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In Vicenza, a beautiful Italian art city, a young wealthy couple joyfully welcomes the birth of a long-awaited daughter in the early 1980s. But the child’s face is disfigured by a red birthmark that covers half her face. This spot haunts the mother to the point that she rejects her responsibilities as a mother. The child’s aunt, a famous concert pianist, takes over her education, thus discovering her exceptional musical talent.
Antonia receives a singular proposal from her husband: to open the couple up to new acquaintances. From the stage to reality Chiara Francini, who plays Antonia, deals with the macro-theme of polyamory, learning about new worlds and ways of practicing it, without sparing even heated debates.
Summer 1996, north-east coast of Brazil. Tamara is enjoying her last weeks at the fishing village she lives in before departing to Brasilia for her studies. One day, she hears about a teenager nicknamed Heartless after a scar she has on her chest. Over the course of the summer, Tamara feels a growing attraction for this mysterious girl.
An interview with the Italian directors Ruggero Deodato and Umberto Lenzi at the the "Joe D'Amato Horrorfest" in Livorno, 2004.
An in-depth interview with actor George Eastman and his work on the Italian cult horror films "Anthropophagus" and "Absurd".
Twenty years in the life of "Il Califfo" Franco Califano, from the Rome of the Dolce Vita to the 1984 concert at the Teatro Parioli, through great musical successes, loves, falls, and comebacks.
A short film about the daily holiday life of an enigmatic and rather luminous creature. "La journée de Milenka" is a footage of her holiday in Italy. We decided not to record it as usual footages, but instead, focus on the time and space surrounding the character. It represents a day, in the afternoon, that reflect the peace, itself represented in the slowness, which Milenka aspires (and finds) to achieve.
In a whimsical adventure, Otto Van Walrus creates a mischievous RoboPuffin to outshine the real puffins. Led by Johnny Puff, the feathered friends train to defend their home. Join the fun as they battle wits and show the power of teamwork.
A renowned myrmecologist is kidnapped while studying his beloved ants in the field. His captors, two bumbling criminals, find themselves in a dilemma when one suggests going to a fast-food restaurant for a sandwich, while the other, a staunch vegetarian, opposes. As they argue over the choice of restaurant, the myrmecologist, bound in the basement, dreams of escaping his human captivity and living a simple life like an ant.
A short film by Chiara Del Bove. Starring Caterina Cesari, Elisa Brunelli, Denise Del Bove and Camilla Calabrò.
Alberto Angela accompanies the public to the African continent with a long special entirely dedicated to Namibia. A country with extraordinary landscapes and wild nature, one of the last places where it is possible to see the most authentic Africa.
There seems to be no end to the things Paolo can learn from exploring this mountain, which he has chosen as his home for several years now. Sometimes he also feels like a spirit, and Laki, his old dog, becomes his guide. Where will it take him? To paraphrase Suzanne Simard, this film is not about how we can save the mountain. It is about how the mountain could save us.
A brother and sister search for their grandfather's old home.
Children can be loud, carefree, playful, unaware, violent. Also in Taranto, an industrial city in Southern Italy which has the largest steel mill factory in Europe since the 1960s. Observing their movements and listening to their emotions, we enter the world of childhood while losing ourselves in the present of this territory, the scene of one of the most serious health and environmental disasters in Italian and European history. Bangarang is a Jamaican word meaning tumult, disorder, chaos.
A young man crosses Europe in search of a new Ithaca. Disillusioned with his own country, he moves from a meager grape harvest in arid Banyuls-sur-mer to Brussels and a seductive, if wistful, encounter with a young woman there. Lastly, he hides out in a soulless suite in a Rotterdam skyscraper, where, like an angel of death, he sets in motion a grisly game seasoned with drugs and a digital daz
Clara has had a difficult relationship with motherhood since finding out she was pregnant with her daughter Amanda when she was 20, challenging the body she deems unfit for the role of mother by giving it without pleasure and working long hours in sordid night clubs. She decides to leave her daughter and partner but ten years later she is forced to take a newfound responsibility when Amanda falls ill.
An inconceivable and devastating epidemic spread without apparent remedy, causing two lovers to painfully divide, while the social and political life crumbles all over the world.
The first episode in a series of “adaptations” of poet Bernadette Mayer’s book Utopia that artist Beatrice Gibson envisions to undertake over the next decade, producing a series of small, quotidian films that together, and over time, will constitute an epic. This first film is drawn from Chapter 4, entitled “The Arrangement: of Houses & Buildings, Birth, Death, Money, Schools, Dentists, Birth Control, Work, Air, Remedies, and So on” and was shot at home during the pandemic.
In Hanna's life everything suddenly seems to fall apart. Accused of her husband's heinous murder, she is forced to flee to Hungary to defend the only reason for living she has left; the child she is carrying. In Budapest she will seek help from her cousin Hugo, who will drag her into a spiral of violence involving a dark past and a bloodline to reckon with.
The life of Italian businessman Ennio Doris, the founder of Banca Mediolanum.
Three friends decide to spend a wild weekend away from the usual routine but end up stumbling upon a satanic ritual.
Titus lives in his own dystopia. When he embraces the abyss within him and all his contradictions, he begins to dance. He is the madman who manages to grasp the truths that elude others: man's complex search for identity.
The story of a contemporary Robinson Crusoe, stranded on a desolate beach without any comforts, begins to question whether what he once considered comforts were actually illusions. It’s a search for freedom that moves from solitude to the acceptance of beauty, from consumerist recklessness to hunting for food to survive. An inverted environment that, in the end, doesn’t seem so far from his true self.
A documentary exploring the life and legacy of renowned Italian actor Gian Maria Volonté, featuring insights from his colleagues, family, and never-before-seen footage, highlighting his artistic journey and political activism.
Actually everything was forgotten, the ghosts of the past were banished. But then one stroke of fate followed the other and it was time to meet the demons.
Inspired by real life events, Madame Luna tells the story of an Eritrean refugee who is washed ashore in Libya and survives to become one of the most notorious human smugglers, with deep ties to the Italian Mafia. Now trapped in Italy and forced to experience the brutalising reality endured by the people she has exploited in the past, Madame Luna must try to find a way out before she is recognized and brought to justice. In the process she forms a powerful bond with a younger version of herself.
The prototype [TEST TYPE • 154] is a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, which is capable of autonomously acquiring notions from its surroundings and - eventually - developing autonomy of thought. Given the nearly human nature of its learning capabilities, the laboratory that programmed it hires a kindergarten teacher, asking him to instruct the machine as if it were a newborn child. The learning process - which spans 7 days - becomes increasingly insidious in the long run, posing a peculiar yet crucial problem: can there be a form of autonomous thinking that excludes emotions?
The Eye of the Hen is a story of violence and isolation without precedent in the Italian film industry. After twenty years as a filmmaker, with her best film released to critical acclaim and by some deemed a masterpiece that would cement her reputation with mainstream audiences as well, Antonietta De Lillo suffered an injustice that stopped her career in its tracks and relegated her to the backwaters of the industry, where she would be barred from making another feature film. Taking the form of a self-portrait, the film freely revisits the life and career of its subject, nearly forty years after her first film.
A woman in common, a daughter in half and a patrol car for two. Antonio and Pieraldo share many things: a less-than-brilliant career, a less-than-ideal partnership, a long-term but slightly bruised bond -- two lives apparently too quiet for two police officers that fate has cleverly wanted to intertwine. Danger was definitely not their profession... until, incredibly, they will have to face a real crime, a very intricate and risky case that, between challenges against time and twists, will change their lives forever.
After the Arcangelo affair, the Pasti brothers, together with an eccentric half-sister they didn't know they had, have made a name for themselves as "gravediggers of VIPs" and are vying for a coveted category award never won before, the Vespillone D'oro. But the evaluation commission finds a gigantic hole in the company's books, which threatens to exclude them from the race for the award. But how is this possible? The answer is in Matteo Pasti's confession: he "borrowed" large sums from company accounts to maintain a virtual relationship with the cam girl named Bella Salma. A stage name that, soon, is on the opening news of all the news: the sex worker is found dead in her villa due to an unlikely domestic accident. The Pasti phone is not long in ringing...
More than 100 years have passed. A mischievous letter lures the White Moon Drake to the secretive canals of Venice, where he finds himself on the trail of his beloved Hope. There, a malicious hide and seek play takes place through the Venetian squares and bridges until he is invited to a mysterious ball at last, only to be subjected to a dangerous psychological game with her very life and his existence at stake. The sequel and final part of this trilogy promises to unveil and reveal all previous mysteries. But will he dare to find out the truth?
A horror short film.
A comedy documentary about the search for happiness. The Italian astrologist Lucciana can alter the destinies of people. On their birthdays they have to travel to whatever location on Earth has the ideal constellation of planets over it. They will be reborn on that day and so be able to change their nature. On the one hand, the film follows the everyday (and unchanging) life of the fortune-teller who changes the lives of people while, on the other hand, it follows five protagonists who set out to various places in the world in order to change their lives.
In 1934, while traveling to Stockholm, where he is about to receive the Nobel Prize, the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello recalls his life and his relationship with the loved ones who have inspired his art.
A look at the dynamics of a fashion company, which opens a unique window on the vibrant world of Milan fashion.
Denni is a 10-year-old boy with a mission: to save his mother from his father's violence. For this he devises a foolproof plan: he will have his father killed by a super-killer. Too bad the super-killer he comes across is Secco, who only looks like a criminal and, above all, desperately needs money.
A 45-minute film written, directed and starring the boys and girls of San Patrignano Community, produced by Vera Film and San Patrignano. "We tell four love stories that we have encountered: two towards others and two of us towards ourselves, set here within the community, in this time of suspension." The film will debut as a national preview at the 54th edition of the Giffoni Film Festival.
Mattia is 17 years old. Raised in a post-industrial province and experiencing an identity crisis, he is the son of a trade unionist and a housewife. Hypersensitive and fragile, he expresses himself through hip-hop music. The death of his older brother begins a period of great changes. Mattia leaves school, starts working in a factory and, through a North African colleague, approaches Islam. Prey to a lacerating restlessness, Mattia takes the path of progressive isolation and radicalization.
The police are on the trail of a fugitive hiding in a nature reserve. Diego, a forest ranger, becomes involved in the manhunt. When she meets him, she discovers that her escape is only the beginning of a darker nightmare, which will transform the forest into a deadly battlefield.
Turin, 1998. A Chinese restaurant becomes the scene of conflict between its Chinese owners and their customers, a family that has emigrated from southern Italy. A story of immigration, stereotypes, and mistrust that culminates in a grotesque climax. In the surreal and comical finale, it is the children who try to bring together the two families, which are similar and dysfunctional at the same time.
Soccer is an alien world for Walter Vismara, an unfamiliar terrain he's always avoided. But when his job hangs in the balance, he's thrust into the role of goalkeeper by his soccer-obsessed boss. Forced into a relentless routine of practice sessions and taunts, Walter finds himself trapped in a nightmare. His troubles escalate when he discovers his beloved in the arms of his archenemy, adding a personal dimension to his challenges. Determined to prove his worth, Walter devises a plan: to play the fool outwardly while secretly honing his skills. As he navigates this comedic yet challenging journey on the soccer field, will Walter emerge victorious and finally earn the respect he deserves?
Football offers bitter disappointments, but equally powerful and infinite emotions. Napoli rises again on May 4, 2023, winning the championship with five days to spare, an epochal result destined to remain forever in history. A joy awaited for 33 years and told through the eyes of the players, such as captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo, of personalities from the world of sport, entertainment and journalism, of Napoli's sporting directors and staff, including coach Luciano Spalletti.
Kaloyan returns home to handle the sale of his late father's apartment. At the beginning the process starts as a routine mundane task, but soon transcends into a journey of self-discovery that tries to track the connection between childhood trauma, memory and the passage of time.
Two hearts meet, but an invisible wall stands between them. With determination and tenderness, love finds its voice.
The story of a girl with a difficult family situation. Friends on the street who help her find the way, but fate has other plans for her.