Movies

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 aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled...

At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his...

Set on an August afternoon in the Lombardy countryside, a family lingers around the table after a long summer meal. As the day stretches on, each...

Franco Piavoli in his world.

The film is the personal story of a protagonist of our times and traces Carlo Martini's actions and thoughts, as he has remained faithful to its...

In a Renaissance castle, masks and costumes are moving animated by moonlight. In this magical atmosphere, the painting of a girl comes to life, while...

A man walks with his child on the grass of a hill. He reaches an old country house, where years before he had spent his childhood during World War...

Through interviews with prostitutes, transsexuals, marginalized people, and the disabled, the director tells a series of stories about sexuality and...

Documentary about sustainable agriculture and food.

Fragments of a collaboration between director Franco Piavoli (The Blue Planet, The First Breath of Wind) and students of the Laboratory Making Cinema...

Documentary by Franco Piavoli based on the correspondence between Italian poets Alessandro Parronchi and Umberto Bellintani.

Visual ode to contemplative journey through the stages of life and the essence of human existence, set in a timeless backdrop of an Italian village.

Franco Piavoli is one of the most important directors among Italian independent panorama. Through the years, He built one unique and authentic...

A zebu disappears while children are drawing it. They find it again in the woods. The notes of a harp accompany their multi-coloured joy. This short...

A look at the passage of time through the changing seasons, human evolution and everyday life.

The feast of St. Peter in a country village. The priest admonishes his parishioners to confess and be free of avarice, but after mass he invites them...

Throughout the seasons, the work of a farmer in his vegetable garden, from the seed to its fruit.

Documentary about Franco Piavoli

Emigrants from Calabria arrive at Milan station with their luggage, to make their home there or set off for other destinations. A man falls asleep in...