Valerio Binasco

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely-of-age pupil and friend, Ettore. Amidst a chorus of voices of accusers, supporters and a largely hypocritical public, a single committed journalist takes on the task of piecing together the truth, between secrecy and desire, facing suspicion and censorship in the process.

Dir. Gianni Amelio · With Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Leonardo Maltese

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

Dir. Mario Martone · With Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Massimo Popolizio

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-star hotel. Both are fragile, alone and obsessed with the idea of an unattainable happiness. Their intense love is challenged by their own individual ambition and desperation.

Dir. Claudio Cupellini · With Elio Germano, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Valerio Binasco

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina.

Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · With Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco