E La Vita Continua

Only a brief fragment survives from the beginning of this film, which seems to be a moving romantic melodrama: Diana Karenne plays the piano surrounded by a group of admirers in evening dress. She is a beautiful and slightly spoiled heiress, the kind of woman for whom Italian silent cinema reserved unfortunate turns of fate in order to elevate her to the status of tragic heroine. Even the few minutes remaining make clear that she proposes her own reinterpretation of the genre’s themes and motifs: from astonished grief over her father’s death to desperate wanderings through dark and impoverished alleyways. It is an expressive palette around which Pasquali weaves his discreet direction, paying particular attention to lighting effects.

The two brothers Marcella and Mario live with other young people in a neighboring country from that of their parents. The arrival of a stranger ignites the contrast with the adult world in them.

A biographical film, in English throughout, telling the story of film director Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) from his childhood in Riga, Latvia to receiving the 'Stalin Prize' in Moscow. Based on his own writings, the film uses actual film clips of Eisenstein at various points of his life as well as photographs, illustrations and archival film of a variety of locations around the world. Eisenstein's talent as a satirical cartoonist and later an artist is particularly highlighted with many photographs of his work. Films discussed include "Strike", "Battleship Potemkin", "Oktober", "The old and the new", "Alexander Nevsky" and "Ivan the terrible". There is a detailed account of Eisenstein's world tour during which time he met and worked with other leading film-makers, writers and personalities including Einstein, James Joyce, D. W. Griffith and Walt Disney. Includes anecdote on his visit to High Table at Trinity College, Cambridge and its inspiration for a scene in 'Ivan the terrible'.

At Disperata, a small town in Southern Italy, the melancholy mayor Filippo Pisanelli feels terribly unfit for his role. Only a love of poetry and his passion for the literature lessons he gives to prison inmates admit a chink of light into his general state of depression. In jail he meets Pati, a small-time criminal from his own town. Pati and his brother Angiolino were dreaming of becoming the mafia bosses of Capo di Leuca, but the encounter with art changes everything and an unusual friendship between the three men will lead them to make courageous choices.

A humble young woman takes care of his sister's child while also hiding her feelings towards her sister's lover.

This film depicts a series of landmark events in the life of hapless thespian Antonio Hutter (Alessandro Haber), the unfortunate fictional alter-ego of legendary actor Alessandro Haber. This surreal faux-biography begins with Hutter's birth in Bologna, Italy, and his early life in the Middle East and follows him through the highs and lows of his acting career, using a combination of interviews with real-life colleagues, archival footage and improvised scenes along the way.

The Brion Family Tomb and the San Cataldo Cemetery in Modena are the portals to a stirring and highly symbolic journey into the visionary world of two 20thcentury architects, Carlo Scarpa and Aldo Rossi. The Brion mausoleum is a small single family ‘necropolis’ that prompts us to reflect on life and death. Aldo Rossi’s San Cataldo Cemetery is the house of the dead, an opus unfinished and abandoned.

Let Peter tell you fascinating stories about the most unexpected and surprising abilities of trees. Passing from the experiences gathered in 30 years of work in contact with woods and nature up to the most recent scientific discoveries.

Mariano Astuzzi was a magician, a true magician. A life tormented by the inability to control his magic. His strength was his weakness. Mariano disappeared a few years ago. This documentary traces his life.

The objective of this film is to recount the life and actions of a man who left an indelible mark on history: Adolf Hitler. We will do so by showing a journey from childhood, from his rise to power, to the tragic events that led to the end of the Nazi dictatorship and its main driver, showing the whole world what Hitler meant for modern history. This documentary is intended to be a complete educational tool that can unveil the veils of some of the darkest pages of our civilization. Follow us on this journey, because knowledge is the tool with which we can prevent history from repeating itself.

Varichina was the first openly out homosexual man in Bari in the ‘70s. Ugly, flashy and campy, he was well known for making coarse advances to every man he saw. He was gay, had nothing to hide, and lived a life of celebration! Funny and heartwarming, Varichina: The True Story of the Fake Life of Lorenzo de Santis is a documentary/fiction hybrid looking at someone who was WAY OUT, long before it was socially acceptable.

An elderly widow lives alone. Reading an obituary breaks his routine. A love, which dates back to fifty years ago, re-emerges. The fact that it was unmentionable at the time did not make it any less alive. There is no more reason to fear, better to try

Silvano Bignozzi and Lino Toselli have been working as salesmen of camomile tea and spirits for 30 years. They are both from Bologna, but travel all over the country to sell their goods. Not without success, because all these years they have always won the deluxe vacation the company bestows on its best salesmen. With the firm footing the bill, they have travelled to various remote corners of the globe: they went on a safari in Kenya, rode camels in Saudi Arabia and visited temples in Asia. This year, they are going to Cuba. We meet the two gentlemen through the man who has been filming them on their excursions for the past 15 years.

Short documentary about crickets.

The Internet is a revolution that has no equal in the history of mankind. Digital is changing man and society in unexpected ways. What we call the future in the most technologically advanced countries is already present. A journey through the most advanced research centers and startuppers, abroad and in Italy, to understand how these changes are changing our way of life and our identity.