Paolo Sassanelli

A pensioner with many phobias realises one day that four million francs have been mistakenly deposited into his account. Instead of notifying the bank, he makes an unexpected decision: he withdraws the money and flees on his moped.

Valentino Tarocco invents a new life as a famous Milanese designer. He has removed all connection with the past, but an accident will bring him back to his twenties, causing him to recover his Apulian dialect and love for his origins.

Past and present mood surface and superimpose in the director's parents' private archive images, among the relations which retrace the same, inexplicable steps.

This is the story of Abou, a man who lives far from his country and his affections.

Roberto is a student in a corrupt university where teachers sell exams and only hire friends and relatives.

Gianni is a taxi driver dissatisfied with his life. One day by chance he gets the opportunity to take possession of the villa and life of a billionaire on holiday.

The life of Giorgio, a mediocre journalist, changes abruptly when the director of the newspaper decides to transfer him to a provincial office. Only the kidnapping of young Carlo gives him back his work as a correspondent.

Italia, 1990. En la noche en que la selección nacional de fútbol de Italia es eliminada de la Copa del Mundo por Argentina en los penales, un conocido productor de cine es encontrado muerto en el río Tíber. Los principales sospechosos del asesinato son tres jóvenes aspirantes a guionistas, detenidos frente a los Carabinieri para contar su versión de lo ocurrido.

Nevermind is an episodic comedy film. In each episode, we see common characters forced to suffer extremely weird, disturbing and paradoxical situations. These situations sometimes seem incredible but yet... can happen.

The daring journey through Europe of two somewhat naive friends, Salvatore and Felice, fleeing a small town in Puglia, who find themselves catapulted to Rotterdam and then to Iceland. For the first time in their lives they will discover what it means to feel alive and happy. Through some mishap and with the help of the generous and extravagant Anke, they will overcome their fears and inhibitions. They will be overwhelmed by life, discovering the joy of existing and of experiencing and receiving affection and love in a strange triangle of relationships typical of a 'modern family', bizarre and reassuring at the same time.

The daring journey through Europe of two somewhat naive friends, Salvatore and Felice, fleeing a small town in Puglia, who find themselves catapulted to Rotterdam and then to Iceland. For the first time in their lives they will discover what it means to feel alive and happy. Through some mishap and with the help of the generous and extravagant Anke, they will overcome their fears and inhibitions. They will be overwhelmed by life, discovering the joy of existing and of experiencing and receiving affection and love in a strange triangle of relationships typical of a 'modern family', bizarre and reassuring at the same time.

The daring journey through Europe of two somewhat naive friends, Salvatore and Felice, fleeing a small town in Puglia, who find themselves catapulted to Rotterdam and then to Iceland. For the first time in their lives they will discover what it means to feel alive and happy. Through some mishap and with the help of the generous and extravagant Anke, they will overcome their fears and inhibitions. They will be overwhelmed by life, discovering the joy of existing and of experiencing and receiving affection and love in a strange triangle of relationships typical of a 'modern family', bizarre and reassuring at the same time.

The daring journey through Europe of two somewhat naive friends, Salvatore and Felice, fleeing a small town in Puglia, who find themselves catapulted to Rotterdam and then to Iceland. For the first time in their lives they will discover what it means to feel alive and happy. Through some mishap and with the help of the generous and extravagant Anke, they will overcome their fears and inhibitions. They will be overwhelmed by life, discovering the joy of existing and of experiencing and receiving affection and love in a strange triangle of relationships typical of a 'modern family', bizarre and reassuring at the same time.

A young woman decides to sell her virginity to pay off her mother's debts when she realises that her earnings as an online x-rated model are not enough.

Asti, third millennium. Lucia, mother and wife on the verge of boredom, opens up to friendship with the immigrant Ahmed, looking for an escape from the routine.

Francesco, a young man born without arms who has learned to live despite his disability, has access to good education thanks to material wealth and the love of his parents. But his sexual drive remains unfulfilled. Only his childhood friend Stefano will understand the frustration of his friend and help him.

From the director of "L'estate di mio fratello", a movie about the incapability of relating with others. And the possibility of disappearing for real.

Giulia tiene treinta años y no está casada. Ella tiene un buen trabajo que le permite viajar y llevar una vida de lujo en Milán y París. Está convencida de que tiene todo lo que necesita para la felicidad, pero después de conocer a Renzo, un encantador agricultor de Apulia, Giulia comprende que se está perdiendo lo más importante de su vida: el amor verdadero.

At 46, Antonio Colucci realizes his dream of becoming a great horror movie director is far from being accomplished and he tries hard to seize what might be his last chance of getting a story of his on the screen.

The police infiltrates an unemployed classically-trained musician into a wedding band in order to drive out an elusive Camorra boss.

El motor de la historia es el amor apasionado entre el italiano Cosimo y la francesa Nicole, que se conocen durante las manifestaciones contra la cumbre del G8 en Génova. Se enamoran a primera vista. Comparten el amor por la libertad y la música. Viajan juntos, pero luego deciden volver a Génova. Trabajan para un amigo que organiza conciertos, que al principio parece progresista pero luego se mostrará como una especie de monstruo. Durante la construcción de un escenario, un inmigrante africano se cae de un andamio. Este accidente romperá el equilibrio que reinaba entre los dos enamorados.

Three young musicians think they have luck on their side when they score the keys to a beautiful villa outside of Rome for the weekend. Unfortunately, they soon discover that they are not alone.

The detective Silvestri has a zealous wife, a child on the way and a double murder to be solved in a livid Rome selling drugs and consuming lives. His investigation intersects the lives of young people and affected Nina and John, in spite of themselves involved in the murder of a drug dealer and his mother. Aerobics instructor her layabout him, the young lovers try to work out and awkwardly from a story larger than themselves. In the background is moving while the murder underworld clan committed to winning a prestigious post in the heroin market. Among African criminals and delirious, Silvestri will be up to restore order and find the culprits. The price you pay will be high, however.

Alessio Rinaldi, a 25-year-old director, gets the charge from a producer to write the script of his first movie with Ubaldo Terzani, a well-known writer of horror novels. Alessio moves into Terzani's house to start this collaboration, and a strange relationship of psychological dependence grows between them: Ubaldo Terzani unveils his dark side, and Alessio fall in a desperate depth of craziness and nightmares. There is a reason why Terzani's bestsellers are so frightening ... Alessio will discover that reality can be unexpectedly more terrifying than every brainchild, and he will have to fight hard to escape Ubaldo Terzani's jaws.

Five ordinary people disaffected with traditional politics -- a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor, a TV reporter, and a convict -- kidnap an elected politician and plan to donate the ransom money to the family of a blue-collar worker who died on the job.

Guido, an acclaimed author, leads an idyllic life with his beautiful wife and teenage daughter. But despite his seemingly perfect existence, Guido's restless search for inspiration leads him into the arms of Giulia, a charming and mysterious swim instructor, who is hiding a secret from her past.

Vito y Elsa, una pareja de clase media, se encuentran con dificultades que afrontar a raíz del despido de Vito de su antiguo y bien renumerado trabajo. Será difícil afrontar lo que les viene encima.

Stefano es un guitarrista de una banda de rock. Adolescente treintañero, decide regresar a casa de sus padres cuando descubre que su mujer lo engaña con otro. Pero al regresar, encuentra que sus parientes (padre, madre, hermanos) no llevan precisamente una mejor vida que la suya. Porque a pesar del bienestar económico del que gozan (y que le ha sido escaso a Stefano en su vida profesional) sus vidas personales se van desplomando. Y Stefano parece ser el único que los puede ayudar. (FILMAFFINITY)

Moved by the spirit of adventure and the desire to escape, a group of boys decided to leave secretly to Morocco.

"Nicola, where the sun rises" - Tells the true story of the transfer, from Myra (today Demre in Turkey ) to Bari , of the relics of St. Nicholas. 62 sailors arrive in Lycia aboard 3 sailing ships to steal the bones of the saint. They return to Bari on 8 May 1087 and announce they want to build a new basilica dedicated to St. Nicholas.

En la Toscana de los años 70, el pequeño Mirco de 10 años es un gran aficionado al cine, pero a causa de un desafortunado accidente pierde la vista y la ley le considera un incapacitado para acceder a la escuela pública, por lo que sus padres se ven obligados a enviarlo a una institución. Allí, el niño encuentra un viejo grabador de bobina abierta y descubre que sólo con la utilización de los sonidos puede crear cuentos de hadas. A pesar de que la gente en el Instituto intenta hacerle desistir de su afición, Mirco irá convenciendo a otros niños ciegos para descubrir sus propios talentos.

En la Toscana de los años 70, el pequeño Mirco de 10 años es un gran aficionado al cine, pero a causa de un desafortunado accidente pierde la vista y la ley le considera un incapacitado para acceder a la escuela pública, por lo que sus padres se ven obligados a enviarlo a una institución. Allí, el niño encuentra un viejo grabador de bobina abierta y descubre que sólo con la utilización de los sonidos puede crear cuentos de hadas. A pesar de que la gente en el Instituto intenta hacerle desistir de su afición, Mirco irá convenciendo a otros niños ciegos para descubrir sus propios talentos.

Mimì reunites after many years with Caterina, with whom he has always been secretly in love. When her husband dies, Mimì decides to become part of her life.

A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off.

DV-shot documentary following a group of up-and-coming young Italian actors .

A Donatello award nominated short feature.

2001. David, a university student about to graduate, gets involved in the anti-globalization movement after falling for activist Viola in the months preceding the fateful events of the G8 summit in Genoa.

Former theatre actress comes back to Rome and meets old and new friends.

Documentary about a screening of Zanasi's previous film "Nella mischia" (1995) in an impoverished district of Bari.

15-year-old Andrea lives in a world of his own, where an innocent friendship with a pretty girl becomes a full-blown romance. He invites her to a motor show in nearby Bologna, but she fails to show up at the bus station. Instead, Andrea is joined by his older sister Stefania–who's planning a runaway with her boyfriend Angelo.

Renato, editor y codirector de una moderna revista y homosexual convencido hasta que conoce a Ginevra, militante feminista y cantante del grupo punk "The Fucking Sisters". Ginevra hará que Renato se replantee su condición sexual e inicien una peculiar relación a la que no será ajena la tradicional familia de Renato.

A Southern Italian family is suddenly faced with AIDS. One of them has it. Which friend or family member could have begun this cycle of infection? The characters include a vain housewife, her straight-laced husband, her gay brother, and her husband's and brother's best friend. Hilarious mayhem ensues.

Italian slice-of-life comedy-drama following the exploits of four low-life teenagers from Rome's suburbs.