Cent’anni
LOVE: Love, illness, and resilience on a transformative cycling journey through Italy.
Sicily
Death – more or less real
REALITY: We perceive reality very differently. So let me suggest three areas where reality is real, strong and direct for all of us. But also about what a newly translated book by Pier Paolo Pasolini says about film’s contact with reality.
The cost of progress
POLLUTION: An exploration of the inextricable link between breathtaking natural beauty and ecological and health disaster, as much as that of life and death, in a Sicilian contested petrochemical plant.
When it’s about life
REFUGEES: In Sicily, we meet Morgan Lescot on the rescue ship Ocean Viking for a conversation about boat refugees, challenges, and Europe’s responsibility. Is this a tragedy that will only continue to increase?
Fascinating fascism and seductive leaders
NEO-FASCISM: Do many still have fascist yearnings today, or can one always blame seductive leaders? A closer dive into the 100-year-old Italian fascism and its descendants says something about the dangers we are likely to face.
The three ecologies
CLIMATE: What connects the city of Siracusa with the UN and a French philosopher?
A black Jesus in a white town
PREJUDICE: In one Sicilian town, anti-migrant sentiment juxtaposes with its centuries-long worshipping of a statue depicting a black Jesus.
Frenzies of speculation
INTERNET: A frightening look into the world of conspiracy theories and the relativity of knowledge on the computer screen