Umberto D

Giacomo drags his son to a club for the selection of a musical talent. Will he be able to move his son out of his own insecurities?

A visual journey inside the majestic building of Locarno's Gran Hotel, long-closed. The ghosts of those who resided in it during the past decades still live inside.

The factory becomes a pulsating organism: machines and looms move in a hypnotic rhythm, while the fabric takes shape. Amid the industrial sounds, the hands and faces of workers emerge. Mechanical details and human gazes intertwine, transforming the work into a poetic and sensorial landscape.

Ticino is not the epicentre of fashion, but between the 1930s and the 1960s, it had a fashion designer who achieved national and international success. The Luganese Elsa Barberis dressed the modern woman taking shape in those years, anticipating and inspiring the fashion of the decades to follow. But all this was not enough. Elsa has been completely forgotten by our memory. How is it possible that a talented figure like hers fell into oblivion so quickly?

A reflection on the mixed feelings and emotions that follow one another when everything is still to be decided.

A collective of fifteen emerging directors, guided by Tarr, each present a unique short segment reimagining the city and landscapes around Locarno—city streets, cable cars, the Val Bavona valleys, and Corippo—through varied cinematic lenses.