BERLIN FICTION

Germany, 2024Director: Zhivorad MilichDuration: 30′ Berlin Fiction follows the journey of DJ Lion, a talented but struggling techno artist in Berlin. After years of performing at the world’s top clubs, DJ Lion finds himself at a crossroads—his passion for electronic…

The New Renaissance

The New Renaissance Immortal Beauty Italy Director: ELA WIATR Duration: 113′ “You should be touched by immortality. I am Art,” declares ELAWIATR, the New Renaissance Art Star.  The Art-ist reveals the dimension of time, extending beyond our present moment, where…

ON / OFF

Argentina, 2021Director: Nicolas P. VillarrealDuration: 7’06 Endless distractions threaten creativity. “ON / OFF” reflects on today’s technology and how social media can distract creative minds and discipline, inadvertently diverting them from precious passions. The director imagines how geniuses like Frida…

GASLIGHT

Italy, 2024Director: Stellario di BlasiDuration: 4’14 The short film outlines a universe of dreamlike images that invite us to unravel an intricate tangle of identities forced into a binary and moralistic social structure. Contemporaneity is a hallucination, a mirage, a…

SHE IS GONE AWAY

USA, 2025 Director: Kai Brown Duration: 3’34” This dance film is a love letter to cancer previvors navigating tough health and body decisions amidst isolation, guilt, and emotional turmoil. It features dancer/choreographer Nikiya Palombi, an ATM gene mutation carrier and…

BUBBLES

Albania, Italy, 2024Director: Meri DishnicaDuration: 15′ Meri Dishnica, an Albanian director and screenwriter with a background in psychology, has been exploring the intersection of image and sound, movement and space since 2019 to bring her ideas to life on screen.…

THE 7TH NIGHT: MAOMAO REVISITS

Malaysia, 2024Director: ahLoongDuration: 3’48” According to Chinese tradition, every soul pays a final visit to their loved ones on the seventh night after passing away. This is the story of a little boy waiting for the return of his beloved…

UPLINK

Japan, 2024Director: TOMOKO TAKAYADuration: 30″ A promotional movie of manners in the theatre for “UPLINK”

BIMBO – PREFERISCO MORIRE

Italy, 2024Director: Dario ArnoneDuration: 3’36” Music video for the song “Preferisco Morire” by Bimbo.

O GUARRACINO

Italy, 2004Director: Michelangelo FornaroDuration: 10’44” A bitter return for Angelino and the sailors. But magic awaits them: in a live-action/stop-motion short film with papier-mâché backdrops, ‘O Guarracino comes to life. The ancient Neapolitan ballad is animated: the guarracino, with the…

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IN?

Portugal, 2025Director: Nelson CarvalheiroDuration: 3’30 An intimate portrait of Matosinhos, beyond the fame of its fish and lively markets. The heart of the city beats through its inhabitants, their traditions, and the visceral passion for their land. More than a…

WELCOME TO THE 70s!

Gemany, 2024Director: Gretta-Garoliina SammalniemiDuration: 2’30” The ’70s wave sweeps through the spot: “Let everything come back!”, but a shadow looms. The musical “Welcome to the 70s” unveils a dark side in a single take. Without preaching, it evokes the overturning…

SENZA NOME

Italy, 2021Director: Gisella GobbiDuration: 10′ A school day seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy. An ordinary school day filled with games, study, cheerful meals, and then the return home to family affection. An almost commonplace day in its…

THREE HARES

Italy, 2023Director: Paloma BaezaDuration: 4’50” Award-winning director Paloma Baeza (BAFTA) leads us on an animated journey weaving a creation myth with the ancient lunar symbol of the three hares. Inspired by a story by Hanya Yanagihara and narrated by the…

MUSICANTI CON LA PIANOLA

Italy, 2024Director: Jakob HöhneDuration: 113′ Pivio and Aldo De Scalzi retrace over twenty-five years of their career as film composers in a dialogue with friends, colleagues, and director Matteo Malatesta. The conversation serves as a pretext to narrate the evolution…

ONE GIRL

UK, 2018Director: Rosa RussoDuration: 963 “One Girl” follows four twelve-year-old girls, united by the same time zone but distant in the world: South Sudan, Romania, Palestine, Finland. An ordinary day, four lives compared. The film, without artifice, reveals dreams and…

OSSIDIANA

Italy, 2007Director: Silvana MajaDuration: 94′ “Ossidiana” traces the life, art, and suffering of Maria Palligiano, a painter in the effervescent artistic scene of the 1960s. Her marriage to Emilio Notte and family constraints suffocated her, leading to psychiatric hospitalization. The…

Alida

Italy, 2020Director: Mimmo VerdescaDuration: 104′ “Alida” by Mimmo Verdesca celebrates the icon Alida Valli. Through diaries and letters, narrated by Giovanna Mezzogiorno, the documentary unveils the actress’s life. Testimonials from Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Charlotte Rampling, Vanessa Redgrave, Dario Argento,…