An awkward first aid instructor seeks intimacy with his student. Their questionable contact is fleeting, but for a silent witness from afar, it leaves a lifelong imprint.
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An awkward first aid instructor seeks intimacy with his student. Their questionable contact is fleeting, but for a silent witness from afar, it leaves a lifelong imprint.
short film by NewFlesh Production.
Set in a gray, barren post-apocalyptic world dominated by the black smokestacks of factories, the film tells the story of Federico, perhaps the last man on Earth, who encounters Buer, a mysterious survivor. From their meeting emerge enigmatic presences, animals that begin to repopulate the landscape, and nocturnal visions that alter the perception of reality. What develops between the two protagonists is an intimate and physical relationship that breaks every dogma, opening for Federico a path of inquiry toward answers about the end of humanity and the possibility of a new future in harmony with nature.
Chico Buarque and Maria Pia De Vito’s reinterpretation tells the story of Zuzu Angel’s grief, a mother who defied the Brazilian dictatorship following the death of her son.
In the year 2037, a series of encrypted video journals begin surfacing across a collapsed digital network, documenting the final days before an unexplained global blackout changed civilization forever. As governments fall silent and entire cities disappear offline, a small group of survivors attempts to uncover the truth behind a classified experiment that may have triggered humanity’s downfall.
A vividly interwoven tale of secrets and connections, Il rumore delle cose nuove centers on three families whose lives have quietly overlapped in the streets of Milan—unaware of each other—for years. Andrea, a photographer, and Andreina, a nurse, share a haunting truth: Andreina has given a part of herself to keep Andrea alive. Umberto finds solace in alleviating others’ pain at work, yet at home he inflicts suffering upon Alba, once hopeful, now dreamless. In another household, Ralph, who crafts sounds, and Viola, an actress who yearns to live as freely as she performs, are quietly struggling—alongside Mirko, a ten‑year‑old whose presence echoes loudly. As the story unfolds, their ordinary routines unravel under the weight of these “noisy” secrets—some seemingly trivial, others utterly unbearable. Chaos tumbles over the fragile bonds holding them together, forcing confrontations with truths they can no longer ignore.
A woman talks to us from inside a machine that records her brain activity. She describes a mental labyrinth combining an old amusement park called Dreamland, 19th-century dream photographs, contemporary experiments in mental decoding using AI, and Prophetic, a start-up whose goal is to control dreams. But what do our dreams see when they look back at us? "like moths to light" is a meditation on the future of our dream worlds in the age of neurocapitalism.
Mauro is a surfer used to challenging the ocean’s most massive waves. However, an accident forces him into a long rehabilitation, distancing him from the sea and the life he loved. While at the clinic, he meets Federico, a young athlete suffering from ataxia and confined to a wheelchair, yet possessed of an extraordinary life force. An unexpected friendship blossoms between them, leading Mauro to make an impulsive decision: to escape the routine and set off with Federico on an unconventional journey. It is a trip that will become a quest for freedom, identity, and rebirth.
Born in the creative heart of 1980s and 90s Bologna, Kinki was Italy's first LGBTQ+ club: a visionary space where house music exploded and the night became a realm of freedom, identity, and cultural revolution. Through the voices of the DJs and charismatic figures who led it, this documentary tells the story of how a small club beneath the Two Towers changed music and clubbing culture forever.
On April 15, 2019, the world watched in horror as flames erupted from the rafters of Notre-Dame Cathedral – an event that captivated global audiences and ignited an overwhelming response of loss, awe, and shared cultural grief. Why did the threat to this sacred space resonate so deeply, even among those with no religious affiliation? Bishop Robert Barron returns to France to answer this question, taking the viewer on a cinematic pilgrimage.
In the historic centre of Palermo, another Italian city ravaged by overtourism, two filmmakers document a liminal moment in the life of a noble palace falling into ruin, where they live alongside other castaways of a city facing extinction, between the end of a centuries-long glorious decline and the beginning of a treacherous rebirth.
Leo and Ava chase each other—coming close, drifting apart, and searching for their way back. They cannot let go, nor break free. Through the rooms, Ava’s voice echoes across time, carrying to the surface what endures—and what can no longer be held back.
Alberto Angela hosts an episode filmed in the Palace of Versailles with a single sequence shot: a unique opportunity to admire works of art, monumental rooms, and discover the secret passages and most inaccessible areas of the structure.
What is perfection?
Monica and Domenico are a happy couple full of life: they laugh, travel, then get married. A premature birth stops everything. Fears, fragility, depression arise. But Ginevra, even if a wren, manages to grow. The camera guides us on her journey: she lives, and with her her parents. He grows, plays, creates. In his eyes, however, there is a secret, a widening fracture. No one sees her. In adolescence many questions, difficulties and pain. Only by retracing the past will the adult be able to give shape to the pain and find an answer.
Edoardo Iaschi (known as Eddie Brock) is an Italian indie singer born and raised in Rome. When his song “Non è mica te” unexpectedly goes viral on TikTok, Edo is thrust into the spotlight and forced to confront the realities of adulthood, fame, and a world far bigger than he ever imagined…
Ale is about to get married. His two best friends, Tom and Zenone, arrive at the ceremony and, prompted by Sara, a curious bridesmaid, begin to tell the story of what was supposed to be the perfect bachelor weekend. But when Ale shows up with his sarcastic fifteen-year-old sister Viola, everything changes. No luxury hotel, no excess: just camping tents, mountain trails, and a lot of (emotional) endurance. Alternating between present and flashback, between jokes and internal breakdowns, the protagonists discover that growing up is scary, but doing it together might just make it easier.
Bruno, 13, is in a panic: he has discovered that his love is reciprocated by Flavia, but he has no idea how to start a relationship. He needs someone to teach him and, coincidentally Luca, whom he despises, is the only man who has managed to make his stonehearted mother Claudia fall in love. Bruno will be forced to put aside any contrast and follow the advice of his worst enemy. What Bruno doesn’t know is that Luca and his mother live a very fragile, undermined, not at all exemplary relationship.
Four rescuers and a migrant person find themselves in the immense and unpredictable heart of the Mediterranean. Vanessa, Sheila, Denny and Max tell the story of a continuous human condition, impossible to deny.
Seventy-five years after the release of the film *Miracle in Milan*, Claudio Longhi and Lino Guanciale invite us to revisit this unforgettable, beautiful fairy tale, to rediscover, in the mirror tarnished by the passing years of this fantastical epic tinged with magical realism, the truest features of our own faces. But what is a miracle?
Francesco Piccolo, with a special guest appearance by Pierfrancesco Diliberto—better known as Pif—presents a show dedicated to the small, overlooked moments of everyday life that bring us all together in a smile (albeit sometimes a bittersweet one).
Two children, Ettore and Giovannino, grow up together on a Mediterranean island. At the end of the summer, Ettore is forced to move to the mainland to continue his studies, leaving a void on the island that Giovannino must fill. In a seemingly endless winter, the archive and video camera of Pino, an elderly amateur videographer, come to his aid.
Set in Rome between 1938 and 1943, the movie traces the extraordinary story of Elena Di Porto, a strong, independent, and courageous Roman Jewish woman who challenged the fascist regime to save many lives and marked the history of the Jewish ghetto of Rome during fascism and the Nazi occupation.
A girl traverses landscapes that change without logic, following an inner voice that accompanies, seduces, and confuses her. Between empty beaches, off-axis skies, and faceless presences, reality slowly dissolves into a hypnotic flow of temporal voids, euphoria, and anxiety.
A family taboo, a missing story. Using 25 photos and the cold readings of artificial intelligence against his mother’s warm memories, a nephew reconstructs the life of Michele, an uncle lost to HIV and heroin in 1980s–90s Italy, exploring memory, the value of images, and what remains unspoken.
Director Umberto Lenzi embarks on a personal journey through his films, uncovering the creative impulses and untold stories behind his most iconic works.
Featurette on the creation and evolution of the "Lucio Fulci presenta" films.
A young nun's encounter with the underworld of child labor in Sumba restores her sense of purpose in life.
"U sugghiu" an amphibious and anthropomorphic creature that inhabits the marine and marshy waters around Catania, was last sighted in 2013. A monster, the offspring of a demon and an extinct creature, it is said to feed on human flesh. It is ancient, shapeless, constantly remodeling itself to elude the gaze. Mythology and science merge with an atmosphere of foreboding in the encounter between humanity and otherness.
In early 1900s rural Trentino, Vanni and Agnese's life is upended by the arrival of Luzia, a young woman scarred by abuse. She claims to be a victim of the Mazaròl, a folkloric creature that kidnaps women in the woods.
Alaeddine spends his days in Epinay-sur-Seine, lying to the north of Paris. With urban imagery, poetic digressions and scenes from everyday life, the film tells the story of the condition of extraneousness in a land far from one’s own, the loneliness imposed by metropolises such as Paris, the need to feel part of a community and the quest for personal balance, between cultural rootedness and discovery of the Other.
The Athens Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yiannis Hadjiloizou, performs Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The choice of Cyprus is a call for reconciliation and coincides with Cyprus’s presidency of the Council of the EU
Discreetly following the restoration work carried out in the piano nobile of the Ducal Palace of Urbino, Le opere, i giorni enters the bustling life of the construction site, taking viewers behind the scenes of a three-year process marked by uncertainties, discoveries, and transformations. An unprecedented, in medias res perspective from which to glimpse the enchanting harmony of one of the most significant sites of the Italian Renaissance.
A collection of video testimonials that chronicle a metaphysical journey beyond the boundaries of existence. This is a documentary that follows the artist Gammatrace, who, through his digital avatar, explores a unique metaphysical realm. In this void, matter and thought merge to give rise to “manifestations”: eternal forms that are consumed only by distance and fog. These manifestations can only be observed and understood, not interacted with. The documentary portrays this desolate yet comforting space as a deep stream of consciousness that branches off in unexpected directions.
A robber breaks into Sabrina's home to steal a cache of diamonds. But when he finally finds them, the situation takes an unexpected turn.
From Orvieto Cathedral, the traditional Easter Concert. The Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Daniele Rustioni, performs Wagner’s *Tannhäuser* Overture and Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73.
In Nigeria's Niger Delta, where oil extraction has poisoned the land for decades, poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey nurtures a new generation of writers to fight back.
A journey into the largest and oldest transgender community in Europe — that of Naples — told through the voices of six femmenelle, suspended between centuries-old rituals and contemporary tensions.
An unorthodox therapist uses his questionable tactics to help a couple's issues.
An immigrant rubbish collector awaits news of his wife lost at sea while looking after his 1 yo daughter
Walter, a farmer living in the mountains, hides an undercover cop hunted by criminals. The arrival of his daughter, Daria unearths Walter's buried past. In the silence of the mountain, a brutal reckoning erupts, where redemption comes through fire and blood.
Fifteen friends, a dead body, a poll. Do you really want to call the police?
During decades of globalization, countless rural communities worldwide found themselves abandoned - from America's Midwest to Italy's mountain villages and places like Tatti face extinction. In this small Italian town, elderly residents lacked the strength to reinvent their fading world and lost hope – until outsiders arrived.