Andrea Zambelli

Before the Night

An intense short film.

Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

A walk through the immense private library of Italian writer and thinker Umberto Eco (1932-2016).

A guardia di una fede

Documentary about Atalanta Bergamo Calcio and its fandom.

Star stuff

A journey to three remote observatories in three different continents (Chile, Canary Islands, South Africa) in search for our place in the cosmos. In nearby villages, astonishing humans share the same vulnerability and longing for life.

L'Accademia Carrara - Il museo riscoperto

Art documentary about the Accademia Carrara gallery, which reopened in 2015 after seven years of extensive restoration.

Irrawaddy mon amour

In a Burmese village on the Irrawaddy river, a group of people fight against fear of repression to celebrate love in a forbidden gay wedding.

Striplife

The Gaza Strip. An inexplicable event has occurred during the night: dozens of manta rays stranded on the beach in Gaza City. Fishermen from all over the Strip hasten to grab some fresh fish. Meanwhile the city is awakening. Antar spurs his brother to get up, today is the great day, in the afternoon he will record his first disk.

From Mother to Daughter

This documentary travels back to the World War II period, with archival footage of the workers that demonstrates how the women lived from day to day (driving trucks and tractors, bathing in streams, et cetera - always singing to keep their spirits up); director Andrea Zambelli then interviews those among the women who are still living (now in their 70s and 80s). As the film unfurls, it reveals an astonishing and colorful truth: a number of the women subsequently formed a singing ensemble during their golden years, and decided to tour Italy in that outfit, regularly performing the folks songs of their youth that majestically re-evoke that time. As the women congregate and talk on-camera, revealing their colorful, magnetic personalities, they tell detailed and evocative tales of the past and of the emotions they initially experienced.

After Midnight

A beautiful fugitive draws a shy film buff out of his shell while she hides in the museum — the cavernous interiors of the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy — where he works as night watchman.