What do children from a small city in the Alps have in common with children from a Himalayan village? Well, to begin with, curiosity and the pleasure of getting to know one another. The Flying Notebook explores the long-distance dialogue between elementary school students from Bolzano and their counterparts from Tabo, in the Himalayas.
The voices of two girls are narrating. Anorexia and bulimia become images, describe our body and our society.
Amid buttons, spools of thread and theater costumes, inside a virtual castle tower Graziella and Rita reign, as if timeless Sleeping Beauties and Cinderellas. A curious young woman?s voice prods the two throughout the film, exhorting them to talk about their past, recall their loves of long ago, and slowly rediscover their dreams.
On the outskirts of Bucharest two 14-year-old boys live in their own apartment, without their families. How did they get here? What of their past? Despite their ages, Alex and Petronel take on the adult world day in, day out ? though, in reality, they?ve never had what you might call a normal childhood. My Home explores their thoughts, their memories of life with their families and life on the street. The film accompanies them in their dreams, along two departures, two journeys. While Alex?s wish appears to be coming true, Petronel?s trip back home turns out to be just another disappointing attempt to find the love he?s always longed for ? the love of his family.
A fragmented story about two women influenced by their past. Through dance, and with the help of her mother, Dea creates her freedom.
3 Retired men - their hobby: measuring time on sport events. A lot of spare time with the impossibility to repair the errors of the past. How to deal with the unsaid things when time is running out? Does love last? Even the «Masters of time» struggle with this...
I due custodi dei cimiteri di guerra italiano e tedesco di San Giacomo di Laives si aiutano nella cura delle tombe dei soldati morti combattendo gli uni contro gli altri. Le montagne dell'Alto Adige/Südtirol sono state solo sfiorate dalle battaglie combattute nelle due guerre mondiali. Eppure il territorio sudtirolese è stato colpito al cuore e una viva memoria di quel tempo è stata tramandata attraverso le generazioni. Delle guerre viene data talvolta un'immagine romantica o eroica, ma sulle Alpi deportazioni e stragi hanno inferto grandi sofferenze alle popolazioni.
Il turismo visto da una ragazza impegnata nell'organizzazione della festa della discesa del bestiame dall'alpeggio, in Val Gardena. Natura e cultura sono risorse importanti per l'economia locale. A partire dal tardo Ottocento, il turismo ha assunto un' importanza via via crescente in Alto Adige, portando con sé benessere e trasformazioni sociali, ma anche problemi ambientali e un uso a volte distorto del patrimonio tradizionale.
A strange relationsship between the Italian Kung-Fu champion and her "Master" is the core of this documentary.