Giuseppe Lo Piccolo

In the Hand of Dante

Casino Manager

A Vatican priest discovers Dante's original Divine Comedy manuscript. When asked to authenticate it, writer Nick Tosches steals it, while a parallel story follows Dante's quest to create his masterpiece.

Immaculate

Deacon Enzo

An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. However, her warm welcome quickly turns into a living nightmare when she discovers her new home harbours a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

Edoardo Leone

Amanda Knox arrives in Italy for her study abroad only to be wrongfully imprisoned for murder weeks later. Follow Knox's relentless fight to prove her innocence and reclaim her freedom and examines why authorities and the world stood so firmly in judgment.

The Hunter

Fifetto

The story of Saverio Barone, a young prosecutor who in the early nineties became the protagonist of the “caccia alla Mafia” (Mafia-hunt) immediately following the Capaci and Via D'Amelio bombings. Inspired by the true story of the anti-Mafia magistrate Alfonso Sabella.

Homo Argentum

(Segment: "Troppo Dolce")

The film consists of 16 shorts that explore, with humor and social criticism, the characteristics of the Argentine identity.

Brigands: The Quest for Gold

Salvatore

In the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, Filomena escapes her wealthy but sad life to lead a risky treasure hunt.

Fireworks

Emmanuele

The troubled relationship between Gianni and Nino, set in the narrow-minded and prejudicial Sicily of 1982.

The Commander

Pietro Bono

One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in history: to save the 26 shipwrecked Belgians who otherwise would have drowned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and disembark them at the nearest safe harbor. To make room for them on board his submarine, he is forced to navigate on the surface of the water for three days, visible to the enemy forces and endangering his life and that of his men.

The Legend Of The Christmas Witch

Smilzo

When six elementary school students suspect their missing teacher is Befana, a Christmas witch who delivers presents to good children, they set off on a magical journey to save her.

The Time It Takes

Volpe

A devoted father working in film shares a magical bond with his daughter, but as she enters adolescence and falls into addiction, he takes her to Paris in a final effort to save her and their fading connection.

La principessa

Principessa is a homeless woman who lives in a dilapidated van in a suburban parking lot. She scrapes together small amounts of money through prostitution, abuses alcohol and drugs, but remains a fragile woman with a good heart. Her sweet but precarious balance is shattered when the “Piccolo Circo” arrives at the place she loves so much: the parking ban, the arrival of the police, the seizure of her vehicle, and the awareness, albeit unclear, that she must leave that maternal womb forever.

Continental Drift (South)

Carabinieri

Nathalie Adler is on a mission for the EU in Sicily. She organizes the next visit of Macron and Merkel to a migrant camp. Their presence has a high symbolic value to show that everything is under control. But who still wants to believe in this European family on the verge of a nervous breakdown? Probably not Albert, Nathalie's son, an NGO activist who arrives without warning. He, moreover, no longer believes in his mother.

Una commedia pericolosa

Agente Rondine

Maurilio Fattardi, head of security at a department store, dreams of working in the secret service. The arrival of Rita, a charming hostess in the building opposite, disrupts his routine. After a violent argument, he fears she has been killed and springs into action.

Bravo Bene!

Self

Filming on Franco Maresco's film about Carmelo Bene is abruptly halted after yet another on-set accident. Producer Andrea Occhipinti pulls the plug, exasperated by the endless takes and repeated delays. Angered, the director simply disappears. Maresco's friend, Umberto Cantone, attempts to mend the rift by calling witnesses from all those involved in the project, in an investigation that offers an opportunity to retrace the personality and ideas of the most corrosive and apocalyptic auteur in Italian cinema.

The Shadow of the Bride

Soldato

The last moments of life of WW2 soldiers are dissolved in the depth of the Mediterranean Sea, among emotions and thoughts. While sinking inexorably in the fascinating and cruel sea, love echoes in the letters of a husband soldier to his spouse. Today we can still hear those cries arise from the sea. “There’s always a red sea, a living or dead sea that appears in front of all wandering men in search of a home.” Stefano D’Arrigo, Horcynus Orca.

KM 9

The 1980s, the Tuscan countryside. Two young lovers are driving east to enjoy the dawn but they end up at the scene of a crime and become the new target of the criminals

Karsa - Un racconto siciliano

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Jabal - la montagna

Giusy is tired of living in the community where she grew up, in the indifference of the older ones and the hostility of her companions. She decides to cut the ties that force her and ventures out alone on the streets of a gray and aggressive Palermo. Her courage makes her come to the rescue of an old wandering poet who, however, disappears at dusk in the belly of a mountain. Giusy will find a new road.

La Bottega dei Bottoni

We are in an unusual place, two bizarre characters and a unique story. What lies behind a simple button?