Thugs with No Legend

A short directed by Gianluigi Toccafondo.

Dreamland

A meaningful journey into the Italian cultural heritage throughout musical quotes from Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, lithographies by Giovan Battista Piranesi and lines by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Dreamland will bring the audience to some of the most beautiful Italian UNESCO sites: Villa d’Este and Villa Adriana in Tivoli, the historic centre of Rome with the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, Piazza Navona, Castel Sant’Angelo and much more. Passing through the depths of the Tiber, it will arrive also in the most peripheral areas of the city to find out sti...

Pinocchio

Where Disney's version marginalized the darker elements of the novel, Gianluigi Toccafondo's adaptation brings them to the center. It's a film he cursed over and which took him three years to complete.

The Criminals

Animated mugshots of criminals.

The Tail

Toccafondo made some 1200 drawings of the silent movie star Buster Keaton and subjected them to his process of transformation. His hero collapses, climbs and parades on an ever changing canvas that is set to exhilarating violin music.