NEW DAWN FADES (Yeni şafak solarken) by Gürcan Keltek Synopsis Akın has been in and out of the hospital, stuck in the system for years. He no longer leaves his family’s house except for occasional visits to religious monuments in Istanbul. Trying to find refuge in God, he falls into
FRARÍA (Spark) by Alberto Diana Synopsis Angelo is 15 years old and lives in a small village in the mountains of southern Sardinia. He spends his days with his best friend Bastiano, his age. Angelo is very shy and is teased about his older brother Agostino’s disability. He cannot defend
Italy, 18’40”, HD, o.v. dialect, subs English, 2021 A family spends the summer months on the nudist beach. Intimacy and beauty of the naked bodies, the leaves draw geometrical shapes on the skin, the water seems relieving from any thought. Freikörperkultur is a poem about longing for what is lost
Diteggiatura [Fingerpicking] 18’, 2021 a film by Riccardo Giacconi in collaboration with Andrea Morbio with Silvia Costa Compagnia Marionettistica Carlo Colla & Figli text written by artificial neural network Megatron 11b produced by Manuela Buono – Slingshot Films in association with Leonardo Bigazzi – Lo schermo dell’arte supported by Artists’
Fango Rosso (red mud), is the toxic waste of the mining extraction. It covers up the hills of Sulcis, land where the astonishing beauty of the landscape collides with a history betrayed promises, progress as a mirage, politic as deceit. Damiano and Mattia spend their afternoons in the shade of
