Simone Massi

Three different epochs through the gaze of three children: Zelinda, who loses her mother to the Spanish Flu during World War I and sees the specter of Nazism loom; Assunta, who lives during the Nazi occupation between bombings, raids, and executions; Icaro, who abandons the countryside during the Years of Lead (“Anni di Piombo”) and accepts a new life. A story across the difficulties and the troubles of the 20th century between memories, affection, nostalgia, and gratitude.

In the rural outskirts of Gaza City a small community of farmers, the Samouni extended family, is about to celebrate a wedding. It's going to be the first celebration since the latest war. Amal, Fuad, their brothers and cousins have lost their parents, their houses and their olive trees. The neighborhood where they live is being rebuilt. As they replant trees and plow fields, they face their most difficult task: piecing together their own memory. Through these young survivors' recollections, Samouni Road conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family before, during and after the tragic event that changed its life forever.

While the pig is being dragged out from the sty he has the chance to see the sky...

History flows, the darkness wets our clothes. Inspired by the poem “Avevamo studiato per l’aldilà” by Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale, the film condenses iconic images of Italy’s political history into a narrative about this life and the hereafter.

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Created for the municipality of Pergola, the film offers insight into the city's identity and historical context. It covers events across much of the country, juxtaposing land and war. We also hear the voices of Simone Massi's children. The author dedicates this work "to his children and to these children."

White sheets waiting to be filled, soiled

Motionless under his opponent’s blows, a boxer makes his execution public

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

My cheeks brush against the stones, I look out from a break in the wall.

False images able to creep, to confuse memories.

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With Open Eyes, beyond the glass

About a man and his dream, which stop for a moment, and meet each other

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Dream of escape: from prison, from fascism, from the oblivion of memory

The intellectual soul of man extends from the earth and ascends, in order to comprehend the body of the world, the wondrous substance of the sky.

In Russian director Julia Gromskaya's cyclical tale, a wild boar touches off a torrent of memories and dreams in a young girl awaiting the return of her lover.

While Anton Raderscheidt the painter is being photographed, he dreams about a red shirt

A blue rhinoceros and a child are in a small boat. The child catches a fish with his fishing rod…