In a dark, velvety theatre, there is a first kiss between Pietro and Tommaso. When the lights come back on, however, the two students have different expectations of what might follow. The chaos of awakening desire in its complexity and sensuality is told and made almost physically tangible through looks and gestures, approach and retreat, hope and fear.
The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) in Italy in 1922 and how fascism marked the fate of the entire world in the dark years to come.
A woman escapes a group of bullies seeking to rape her and takes refuge with a seemingly kind couple who have a dark secret hidden in their quiet, secluded house.
Six strangers wake up handcuffed in the back of a truck. Left in the woods with just a chest full of weapons and a military strategy book, they soon find out that someone is after them and have to choose whether to be prey or hunters. Rare unreleased low-budget horror film, starring CSC (Rome Film School) students.
One May afternoon, Nicholas, Daniel and Lollo can still do something to save their friendship: fight against a destiny that wants to divide them.
Ciociaria, early ‘50s. A young farmhand is recruited to participate 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.
The armies of Fascist Italy conquered Addis Ababa, capital of Abyssinia, in May 1936, thus culminating the African colonial adventure of the ruthless dictator Benito Mussolini, by then lord of Libya, Eritrea and Somalia; a bloody and tragic story told through the naive drawings of Pietro Dall'Igna, an Italian schoolboy born in 1925.
Roberto Faenza's Nouvelle Vague-inspired graduation film at CSC, shot in 1964 with a then-unknown Raffaella Carrà in the lead role.
An early short film by Liliana Cavani that confronts the theme of discrimination.
Engel und Puppe is the first film by Italian filmmaker and writer Ellis Donda. Screened at Oberhausen in 1975, Engel und Puppe is a political adaptation of some lines from Rilke's Duino Elegies, featuring the French poet Jacqueline Risset and a young Rossella Or (soon to become an avant-garde theatre actress).
Based on the concert "La Notte" by A. Vivaldi. Carnival in Venice: Pulcinella attempts to slip into a VIP party, without too much success. His dream of the rich and famous will turn into a nightmare.
CSC graduation film.
Celestino has communication problems because of his incomprehensible native dialect. When he falls madly in love with a deaf girl called Rosetta, he learns sign language and pretends to be deaf as well in order to court her.
James wakes up in the middle of night after a nightmare regarding war and deaths.
A picturesque voyage through the changing seasons on a beach, from its boundless deserts to its colorful summer crowds. No words, just the sound of three unusual beings: the hard life of a beach cabin, the careful eye of a surveillance camera and the tenacity of a reckless old lady.
