Five Lionni Classics

A group of Italian priests struggle to convert a disused building into a church.

Adapted from the book by Luzzati.

Pulcinella is poor and tormented by his wife. But one day a magical fish bites his line and promises to satisfy his every desire if he lets him live. From that moment all the couple's dreams come true. Until due to too much greed...

The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”

A pair of shipwrecked lovers are captured by a Prince who hopes to make the woman his bride.

Combining musical and dance numbers with comedy sketches (performed by members of The Armando Curcio Company and The Gauthier Ballet Troupe)without any plot, this is more of a revue than a movie, along the lines of The Ed Sullivan television series in the U.S.

Oscar nominated animated short from 1973. Pulcinella dreams himself into a wild nightmare of a dream that leads us through an abstract world.

A king and his hunting party shoot down birds. A magpie escapes the onslaught of arrows and wreaks havoc on the hunting party.

Emanuele Luzzati was a talented artist, director and animator. One of his best known short films was 1978’s The Magic Flute set to the music from Mozart’s two-act opera. As a stage director, Luzzati had mounted a lavish 1963 full-scale production of the opera and fell in love with the music and the story. His animated The Magic Flute, made fifteen years later, was met with glowing reviews and multiple awards. He followed the completion of the film with a children’s picture book that succinctly retells the story. (by Joseph Crisalli)

The tale of an odd fish named Swimmy

The documentary illustrates the history of the birth and development of the porticoes module in Bologna, starting from the Middle Ages. After a brief historical investigation on the origin of the arcades and on the revolution that affected urban architecture following their introduction, we analyze the social impact that these had, and still have, on the lives of Bolognese citizens. The porch, among other things, is presented as an architectural solution capable of facilitating meeting and communication.

A tale about Paladins where western knights thwart their Moorish tricks to push back these black-skined conquerors.