Fabio Vassallo

Sergio Cortesi dedicated his life to solar observation. At the “Specola solare” in Locarno, between 1957 and 2021, he made over 15.000 sunspots drawings, driven by the faith of a monk to whom his own god never gave an answer.

On a winter morning in Catania, Rachele return to the apartment she once shared with Paolo to gather her belongings. As she packs, ordinary objects bring back traces of their recently ended relationship. Their emotional value recalls the tradizion of the bridal trousseau, opening a reflection across generations on the meaning we give to objects, home, and relationships today.

After a peculiar request of a new colleague, Guido is forced to embark on a nighttime roadtripthrough the streets of Charlatown Country, where a series of events will change his life forever.

Since the seventh century AD, Sado has been called the "island of exile". Unwelcomed people by the shogunate such as homeless, artists and politicians were exiled, some of them even put to forced labour in the mines. Their spirits, trapped in the depths of the earth, will never see the sky again.

It’s late at night when Etna begins to erupt. Volcanologists fear an unprecedented explosion, the area must be evacuated. A researcher decides to reach the summit crater to record a testimony: he’s sure the volcano is trying to tell him something.