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154 2024

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The prototype [TEST TYPE • 154] is a highly sophisticated artificial intelligence, which is capable of autonomously acquiring notions from its surroundings and - eventually - developing autonomy of thought. Given the nearly human nature of its learning capabilities, the laboratory that programmed it hires a kindergarten teacher, asking him to instruct the machine as if it were a newborn child. The learning process - which spans 7 days - becomes increasingly insidious in the long run, posing a peculiar yet crucial problem: can there be a form of autonomous thinking that excludes emotions?

2024

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Forgive Us Our Trespasses 2022

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On the evening of 21 November 1974, the Provisional Irish Republic of Army carried out a terrorist attack in Birmingham (UK). It was recognised as the bloodiest attack in the Troubles England. This short film tells the “behind the scenes” of this attack, which hides a series of mistakes, delays and frictions within the same terrorist cell responsible for it.

2022

Shooting Watermelons

Shooting Watermelons 2023

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An anxious young man struggles to accept his vulnerabilities whilst on holiday in an upper-class summer residence in Sardinia with his overtly masculine family.

2023

Vae Victis

Vae Victis 2022

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A woman with an hurted face sits in the half-light of a room. The incoming of a second character brokes the stasis in which she’s trapped.

2022

Black Silver

Black Silver 2024

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Lucas and his crew of fellow writers spend their days in a secret forest that stretches along the railway. Lucas, however, is uneasy: something ominous is happening in the woods and he is the only one able to sense it. An unexpected encounter with a mysterious figure leads Lucas to a cathartic moment, suspended between conflict and freedom.

2024

Sans Dieu

Sans Dieu 2024

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Gabriel and Xavier spend their afternoons playing, wandering the countryside, and exploring abandoned places. All seems peaceful, but a feeling is tormenting Gabriel. Is it love or religion ?

2024

Choco Hoax

Choco Hoax 1970

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A modern satire targeting the current media obsession with virtue signaling and greenwashing.

1970

TAPE001: GRACE

TAPE001: GRACE 1970

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Grace and her mates get lost whilst skateboarding in a teenaged journey accompanied by the narration of her strange perceptions. Paying homage to sci-fi imagery, skater and streetwear fashion, TAPE001: GRACE, recalls the 90s starting from the title and vintage camcorder shots with which parts of the video were made.

1970

Hold on for Dear Life

Hold on for Dear Life 2023

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A young man wanders around his bomb-wounded city with his dog and his noseless friend Jean-Michel, while trying to keep his everyday life intact.

2023