Jacopo Quadri

Billy was a child prodigy who had invented and hosted a successful music podcast at nine. He is now 19, lives with his eccentric mother, is secretly in love with a girl, only visits children aged between 8 and 12 and does not know what to do with his life.

The life of a dying young man at the short age of only forty-one after playing the lead in Il postino. He was a brilliant stage actor before becoming an astonishing film director.

In Rome it hasn’t rained for three years and the lack of water is overturning rules and habits. Through the city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves a chorus of people, young and old, marginalised and successful, victims and profiteers. Their lives are linked in a single design, while each seeks his or her deliverance.

Baseado no romance homônimo de Ermanno Rea, acompanhamos a história de Felice, um homem que, depois de quarenta anos longe de casa, retorna ao lugar onde nasceu, o bairro de Sanità, no centro de Nápoles, onde redescobre os lugares que uma vez andava, os códigos do bairro e um passado que o devora.

Daria is getting married, and Antonio is the best man. They are two artists who have lived in the same building for years, but now she’s moving to another neighborhood. They get to work on a new project inspired by Federico Fellini’s Ginger and Fred, and bring in Emanuele, Monica, Francesco, Martina, and Andrea. First, tap dancing classes, as the script comes together one day at a time, with rehearsals in Rome, Rimini and France, in theaters shut down by Covid-19. Euphoria is running high, despite the uncertain times, and our theater troupe starts to resemble a gaggle of shipwreck survivors, bewildered by the way real life gets confounded with what is tentatively shaping up as the stage production.

On a winter’s day, Nena gathers her family to celebrate her birthday. Il paradiso del pavone is a small journey into the intimacy and authenticity of human beings: a film about an extended family in which everyone talks but no one really listens. Until an unexpected event forces the family members to look into each other’s eyes and reveal themselves for what they really are.

O filme conta a história de Eduardo Scarpetta (Toni Servillo), uma lenda da comédia italiana. Tudo muda na vida do humorista quando ele encena uma paródia de La figlia di Iorio, uma tragédia escrita pelo maior poeta italiano da época, Gabriele D’Annunzio. Após a apresentação ser interrompida por vaias e assobios, Scarpetta acaba sendo processada por plágio pelo próprio D’Annunzio, sendo a primeira ação judicial sobre direitos autorais na Itália. Inspirado em acontecimentos reais.

More than eighty years ago, a girl was born into a poor farming family in Tuscany, Ultimina, which was to be the last of many children. Ultimina is an animated and expressive storyteller. The greatest editor in Italian cinema films her with affectionate respect and simplicity.

Sobrevivente do Holocausto e dona de uma creche caseira, ela abre suas portas para o garoto muçulmano que a roubou na rua.

Filmado ao longo de três anos nas fronteiras entre Iraque, Curdistão, Síria e Líbano, Notturno relata as dificuldades diárias de quem tenta reconstruir suas vidas em meio aos efeitos devastadores das guerras civis, ditaduras, invasões estrangeiras e a presença mortal do grupo terrorista ISIS.

Antonio Barracano, a man of honor distinguishing between “decent people and scoundrels” in the Neapolitan underworld, is the "Mayor of Rione Sanità". Administering justice according to his own criteria, beyond the State, he is faced with a difficult decision when Rafiluccio Santaniello, the baker's son, asks him for his benediction to kill his father.

Em uma pequena província ocidental do Reino Unido vive um magistrado muito dedicado ao seu trabalho. No entanto, quando o Coronel Joll, famoso por seus "interrogatórios" e torturas, chega da capital para investigar os bárbaros, ele começa questionar a sua lealdade em relação ao Império.

In a thermal bath town that withstands mass tourism, a builder and his surveyor partner start up an ambitious project: converting twenty abandoned hotels into luxury residences for wealthy retired people. The lack of financial support from the banks and investors triggers a domino effect in their destiny that forever subverts reality.

In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a commune of Scandinavian artists establishes itself on the rural island of Capri, a safe haven for dissidents and nonconformists from all over the world, like Russian exiles led by Maxim Gorky, preparing the upcoming revolution. Here, local shepherdess Lucia finds herself torn between Seybu, the charming leader of the commune, and Carlo, a young doctor.

Certo dia, um dos maiores produtores de cinema na Itália é encontrado morto dentro de um rio. Os principais suspeitos são três jovens roteiristas que tiveram contato com ele recentemente. Durante uma noite, os três são levados à delegacia para serem interrogados. Esta será a oportunidade de relembrarem seus percursos, que coincidem com o declínio da Era de Ouro das produções italianas.

The hard-working brothers Lorello and Brunello are filmed throughout the seasons on their farm in Tuscany. Their efforts look like a labour of Sisyphus, in which all progress is destroyed by prices on the world market and the return of packs of wolves hunting sheep. Respectful, detailed and filled with earthly beauty.

The hard-working brothers Lorello and Brunello are filmed throughout the seasons on their farm in Tuscany. Their efforts look like a labour of Sisyphus, in which all progress is destroyed by prices on the world market and the return of packs of wolves hunting sheep. Respectful, detailed and filled with earthly beauty.

Adaptação do livro homônimo, "Pericle il Nero". Péricles (Riccardo Scamarcio) é um violento soldado contratado para fazer o trabalho sujo, um trabalho que se resume a "obedecer" e "intimidar". No entanto, toda sua vida muda quando, no meio da realização de uma missão, conhece Missy, filha de outro poderoso chefe criminoso local.

O filme captura a vida da ilha de Lampedusa, na costa sul da Itália. O local se tornou linha de frente na crise imigratória europeia, e virou manchete mundial nos últimos anos por ser o primeiro porto de escala para centenas de milhares de imigrantes, da África e do Oriente Médio, que tentam fazer uma nova vida no continente europeu.

Documentary follows the experimental drama course given by the old Italian theatre and opera legend Lucio Ronconi every summer in a remote corner of Umbria, where young, dedicated acting talent rehearse several plays.

Documentary follows the experimental drama course given by the old Italian theatre and opera legend Lucio Ronconi every summer in a remote corner of Umbria, where young, dedicated acting talent rehearse several plays.

Leopardi (o poeta italiano Giacomo Leopardi) é uma criança-prodígio, a crescer sob o olhar implacavelmente vigilante do seu pai, numa biblioteca a que chama casa. A sua mente corre livre mas a vida familiar aprisiona-o: é um leitor ávido mas o mundo está longe. Na Europa, está tudo a mudar, revoluções emergem e Giacomo procura desesperadamente o contacto com o exterior. Aos 24 anos, deixa finalmente Recanati e a alta sociedade abre-lhe as portas, mas o nosso rebelde não se adapta.

Inspired by the novel by Aldo Nove, this is the dramatic coming-of-age story of a boy who takes his experiences to the point of seeking death, only to be reborn. His favourite poet chose death, but he finds the strength to survive and tell about his “obscene life”.

Sacro GRA acompanha as histórias daqueles que vivem ao redor do anel rodoviário de Roma: a Grande Raccordo Anulare.

Two young girls, a hot, stifling summer, the desire to run away from a small provincial town. Luisa is full of life, uninhibited, unconventional. Renata is dark, angry and in need of love. The lives of two young women is a tale of blackmail, of a love betrayed, of violence: Luisa uses her Albanian boyfriend, Bilal; Renata uses Luisa’s body to orchestrate her revenge. Both want to leave the small community where they have grown up among village festivals and independence gatherings, helpless families and new generations of migrants targeted by those who feel increasingly threatened. Luisa, Renata and Bilal will risk loosing themselves, loosing a precious part of themselves, of those they love, ultimately loosing their own lives.

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.

Renato Nicolini viaja pela autoestrada Grande Raccordo Anulare. O trânsito flui atrás dele como pensamentos desencadeados numa lógica de livre associação. Sua história consiste em memórias e conexões que englobam sugestões esotéricas, considerações de planejamento urbano e lendas metropolitanas.

Here, the steel worker works on a continuous cycle, twenty-four hours a day and never stops. There, by the sea, on the island of Elba there is a paradise and the unreachable dream of happy families. In the middle, on the shores their secret beach, neither here nor there, Anna and Francesca, small but big, "thirteen years old almost fourteen", who are living their last summer of innocence before high school. The film is based on the book by Silvia Avallone.

Baseado no romance homônimo de Niccolo Ammaniti, o filme conta a história de Lorenzo, um garoto de 14 anos que, para evitar mais aborrecimentos com seus pais, mente que vai para uma viagem com sua turma e se fecha no porão de casa. Lá, porém, ele descobre uma jornada diferente, quando se aproxima de sua meia-irmã, muito mais velha, Olivia, viciada em heroína.

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.

No quarto 164 de um hotel sujo perto da fronteira entre México e EUA, um homem com o rosto coberto por um pano preto fala sobre sua vida. Ele dá detalhes sobre seus 20 anos de trabalho para um narcotraficante mexicano, revelando a grande corrupção das autoridades locais.

No quarto 164 de um hotel sujo perto da fronteira entre México e EUA, um homem com o rosto coberto por um pano preto fala sobre sua vida. Ele dá detalhes sobre seus 20 anos de trabalho para um narcotraficante mexicano, revelando a grande corrupção das autoridades locais.

O suicídio de um garoto indígena desperta sua comunidade, que vive às margens de uma fazenda. A proximidade entre o grupo Guarani-Kaiowá e a família de fazendeiro que vive na região provoca curiosidade e estranheza dos dois lados.

A pair of teen friends – known as "Chicken & Curry" because they are virtually inseparable – fail their high school finals and try to cover it by claiming that Curry is in the midst of an identity crisis that can only be solved by a visit to his ancestral homeland, India. While the ruse works wonderfully on their parents, this impromptu journey of self-discovery takes an unexpected detour when Curry locates his biological sister and remains captivated by the country he first despised, and Chicken falls for an older doctor working for Médecins Sans Frontières.

Thirty four year old Goyo, a former open water swimming champion, has been hiding out in the desert. Wrongly accused of doping in the Santa Fe-Coronda Marathon, a 57 kilometer river swim, he has abandoned his career and his dreams. Eight years later, Goyo returns to Santa Fe where the marathon will be held again to try to re-gain his title and clear his name. However, long buried emotions come back to haunt him. He meets Chino, a stubborn and disciplined pool swimmer, who tries hard to be selected for the national team, but fails. Identifying with Chino, Goyo asks him to be his guide on the boat that follows him during the marathon.

Face Addict tells the story of a unique and unrepeatable experience, that of the artistic community in New York between the late '70s and early '80s, known as the downtown scene.

Married for most of her adult life, Nina plunges into depression after being suddenly left by her husband. Eventually, she'll find a way out by having multiple affairs with strangers.

Whisky Romeo Zulu tells the story prior to the crash of LAPA Boeing 737 that on August 31, 1999, caught fire after hitting an embankment in the center of Buenos Aires, killing 67 people. The disaster changed the history of civil and commercial aviation in Argentina, and the film recounts, from the standpoint of the director, a former airline pilot-how in some countries the safety of the flight is incredibly precarious.

O relacionamento apaixonado entre dois homens com consequências incomuns. O filme é dividido em duas partes. A primeira metade registra a modesta atração entre dois homens na paisagem ensolarada e relaxante e a segunda metade registra a confusão e o terror de uma ameaça desconhecida oculta nas sombras da selva.

Carlo partilha um apartamento em Roma com a sua mulher Silvia no bairro fino de Parioli: não esconde nada da sua relação com Lù, que alberga na sua casa de campo, e aceita que Silvia possa ser cortejada por outros homens. Quando se encontra no campo com Lù, Carlo tem como hábito falar longamente ao telefone com a sua mulher, e é no decurso de uma dessas conversas que descobrimos que um jovem rapaz procura seduzir Silvia. A aparição desta quarta personagem marca o ponto de partida da história: a de uma obsessão, cujos longos diálogos investigarão o mistério de Silvia, levando progressivamente Carlo à verdade.

Em meio a tumultos políticos, três estudantes se vêem atraídos por sua paixão pelo cinema... e uns pelos outros! Enquanto seus pais estão de férias, os gêmeos Isabelle e Theo convidam o aluno de intercâmbio Matthew para ficar com eles. Assim começa uma intensa e erótica viagem de descoberta sexual e desejo, onde nada é proibido e tudo é possível!

During a sunny Sicilian summer Tanino has a sweet and tender story with Sally, a young American tourist. But when summer is over, Sally flies back to the States forgetting Tanino and her camera. He instead cannot forget the girl and he decides to go to the States with the excuse of bringing back her the camera and to see the dreamland of any Sicilian. Tanino will discover that dreams don't always match with reality...

Intitulado "The Cello"(O Celo), esta é a segunda parte do projeto que reúne diretores de todas as partes do mundo para dar a sua visão do tempo. Aqui,oito cineastas falam sobre o nascimento,a morte,o amor,o drama de cada momento da vida e mitos passados. A primeira parte do projeto,"The The Trumpet" (O Trumpete) reúne sete cineastas.

The Director Mohammed Soudani comes back to Algeria after 30 years with the photographer Michael von Graffenried to visit the Algerians he had photographed between 1991 and 2000 without them knowing it.

Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza, Paz! is a 24-hour slice of life of a bunch of students living in a flat in Bologna during the 70's, divided between marjuana, university, girls and political activism.

A princesa Leonide (Mira Sorvino) reina no trono usurpado por seu pai do verdadeiro herdeiro, o príncipe Agis (Jay Rodan). Leonide viu Agis apenas uma vez e ficou totalmente apaixonada. Agis foi criado pelo filósofo Hermocrates (Ben Kingsley) e treinado para odiá-la. Para tentar conquistar seu amor e devolver-lhe o trono, ela se veste de homem e, junto com sua ama Corine (Rachael Stirling), entra no palácio de Agis, onde procura ser seu melhor amigo e confidente.

The suburbs of Padua, in northeast Italy. Flavia, a hairdresser, is closing the shop after 43 years of activity. He is 61 years old. He left school when he was 11. He made the hairdresser always. He is leaving behind a clientele of older women who did hair for years at a rate of regular appointments. He knows every single hair of their heads.

Seu Wilson (Othon Bastos) e seu filho Neto (Rodrigo Santoro) possuem um relacionamento difícil, com um vazio entre eles aumentando cada vez mais. Seu Wilson despreza o mundo de Neto e este não suporta a presença do pai. A situação entre os dois atinge seu limite e Neto é enviado para um manicômio, onde terá que suportar as agruras de um sistema que lentamente devora suas presas.

This ensemble drama details the friendships that grow between survivors of the 1997 Umbria earthquake. The townsfolk—adults, children and foreigners alike—deal with various issues as they try to resume normal lives in a homeless situation.

Impressive and dramatic found-footage documentary about the worldwide issue of emigration and immigration.

Na época da ditadura militar, na Argentina, um agente secreto da polícia (Félix) leva uma vida dupla: torturador de prisioneiros e um dedicado cidadão. Um dia, sua namorada (Maria), uma jovem professora e militante de esquerda, é presa e torturada num centro clandestino de detenção conhecido como Garage Olimpo. Mesmo estando apaixonado, ele não consegue salvá-la de seu destino fatal.

Imma falls in love with a fireman.

A failed restaurant owner on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with extreme deference and kindness by a group of strangers who host him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the government agent they were waiting for and treat him well only to get allowance for their floundering ostrich-breeding business.

A camorrista follows a surreal path.

A group of actors meet with little money in a unofficial theatre in Naples' Spanish Boroughs. Director's plan is to travel to Sarajevo, still under siege, to stage a classic Eschilus' play about civil war in Tebe. While they rehearse in the theatre cast members come and go and another kind of war goes on every day in nearby streets of old Naples.

When an African dictator jails her husband, Shandurai goes into exile in Italy, studying medicine and keeping house for Mr. Kinsky, an eccentric English pianist and composer. She lives in one room of his Roman palazzo. He besieges her with flowers, gifts, and music, declaring passionately that he loves her, would go to Africa with her, would do anything for her. "What do you know of Africa?," she asks, then, in anguish, shouts, "Get my husband out of jail!" The rest of the film plays out the implications of this scene and leaves Shandurai with a choice.

Ottone, a professional dog sitter who's uncertain about most things in life, asks an analyst if he made the right decision love-wise while recounting the significant relationships he had with four women.

From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.

Five Neapolitan directors depict life in the city under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius for this anthology film of comedy, drama, surrealism, and political commentary.

When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the funeral. Trying to piece together her estranged mother's secret life, she has to face the hidden memories that shaped their family history.

Mario Martone films the eponymous stage show by Enzo Moscato.

In a series of small portraits, Gianfranco Rosi depicts life on and along the banks of the Ganges River. The director’s first film documents the boat trip he took along India’s sacred river with his helmsman, Gopal. They pass tourists and locals, witnessing them bathe, work, or meditate. The film captures the imagination of the endless circle of life and death, which is rooted in the lives of the Indian people, and is convincingly manifested in the way they bid farewell to the dead.

Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.

Anthology of urban stories form seven Italian directors.

In Buenos Aires, in the Almagro neighborhood, there is IMPA: for more than 20 years the oldest recovered factory in Argentina. IMPA is a school, theater spaces, a museum, a place for cultural, educational, artistic workshops ... and much more. IMPA is a city. In the heart of Buenos Aires.