Filippo Nigro

Barabbas was a notorious criminal, fighting against Roman occupation, who ended up being spared death by Pontius Pilate. For the following 20 years he survived a hellish existence in dangerous mines before being taken to Rome where he was trained to become a gladiator and fight for his life every day. This is the epic story of one man's fight to survive.

‘Girl in Flight’ is the story of an 11 year old Tuscan girl, Silvia, whose home life is dominated by her mother’s depression. Hoping for a break, Silvia pleads for a family trip to Rome. But when her father backs down yet again, she takes off on her own from their home outside Florence to fulfill her dream. Fearless and open to everything, Silvia meets up with a 13 year old gypsy girl, Emina, who takes her to her gypsy camp. Thus is born a complicated but sincere friendship. Shot in a real Roma camp with resident non-actors, Girl in Flight is a tender, frightening and exciting emotional journey based on events of first-time director Sandra Vannucchi’s real life.

Eva, a doctor and student of the history of medicine, discovers a manuscript by Johan Anmuth, an 18th century physician. In his Book of Vision, Anmuth focuses on the feelings, fears and dreams of over 1800 of his patients, whose spirits still wander through the pages. Immersing herself in these tales and visions, Eva questions the separation of the past, present and future, while confronting the challenges of modern medicine and its limitations with respect to her own body.