Stefania Bona

After a whole life spent in jail for being a serial bank robber and a rebel inmate, Alberto Maron is now approaching the end of his sentence. The relationship with the film director and the filmmaking process are the first opportunity to express himself freely, not hiding regrets and guilt: Alberto seems finally ready to build a human relation as a free man. Could that be the key to stop the past repeating itself?

This documentary explores the life of fiery 20th-century Swiss painter Lélo Fiaux, who pursued art and love with passion.

Enza, in her early twenties, is a singer and seeker studying the rhythms of life in Salento. She breathes music, collects old folksongs and thus connects the people, the present and the past. Rooted in Tarantism and in the tradition of the healers she uses singing as a means to fight alienation. Her portrait is a cinematic legacy vibrating with intensity. It reveals the thin line walked by those who refuse to be satisfied with relative freedom.

The objects found in people’s pockets – photos, pieces of paper – tell the stories of their owners' lives, their hopes and their pasts, according to forensic scientist Dr Cristina Cattaneo. Wallets with phone numbers, school reports, university IDs and passports, boxes of medication, T-shirts of European soccer teams, rings, telephones and memories.

It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, Arturo needs to get permission from her father, who lives in a village in Sicily. Arturo doesn't have any money, so the only way he can get to Sicily is to enlist in the U.S. Army, which is preparing for a landing on the island.

The last public bath in the city of Turin where everybody can take a shower: a microcosm of our society where stories and conflicts flow as water on bodies.

The last public bath in the city of Turin where everybody can take a shower: a microcosm of our society where stories and conflicts flow as water on bodies.

Brindisi, Italy: a focal point in cigarette smuggling. The director returns to her hometown to see what's left of the past and what lies in store for the future.