Andrea Pallaoro

An intimate portrait of a rural family's inner lives and their relationship to a harsh and shifting landscape.

After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.

A woman grapples with the consequences of her husband's imprisonment.

Leo and Ava chase each other—coming close, drifting apart, and searching for their way back. They cannot let go, nor break free. Through the rooms, Ava’s voice echoes across time, carrying to the surface what endures—and what can no longer be held back.

An aging woman and her son struggle to coexist in a house that shelters a spectacular menagerie of birds.

On an island in the Mediterranean, at the height of summer, thirteen-year-old Agostino discovers that he has suddenly grown up. Amidst scorching beaches and murky waters, he experiences a summer that pushes him beyond the boundaries of innocence. The discovery of his body and his identity become a sensory inner journey, further shaped by his relationship with his mother, a forty-year-old widow who is still quite attractive. In an emotional chiaroscuro, Agostino faces his first painful metamorphosis into adulthood.