Program
With Carbon in the news every day, you might think you know everything about her. But you'd be wrong. This spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary reveals the paradoxical story of the element that builds all life, and yet may end it all. Narrated in first person by Sarah Snook (Succession), Carbon tells of her birth in the violent core of an exploding star and of turbulent sagas
In Puglia, a region in south-eastern Italy, the most serious botanical pandemic of the century is underway: a quarantine bacterium, Xylella Fastidiosa, is killing millions of olive trees. Disrupting landscape, economy and human relations. Il Tempo dei Giganti narrates Giuseppe's journey to his father's land, in the Plain of the Monumental Olive Trees, where the epidemic is imminent. He will have
6.30 - 7.30 pm Pre-opening Narrating change: the importance of literature and cinema in the climate crisis A conversation between Paolo Giordano and Nicola Lagioia starting with "Tasmania". Readings by Caterina Valente. In collaboration with Lucy. Sulla cultura. 7.30 - 8.00 pm Interview Giuseppe De Bellis and Michele Emiliano A film region 8.00 - 9.00 pm Opening Event Fe
A conversation between Paolo Giordano and Nicola Lagioia starting with "Tasmania." Readings by Caterina Valente. In collaboration with Lucy. Sulla cultura Tasmania (Einaudi) is a novel about the future: what we fear and desire, what we will not have, what we can change, what we are building. The fear and surprise of losing control is the feeling of our time, and no one else can tell it like P
The eight-episode drama series — available exclusively on Paramount+ — stars Oscar® winner Helen Mirren and Oscar® nominee Harrison Ford. Created by Oscar® nominee Taylor Sheridan, 1923 is the new chapter in the origin story of Yellowstone, following the record-breaking performance of 1883, the most-watched title ever on Paramount+ globally. The series introduces a new generation of Duttons
Siccità, a film directed by Paolo Virzì, is set in Rome, where it has not rained for about three years. This drought causes a lack of water and consequent thirst in the population, who in their search for a few drops find themselves with their minds altered, going so far as to upset the rules on which the entire community is based. These include a group of characters of different ages and social
Seeking Asylum is a feature documentary that bears witness to the endless deterrents migrants face when petitioning for asylum in the United States. In a dismantled system that has been designed for failure, we follow one woman’s journey as she searches for protection for her and kids. Many people view getting to the United States as the final hurdle of the migration journey, but we quickly lear
Hiroshima. Nagasaki. Mercury, Nevada? The latter was the site for the testing of 928 large-scale nuclear weapons from 1951 to 1992. Martin Sheen narrates this harrowing exposé of the United States' disregard for everyone living... downwind. Directors Mark headed Entertainment Brand Management for the animation studio LAIKA from 2007-2019. In addition to studio identity, he also handled
Making a Fire | Live podcast by Nicola Lagioia In collaboration with Lucy. Sulla cultura In a time destabilized by climate change, war, social injustice, what is the role of literature? Fundamental to some, ignored by many, the literary narrative is actually still, in the 21st century, one of the most powerful and exciting cognitive tools available to humankind, as is the cinema. Nicola Lagioia
Preceding the film screening is a meeting with director Cinzia Bomoll and actresses Angela Baraldi, Silvia and Giulia Provvedi. Followed by a musical performance by Rita Marcotulli and Angela Baraldi. Sometimes you have to put yourself in your total opposite's shoes in order to be the woman you want to become, and even if that dearest person you have in the world, you must fight her. If then the
The director of Mauga Cassino, Paolo Rotondo, introduces the short film followed by Lorenzo Sisti, director of Sweeth Home, introduces his short film.
The story of a Ukrainian family living on the border of Russia and Ukraine during the start of the civil war in 2014. Irka refuses to leave her house even as the village gets captured by armed forces. Shortly after they find themselves at the center of an international air crash catastrophe. Director Maryna Er Gorbach After studying in Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema &a
Iranian filmmaker Negin Ahmadi travels to the war zone of Northern Syria to follow the lives of the women in the YPJ – an all-female Kurdish militia. Armed only with her camera, she captures the struggles, hopes, and joys of these incredible women, for whom the fight against ISIS is also their way to escape the restraints of a patriarchal society. Weaving together candid moments between the fema
Ora Garden is a landscape regeneration project that will be curated by Fondazione Sylva, a non-profit organisation set up in Apulia in 2021 that deals with environmental regeneration through reforestation, will be the Festival's sustainability and environment partner. In an abandoned area, within the territory of the municipality of Monopoli, trees will be planted that are necessary not only for
Sometimes you have to put yourself in your total opposite's shoes in order to be the woman you want to become, and even if that dearest person you have in the world, you must fight her. If then the background of your story, ironically enough, is a village called La California, its weird people "on the border" might intertwine with your life and, in the end, rescue you. Director Cinzia wo
Ripple Effect is a short film for a proposed documentary series that follows accomplished actor and conservationist Matthew Modine on a quest to find what Jacques Cousteau called “wavemakers”: extraordinary people making bold attempts to save the planet before it’s too late. Striking a balance between activism and adventure, Matthew and the heroes he visits open our eyes to the wonders of th
An exploration of the timeless relationship between human civilization and Earth's rivers. Spanning six continents, this visual and musical tour-de-force is by turns celebratory, cautionary, and ultimately hopeful that we are beginning to understand rivers in all their complexity and fragility. Narrated by Oscar Nominee Willem Dafoe. With music by the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Radiohead. &
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in this taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Original Language: English Subtitles: Italian Month and Year of Production: 2022 Color/Black and White: Colour Audio: Stereo Country of Production: New Mexico and USA Duration: 10
The Waorani Women tell us about their life before contact and the impact of the globalized world on their culture; about the first contact in 1956 with the evangelical missionaries and the inevitable change in their lives after the relentless arrival of the extractive companies in the Amazon jungle. The ancestral cosmovision of our protagonists brings a magical tone to the narrative: myths, songs
In a world increasingly dominated by humans, three teams of wildlife conservationists go to extraordinary and seemingly unnatural lengths to try to save threatened species and habitat in the American heartland. Stunningly photographed in the Grand Canyon and on the American prairie, The Nature Makers follows rugged biologists who’ve deployed helicopters, giant bulldozers and a host of human tool
Luisa Rizzo will talk about FPV drones and the various categories to which they belong, going into the specifics of their use in cinematography. Luisa Rizzo introduces herself: I was born in Lecce (Italy) on August 9, 2002. I live in San Pietro in Lama, bear Lecce. I finished high school in 2021, specializing in modern languages. I started university and I study Arts, Music and Cinemat
A young Kurdish girl who does not want to marry the man her family wants, runs away from home and marries another man she fell in love. This man she fell in love with changes afterward and abandons her. And he tells the girl's family that their daughter is cheating on him. Her mother gives the order to kill her own daughters in order to clear their innocents. Director Mustafa Kotan was b
A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline in this taut and timely thriller that is part high-stakes heist, part radical exploration of the climate crisis. Original Language: English Subtitles: Italian Month and Year of Production: 2022 Color/Black and White: Colour Audio: Stereo Country of Production: New Mexico and USA Duration: 10
Technological progress is advancing apace, the population is ageing and does not keep up with it. That's why Laura Annibali, a half-genius in the IT field who is now in her fifties, decided to set up Huf, a non-profit with the mission of supporting the technologically impaired. But the ANonniMus, a hacker group of the third age, with their increasingly frequent attacks, terrorise the would-be supp
A talk between Silvia Bizio, artistic director of ORA! Fest, and Maria Sole Tognazzi, film director.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a film directed by Terry Gilliam, recounting the fantastic travels of a bizarre 18th century aristocrat. Late 18th century. In an undefined, war-torn European city, amidst the explosions and gunfire of the Turkish army outside the city walls, a theatre company stages the adventures of Baron Munchausen. The performance is interrupted by an old man who claims to
A looming disaster in one of the most spectacular environments on Earth sparks a rescue mission unlike any other in Sea of Shadows, a riveting new documentary with the intensity of a Hollywood thriller from National Geographic Documentary Films and winner of the Sundance audience award. When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Corte
New York, 16 May 1888. The visionary Serbian-Croatian inventor Nikola Tesla is about to present an innovative and more environmentally friendly AC asynchronous motor. Before the demonstration, wealthy businessman George Westinghouse meets Tesla privately to convince him to sell him his patent and go into business with him. Tesla declines the offer but during the demonstration something happens tha
Ria Khan, a rebellious student and aspiring martial artist, dreams of becoming a world-famous stuntwoman. When her older sister Lena renounces her dreams by dropping out of the art academy and getting engaged, Ria's world is turned upside down. She believes she must rescue her sister from the shackles of marriage the only way she knows how. With the help of her friends, she then attempts to carry
Year of Production: 2023 Country of Production: USA Director: Daniel Lir e Bayou Bennett
Alfredo is a police man, he lives with his three sons and his wife Donatella in a small apartment. The family is waiting for the fourth son. The job, and the arrival of the baby and the small and the big problems of life are oppressing himself. An emergency call for an armed robbery will changes his vision of life. Director Rebecca Cipolla, stage name Rebecca Marie Margot, begins her career
In a family of sheep thieves, a 15-year-old boy has to contend with his father's bullying in order to help his younger brother support the little lamb orphaned after the last raid. Director Tom Furniss is a New Zealand writer and director who has co-written programmes such as Taskmaster, New Zeland Today, Gloden Boy and Chris Parker: Back to School Special. He was previously a writer for com
On a day when temperatures rise relentlessly, a woman finds herself stuck in her car. Her only salvation is the air conditioning, until the car turns off. Director Andrea Di Iorio graduated in Literature and Cinema at La Sapienza University of Rome. After graduating, he immediately began writing and directing his first short films, including Come andrà a finire, and his debut film Senza dis
Lucky Coin! is about a college student who believes he’s constantly failing a course because of “bad luck” and tries to break “bad luck” by an extraordinary way to pass the course. Original Language: English Subtitles: English Month and Year of Production: December, 2022 Color/Black and White: Black and White Camera: Canon 5D Mark III Audio: Silent film Country of Production: Tu
In a lower-class neighborhood in Rome, there is a barber who believes in conspiracy theories. He is the laughing stock of his family but also at work. Nobody takes him seriously until he gets arrested by the police. Director Valerio Ferrara, Rome in 1996, after studying piano and composition, he graduated in History of Art and Drama at Sapienza Università di Roma. He has studying film direc
Soul Office is an animated comedy that follows the exploits of two funny criminals grappling with an ATM robbery, that just won't go right... Director Ryan Loughran graduated from Ulster University in Belfast, where he studied 3D animation. Always fascinated by the world of storytelling, he makes the most of his talent and passion by collaborating with Taunt Studios on his animated short fil
For decades, the film industry has confined minorities to stereotypical characters. Now, filmmakers fight to change the Latinx role in Hollywood. Director Guillermo Casarín, an aspiring young filmmaker, came to the United States from Mexico to pursue his dreams of becoming a film director. Now, he is on the verge of graduating from one of the best film schools in the world, but after experi
Rome, 1946. The short film, inspired by true events, tells the story of the technician Francesco, who receives the strange order of installing a telephone at the Verano cemetery. The director Roberto Rossellini is the one who asked for the connection: he needs a telephone to complete the film Germany, Year Zero, without leaving the grave of his son Romano, who died at the age of nine. The meeting
Italy, World War 2. In the shadow of Monte Cassino Monastery, a battle-hardened Māori soldier pursues a rooster into a stable but hidden inside is an Italian deserter hides. The two men find themselves trapped in a dangerous standoff. Neither knows which side the other man is on or what the other is saying, and their attempts to communicate are ridiculous. They recognise in each other a genuine h
Aureliano e Simone seem to belong to different planets. They don’t speak much, their common language is fencing. With each lunge they will test their talent and loyalty. Director Federico Russotto was born in Rome in 1996. In 2014 his first short film is premiered in various festivals. Next year his short documentary Frullato Flaminio won the second prize in the contest “Mamma Roma e i s
Four teenagers in a remote mountain village spend their days inside an abandoned bus on a ridge, singing and making music. A contest for emerging bands pushes them to the nearest town. Director Born and raised in Calcutta, Suman Sen is an Indian writer, director and producer. He studied Business, Design and Communication, and has worked for many years in the advertising industry wi
Mary crawls down the dark forest of her subconscious where she meets her shadow and her anima. They will guide her towards her soul, through a painful but necessary awakening. Director Alessandro Marino, born in Brindisi, Italy in 1995, is currently based in Los Angeles. Alessandro made his debut as a writer and director with the feature film Brindisi, now streaming on Amazon Prime. He also
Ciociaria, early ‘50s. A young farmhand is recruited to partecipate in Miss Italia selections, but her body measurements are not quite right for the contest. To undergo a terrible process of physical transformation seems to be the only way to be elected Reginetta. Director Federico Russotto (Rome, 1996). After high school, he moved to London where he studied directing and screenwriting at
Caleb, a young war veteran, returns to his old home with the intent to reunite with his parents. Few happy memories are fogged by a difficult past and an even more complicated present. Director Lorenzo Sisti is an emerging Italian director based in Los Angeles, California. He departed Italy for his American adventure as a young, high school graduate. Lorenzo then graduated from Loyola Marymo
A bald girl and a long-haired boy try to solve their problems with the hijab in the Tehran Moral Police headquarters. Director Alireza Kazemipour (1973, Iran), is an award-winning Iranian-Canadian screenwriter, director and producer. In 2010, he received his Master's degree in Film Directing from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University and directed his first short film Slowness. In 2020,
In a suburban and multi-ethnic Rome, a mother and two brothers are evicted from the council house in which they live. The two brothers, convinced that it has been assigned to non-EU citizens, decide to take justice into their own hands and take back their home at any cost. Director Kassim Yassin Saleh born in Djibouti in 1966. He left his Country in the 1990s and settled in Rome. He started
Lucia is a 40-year-old woman who occasionally visits her father's grave in the city cemetery. One day she finds on the grave a colored candy wrapper all rolled up. The curious episode will be repeated several times, until Lucia discovers that… Title: Caramelle Originale Language: No dialogues Year: 2022 Country: Italy Director: Matteo Panebarco Category: Animation Duration: 12 min
Set on a farm in rural Northern Ireland, An Irish Goodbye is a black comedy that follows the reunion of brothers Turlough and Lorcan after the untimely death of their mother. Title: An Irish Goodbye Originale Language: English Year: 2022 Country: U.K. Director: Tom Berkeley, Ross White Cast: James Martin, Paddy Jenkins, Michelle Fairley Category: Drama Duration: 23 min
In a small supermarket in rural America, a black man smiles at a white child across the checkout lane. This seemingly innocuous moment will mark the beginning of a ruthless gang war. Title: Skin Originale Language: English Year: 2018 Country: USA Director: Guy Nattiv Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Danielle Macdonald, Ashley Thomas, Jackson Robert, Lonnie Chavis Category: Drama Duration: 21 minut
In a Los Angeles composed entirely of corporate logos, two cops hunt down a criminal dressed as a clown. But no one can yet figure out what's really going on. Title: Logorama Originale Language: English Year: 2009 Country: France Director: François Alaux, Hervé De Crécy, Ludovic Houplain Cast: David Fincher, Bob Stephenson, Sherman Augustus, Aja Evans, Joel Michaely, Matt Wi
A professional cellist meets a stranger on the subway, with unexpected and far-reaching consequences on his life. Title: Nimic Originale Language: English Year: 2019 Country: U.K. Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Cast: Matt Dillon, Daphne Patakia, Susan Elle, Sara Lee, Eugena Lee Category: Drama Duration: 12 minutes
