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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Medea, un maggio di Pietro Frediani

    Benvenuti films with commendable rigueur the performance of a maggio based on the character of Medea, staged by peasants in an old oil mill.
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  • Segreti di stato

    A fictional investigation into the Portella della Ginestra massacre (1947) that leads Benvenuti to harrowing conclusions on the connection between the
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  • Machan

    Playful comedy with an occasional sharp realistic edge, freely based on the real disappearance in Bavaria of 23 men from Sri Lanka. In order to…
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  • Il cartapestaio

    An early, short masterwork where Benvenuti films with ecstatic participation (and Schönberg’s music) the laborious creative process of a master of pap
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  • Robeco Filmdag: Estômago

    There are those who eat and those who are eaten. The simple thirtysomething and anti-hero Nonato works as a chef in order to get on…
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  • Gomorra

    This Mafia film has now won several prizes (and was best Italian feature last year), based on the non-fiction bestseller about the Neapolitan Mafia. I
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  • Il giorno della regata

    An imaginative and vibrant picture on the traditional regatta between the Marine Republics of Italy, filmed by Benvenuti together with his students.
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  • Matter in Motion

    Give me matter and motion and I will construct the universe (René Descartes, 1596-1650). Semiconductor reconstructs the city of Milan in a stunning wa
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  • Pane/Piazza delle Camelie

    The latest film by regular festival guest and experimental film maker Tonino De Bernardi, concentrates on an apparent generation conflict. Bakers in t
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  • Closing Night Film: Machan

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