Velimir Khlebnikov was one of the biggest pacifists in early 20th century Russia, futurist poet and mathematician, who believed it was possible to predict future wars. Immersed in the process of making a fiction film about him, the director Kristina Paustian loses sleep and at...

Thirteen-year-old Bo lives in a peaceful neighbourhood, has a loving family, lots of friends and is doing well at school - a pretty perfect young teenage life. Like young people the world over, Bo is curious, questions everything and has a rebellious streak. As she...

When I left the island where I was born, it wasn’t a departure, it was an escape. Years later, I arrive on another island, a barren place that feels strangely familiar. I have come here for an encounter with a man. He says he is...

A handful of photographers look back on the Documerica Project, a long-forgotten epic photo survey of the American environment launched in the early 1970s at the height of environmental awareness.  Embodying a moment of truth in a country that had reached the limits of its...

Vittorio finds himself in Venice to shoot a movie as leading actor for the first time ever. He’s got everything he wanted, but not Love. One morning his uncle Cesare from Rome meets by chance Vittorio in the breakfast room after a long time. They...

Eva, a kleptomaniac girl, meets a boy, Manuel, during one of her regular burglaries. Between the two arises a challenge. By stealing, they must prove their skills, raising the stakes after each theft. ...

Venice, Italy, year 1998. Tobia is a boy from Tuscany; he is targeted for his innocence and fragility by three Roman off-site students living in the Veneto region, from whom he has been suffering physical violence. Tobia is paralyzed, his daily routine occupied by worries....

Dora is a 25-year-old girl with an apparently rough and impenetrable character who works by bringing shopping home, a very heavy job. This is not the only difficulty in her life though, as she comes from a broken family. Her mother Lia is an unstable...

Amidst the unknown wonders of Barbagia, flocks of wandering sheep, a guy from inland fleeing from his legal troubles has an idea that will upset the placid world of shepherds...

Life in suburban Palermo can be tough: Salvo is a young father who struggles between makeshift jobs and criminal-grotesque affairs to support his son. When the spiral of violence turns against him, he runs into Ciurè, a transgender dancer who helps him, opening doors to...