Lino D’Italia – storia di un itALIENO

23 December 2025

Through archival footage, previously unseen testimonies, and a theatrical, surreal staging, the documentary sheds light on the extraordinary artistic and personal journey of one of Italy’s most beloved comedians, Lino Banfi—an emblem of a popular, generous, and self-ironic Italy.

At the heart of the story are two sides of the same man: Lino Banfi and Pasquale Zagaria—his real name—who meet on the stage of an imaginary, timeless theater. Together, they retrace his childhood in Canosa, the years of struggle, pivotal encounters, cinematic success, his love for family, and his television fame, from Stasera Lino to Un medico in famiglia.

Filmed primarily in the magnificent setting of the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, the documentary also visits the cities of Andria—where Banfi attended seminary—and Canosa, the town where he grew up and to which he remains deeply connected.

Costanera

9 September 2024

The story follows Diego, a young, talented yet restless trumpet player who decides to leave Rome and his girlfriend Alice to join his mentor Nacho in Argentina. There is no contract waiting for him, no career guarantees; Diego leaves simply because he wants to truly try being a musician, to test that choice without excuses. The journey soon proves to be more existential than professional.

In Buenos Aires, Diego immerses himself in a new environment made of music-filled nights and feverish improvisations, but above all he finds love again in Camila, a young aspiring translator who completely overwhelms him. Through her, the questions that have long accompanied him become unavoidable: does he really want this life? Is he chasing an authentic desire, or does he simply need to believe in something that sets him apart?

Costanera tells the story of a young man striving to live up to the image he has of himself. For Diego, jazz is an all-consuming passion—almost an obsession—around which his entire life revolves. At first, playing is also a way to feel like someone, to define his identity. Over time, however, music takes on a different meaning: it is no longer just what defines him, but a profound necessity.

My Imaginary Frenemy

Emma, a curious and imaginative nine-year-old, loves unicorns, spaceships, and Christmas trees. She lives with her quirky family: her mother Sara, a fan of molecular gastronomy; her witty grandmother Loredana; and her strict father Leo, a science teacher worried about the fantastical world Emma inhabits. Emma’s imaginary friend, Mojito, helps her escape reality, but her parents, on the verge of separation, struggle to understand her. Meanwhile, Bob, Leo’s forgotten imaginary friend, reappears, trying to reconnect with him before disappearing forever. The story follows Emma’s journey to find a balance between her dreams, reality, and the dynamics within her family.

Memoriae

9 February 2024

When a landslide devastates the isolated village of Vallata, in the Italian mountains, its inhabitants awaken to find they have lost six years of their memories. As a quarantine cuts them off from the rest of the world, Matteo, a photojournalist who grew up there, and Alma, a doctor with a dark past, try to uncover whether the disaster has unleashed something buried in the earth… or deep within the recesses of their forgotten minds.