond with the past. Present in every era the figure of a bird of prey who supervises the human events around the castelliere from above.
To get out of a dark period, a young musician and a group of boys with drug and alcohol addiction problems approach the mountains, discovering new inner paths.
Puglia, May 2021. A group of folk music artists decide to make a 200-km journey on foot from Torre Guaceto (Brindisi) to Santa Maria di Leuca (Lecce) along the ancient roads of the Via Francigena. A young farmer and his donkey named Bartolo join the group, creating the "Company of Wise Donkeys." The documentary is the story of a musical journey into the memory, traditions and popular culture of Salento.
Giulio and Anna, the night after making love, wake up and try to start the day, but Giulio’s seemingly insurmountable fears rise to the surface. With deep understanding and tenderness, Anna tries to delve into these fears, offering a new perspective on life to someone who has already resigned himself to his fate.
To be born and to grow up on an island like Sardinia, it almost feels like to live inside of a Diorama: a small, picturesque surrounding that can only give you an impression of reality. Seen through the eyes of a person who left and told by the voices of the young people that are still there, Diorama is an analysis on belonging to a place that feels abandoned and hostile towards the people that inhabit an island that has so much to offer, but at the same time nothing to give.
At the turn of the 20th century, in a suggestive correspondence spanning nearly two decades, Rosa confides in her friend Giorgina, telling her a secret: the machine-extended mechanical man envisioned by Marinetti is not a near-future concept for mankind, as Futurists purport. It is, instead, a very real present for womankind, and Giorgina can easily order a specimen in the mail. The entire short film was made by re-editing scenes from a number of silent films.
Lidia is a girl too light to be on the ground. Her mother, on the night of June 23-24, asks for help to St. John’s magical water. At the same time her friend Elio has an idea to solve her problem.
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.
Along the streets and squares of three villages in Monferrato, Serena dances alone, humming tunes from Argentine milongas. From the people, she only receives glances of curiosity and, very few approach her to ask her the question “Why do you dance?”. She hopes someone will dance with her and be get infected by beauty, which is joy and welcome. But everyone thinks she’s crazy. Finally, resigned, Serena picks up her suitcase and is about to leave the town.
Nello Taver, with the help of his friend Dave, moves from Naples to Milan to become a successful rapper.
As the research on human sexuality continues, it does as well on the animal kingdom.
In a small town perched in the mountains of Abruzzo, a unique competition has been held for centuries. Every year, in Pacentro, local men throw themselves barefoot from a cliff made of living rock, and run down to the stream, before running back up. The first to enter the church wins the so-called Corsa degli Zingari. An ancestral rite, the origins of which are unknown, in which people take part for spiritual or material reasons, tied to the indissoluble relationship between nature and man.
Ten years after the shipwreck off the coast of Lampedusa where 368 people drowned and 20 went missing, Blob creates a special event entitled "Male nostrum". Fabio Masi directs a story made of images and unfiltered content which, starting from 3 October 2013, retraces the most significant and touching events that have aroused international and local media attention on the topic of migratory flows.
A tribute to the nearby mountain; the one behind the house. That of Monte Rosa and its southern slope which overlooks wild over Alagna. A journey written over time. The same one that goes into stories and in the mountains of men; in their homes. The time that lives in traditions, in an ancient Walser costume worn, as well as in the deep cracks of the highest glaciers. A short story in honor of the people who live in the mountains, in the mountains. So that I can continue to do so. Remembering that we are all passing through, but there is something eternal.
A new chase starts, but there is no escape from the evil that stirs among the field's rows.
In a valley where cold and warm water are merging, queer bodies are cruising. They recognize themselves by emitting and receiving their own whistling language.The paths of desire are always meandering.
A young man runs from his fate, which, inevitably, will catch up with him.
Luca, a young man starting his adult life, is struggling with an inner battle after losing his mother. "Beyond Space" evokes strong and delicate emotions that are felt by every person throughout its lifetime.
When is a war over? Souvenirs of War offers an essayistic tour to Bosnia, more than two decades after the last armed conflict in Europe, when many sites of sorrow have become tourist attractions. A journey along the fine line between dark travel and empathetic memory, where some enjoy playing combat games on authentic battlefields, while others still struggle to make their traumatic legacy become an opportunity.
A love story like many others and yet unique. An extract of daily life with the desire to rediscover, in the small gestures of Andrea and Michela, who have always been together in the house on Via Paolina, the great love promised when they were young.
A serial killer terrorizes the city of Ancona. Carlotta, a young girl, is suspicious of her new neighbor. One night, she will try to follow him, but things are not as they seem.
