The Body of the World

“He doesn’t stop resisting; he stands in the snow, in the silence, stubbornly keeping the position”.

Three different epochs through the gaze of three children: Zelinda, who loses her mother to the Spanish Flu during World War I and sees the specter of Nazism loom; Assunta, who lives during the Nazi occupation between bombings, raids, and executions; Icaro, who abandons the countryside during the Years of Lead (“Anni di Piombo”) and accepts a new life. A story across the difficulties and the troubles of the 20th century between memories, affection, nostalgia, and gratitude.

While the pig is being dragged out from the sty he has the chance to see the sky...

In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It's going to be the first celebration since the latest war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors' recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.

My cheeks brush against the stones, I look out from a break in the wall.

History flows, the darkness wets our clothes. Inspired by the poem “Avevamo studiato per l’aldilà” by Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale, the film condenses iconic images of Italy’s political history into a narrative about this life and the hereafter.

In Russian director Julia Gromskaya's cyclical tale, a wild boar touches off a torrent of memories and dreams in a young girl awaiting the return of her lover.

Scenes of wars, from World War II to the refugee camps of the 6-Day War, from the attack on the Mostar bridge to the cars set on fire in the war in Syria.

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

Passages, crossings, a last door that will not open, conceived and realized by Simone Massi.

A poem of love and struggle dedicated to the Palestinian people

While Anton Raderscheidt the painter is being photographed, he dreams about a red shirt

False images able to creep, to confuse memories.

Dream of escape: from prison, from fascism, from the oblivion of memory