Pier Giorgio Bellocchio

Winner of the FIPRESCI award, this haunting portmanteau from director Marco Bellocchio is a shrewd social commentary steeped in striking gothic imagery. Set in a convent-prison, the film shifts from past to present, crafting a story that is a love letter to Italy’s past and a critique of its stasis.

Director Marco Bellocchio returns with his family to his homeland, in the province of Piacenza. The journey is an opportunity to confront oneself with one's past, as well as with the nostalgia of an era.

A scientist studying alien abductions learns that several alien races have been installing their active memories in people's brains for millennia.

Filmmaker Marco Bellocchio, through his family, tells the story of his twin brother, Camillo, whom he lost to suicide in 1968.