Svennis: Arrivederci Italien(2024)

Out of Per Åhlin's Head(sv)

A portrait of Per Åhlin, who has been called the father of Swedish animation.

During the Journey to Melonia(sv)

Documentary about the production of Per Åhlin's feature film Resan till Melonia

Come il Bianco(fr)

Frei:Gespielt - Mehmet Scholl - Über das Spiel hinaus(en)

Sono Guido e non Guido(it)

Football As Never Before(de)

In this film, we follow footballer George Best over a 90-minute match against Coventry City, which took place on 12th September 1970. There is no soundtrack and no interview overlaid, just Best doing what he did best - playing football.

Dicktatorship(it)

A documentary in which Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer research the origins of sexism in the west and in Italy, the land of Berlusconi, Mussolini and Casanova, a nation with 887 words to say "penis".

An Italian Family: Life on a Farm(en)

This film presents geographic and cultural aspects of Italy with an account of one family living on a small farm, who, unlike many Italians seeking modernization, avoid mechanization in preference for a simple way of life.

Bellini and Mantegna: Renaissance Rivals(de)

The mysterious parallel story of Italian painters Andrea Mantegna (ca. 1431-1506) and Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1435-1516), brothers-in-law, public rivals and masters of the early Renaissance.

La via della Conciliazione(it)

Everyone knows the view of Via della Conciliazione with St. Peter's Basilica framed behind it. The most famous postcard of Rome, the background used by correspondents all over the world. Few know that this street hasn't always been there, and in fact shouldn't have been from the premises.

Stelvio: Crossroads of Peace(it)

Butterfly(it)

Eighteen year old Irma Testa is Italy’s first female boxer to make it to the Olympics. It’s a remarkable outcome for a girl raised in one of the poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods of Naples.. The more Irma succeeds though, the more fragile she becomes. After a crushing defeat at the Games in Rio, she questions whether boxing is her future. She wants to chart her own path, but must first take a hard look at her personal life which she has avoided for so long.

De Toorts(nl)

Documentary about the Dutch painter Caspar van Wittel.

Excellent Cadavers(en)

In the late-80s and early-90s, two prosecutors went after the mob in Sicily. Archival footage, gruesome photographs and new interviews are shown.

The Murder of Meredith Kercher(en)

Examining the brutal murder of 21-year-old student Meredith Kercher in 2007.

Les yeux dans les Bleus(fr)

This documentary follows the French soccer team on their way to victory in the 1998 World Cup in France. Stéphane Meunier spent the whole time filming the players, the coach and some other important characters of this victory, giving us a very intimate and nice view of them, as if we were with them.

Spoko – The Blind Football Coach(en)

Dumisani Ntombela has never seen a football stadium, but coached a women's football team for the Premier League. She has lost her funding and her team, but wants to attract her back on the field.

Napolitaners(it)

Four Roads(it)

In the absence of any physical connection, this short explores alternative forms of contact among neighbors by making use of an old 16mm camera, a zoom lens, and a few meters of expired film.

Vivere(fr)