The Catalan architect Enric Miralles (1955-2000) is an essential figure in contemporary Spanish and international architecture. He is also a complex character, powerful for his artistic and intellectual side, a hypnotic, polyhedral man with many contradictions. A personality that, over the course of time, has become...

In the maximum security prison of Opera, three inmates responsible for murders, Ciro, Giuseppe and Cristiano, were chosen to handcraft, with their hands once stained with blood, hosts which are consecrated in churches all over the world, thus becoming the body of Christ. Their dream is to deliver them personally into the blessed hands of the Holy Father Pope Francis, to whom they write a letter. A true story unprecedented in the...

Ventotene is a very small island in the middle of the Mediterranean sea, where, since the 1920s, people were confined in complete isolation because of their ideas. Ventotene is however a paradox, because from this place of exclusion, the idea of the European Union started to grow. Today, starting from the new artwork by French artist Daniel Buren (“Un Manifesto Colorato - A Colored Manifesto” - 2020), the documentary wants to bring European discussions back on the island, to look back at...

The story of the popular protest that shook Hong Kong in 2019. The movement started in response to a proposed law that would have allowed the extraditions to mainland China of Hong Kong citizens, but soon morphed into a larger revolt against China’s control over the semi-autonomous city. The population of the former British colony is struggling with accepting China’s rule of law, which comes with reduced freedoms and civil rights. Into the frameset of the harshest economic and geopolitical...

Luca and Silvana are in love and dream of getting married. But there are many bureaucratic obstacles to overcome for those who – like them – have Down Syndrome, so their marriage is postponed year after year. Perhaps their desire for an independent life together will remain just a...

Nimble fingers belong to the Vietnamese women who work in factories owned by some of the most popular electronic brands. Bay is one of the thousands of young migrant workers. She comes from a remote Muong village on the highlands of Northern Vietnam.Now she lives, with the other workers, in a Hanoi suburb, a district developed around one of the biggest industrial production sites in the world. These workers’ life strictly follows the rules of the great Industrial Park of Than Long. Every...

Fofo, a humble and honest retired worker, picks up strangers with his van to take them to the polling...

Vladimir is tired of being a vampire, so he will try recover his human...

The condition of Italy is unique in the world: it has a priceless historical and artistic heritage and is at a high risk of earthquakes. ArtQuake looks at this exceptional situation, discussing in depth the relationship between human communities, natural phenomena and artistic creation: a relationship that is upset and reasserted by every...

From her tiny office overlooking the US Interests Section, Lourdes counsels thousands seeking a travel visa for the US. She fine tunes her customers’ stories, so they have better chances to succeed. After a long wait, Lourdes time has finally come: her interview is set. Her dream to visit her dying mother was never so...