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Browse 23 movies from CISA - Conservatorio Internazionale di Scienze Audiovisive
Nina and her two friends share trepidations and desires, amid adolescent games and self-discovery. As the girls engage in ever new challenges, Nina immerses herself in her own hesitations.
Aug 2022
An investigation into urban space from the perspective of young people in Lyon.
Aug 2024
In 1969, a hapless television operator mistakenly deleted the official commentary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Forty years later, Journalists Marco Blaser and Eugenio Bigatto return to the studio to finally correct the mistake.
Aug 2023
The portrait of eight young protagonists that have to deal with everyday female issues and those still to come. Eight different personalities confront each other and learn many lessons from their encounters. What keeps them united is the shadow of the night, intimate and mysterious, and the magical and invisible bond which unites all women.
Aug 2011
A visual journey inside the majestic building of Locarno's Gran Hotel, long-closed. The ghosts of those who resided in it during the past decades still live inside.
Oct 2018
Cláudia is a Portuguese immigrant who deals with a terrorizing boss, her rejecting daughter and the strong mountain wind, as she cleans sophisticated Airbnb’s in the Swiss Alps.
An omnibus film made under the creative supervision of Alice Diop, with the help of Ticino Film Commission and RSI.
Aug 2025
Aug 2021
A difficult relationship unfolds across the different floors of an apartment, where distance, encounters, and tension gradually transform the domestic space into an emotional landscape.
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An afternoon without smartphones leads two girls to confront the omen of an uncertain future.
In the dunes of the Sahara, a Jaima, the traditional Saharawi tent. Through the tea ritual, a woman takes us into the past and present of her people, persecuted and driven from their land. There are three teas she offers us: the first, bitter as life; the second, sweet as love; the third, mild as death. Each tea tells us a story.
A collective of fifteen emerging directors, guided by Tarr, each present a unique short segment reimagining the city and landscapes around Locarno—city streets, cable cars, the Val Bavona valleys, and Corippo—through varied cinematic lenses.
Aug 2019
Three childhood friends reunite in the small town they grew up in when one of them returns after two years abroad. Between bonds and different life paths, “Ontario” is a small story about growing up, failing, uncertainty and unspoken love in a day and age where we feel like we absolutely have to make it
Brother and sister face the world of rallying together, united by passion and family. They will face different challenges and realize how crucial their relationship is to living and winning.
Oct 2022
Nov 2025
Nov 2022
Medium-lenght film by Alessandro Garbuio about Olivetti