Michael Beltrami

The mafia-like structures in the Calabrian Mesoraca were built up in the 1990s, mainly thanks to weapons from Switzerland. The hub of the illegal trade was Ticino. An investigation into how the ‘Ndrangheta infiltrated a small Swiss town.

In 1929, a small, strange building was constructed on the summit of Monte Generoso, overlooking the rocky cliff face. Located at an altitude of 1,700 meters and difficult to access, it resembled an eagle's nest dominating the region, similar to certain war bunkers or hermitages clinging to the rocks. Who was the mysterious woman of noble origins for whom the building was constructed? A spy, as rumored, or an extravagant scholar in search of contemplative peace? Almost a century later, the enigma remains. Through a lengthy investigation, the director delves into intricate events and complex historical periods in search of answers.

May 2021: The world sees a way out of the coronavirus pandemic. Manuele Bertoli takes over as President of the Ticino cantonal government and enters his last term of office with a great deal of optimism. But things don't turn out as he had hoped.

A hospital room. A camera in hand. A motionless man begins to travel – through memories, through longings, through silence.

After a burn-out, Filippo, a film director, undertakes a professional reintegration as a waiter in a social enterprise.

This is the story of Kunsang Wangmo, a 100-year-old Buddhist nun exiled from Tibet in 1959 to escape the Chinese occupation.

A container for stories, between cinema and reality, memories of the past, dreams, and journeys on an eleven-day trip around the world. Piazza Grande, the undisputed symbolic location for the Locarno Festival. Stories experienced firsthand by those who frequent, inhabit, and experience Piazza Grande during the Festival period. Emotions felt for a moment, as ethereal as cinema itself: this is the flamboyant and mysterious magic that is perpetuated every year in this extraordinary place.