Stories from Sicily

Mirage

Mali - Algeria - Libya - Italy. Issa’s escape from West Africa to the European mainland lasted ten years. Everything was supposed to be better here. B

2020

Daughter of a Lost Bird

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Wel

2021

Excellent Cadavers

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

2005

Do You Remember Revolution?

In Italy, in the mid-seventies, Adriana, Barbara, Nadia and Susanna were 20 years old when they decided to join the armed struggle and leave behind th

1997

The Valley of the Jato

In the heart of Sicily, where the Mafia still rules, one man and his family-run TV station, has become the lone voice against corruption and organized

2013

Art From the Streets

Award winning feature documentary about an art program for homeless people.

2006

Richard Hank Sciaroni: Shot Down

Through the perils of air combat, and an emergency landing behind enemy lines in Italy, Hank Sciaroni utilized his capability to speak Italian to help

2015

Il Pranzo di Natale di Mario Soldati

Mario Soldati accompanies us in search of genuine food, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch, with Father Mariano, Cesare

1958

The Amateur

The memory of Piero Portaluppi, a Milanese architect who reached the peak of his fame during the 20 years of the Fascist regime, comes back to life, b

2016

Amanda Knox

This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murde

2016

Italy's in Season

This short film presents a look at Italy's popular tourist spots.

1967

Being Women

This documentary is one of the earliest film enquiries on women's condition in Italy, seen in its different aspects: social, economic, psychological.

1965

Making of: Pirelli Tyres

2019

Pier Paolo Pasolini: An Italian Journey

In the summer of 1959, as a magazine correspondent, writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-75) traveled along the Italian coast. In 1963, he d

2018

Una festa per la città - Venezia 1973

2023

The Dark Side

A real initiatory journey that, through the discovery and the story of myths, legends, inexplicable events and macabre details, will lead the viewer a

2019

Galician Heritage

Three classmates talk about the Way of Santiago and the Galician heritage.

2021

Butterfly

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 poore

2019

Comme un air d'Italie

2017

Napolitaners

2017