Simone Massi

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

A poem of love and struggle dedicated to the Palestinian people

Three different epochs through the gaze of three children: Zelinda, who loses her mother to the Spanish Flu during World War I and sees the specter of Nazism loom; Assunta, who lives during the Nazi occupation between bombings, raids, and executions; Icaro, who abandons the countryside during the Years of Lead (“Anni di Piombo”) and accepts a new life. A story across the difficulties and the troubles of the 20th century between memories, affection, nostalgia, and gratitude.

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False images able to creep, to confuse memories.

No synopsis available yet.

Animation inspired by the poem “The Infinite” by Giacomo Leopardi.

A poem of love and struggle dedicated to the Palestinian people

Three different epochs through the gaze of three children: Zelinda, who loses her mother to the Spanish Flu during World War I and sees the specter of Nazism loom; Assunta, who lives during the Nazi occupation between bombings, raids, and executions; Icaro, who abandons the countryside during the Years of Lead (“Anni di Piombo”) and accepts a new life. A story across the difficulties and the troubles of the 20th century between memories, affection, nostalgia, and gratitude.

Three different epochs through the gaze of three children: Zelinda, who loses her mother to the Spanish Flu during World War I and sees the specter of Nazism loom; Assunta, who lives during the Nazi occupation between bombings, raids, and executions; Icaro, who abandons the countryside during the Years of Lead (“Anni di Piombo”) and accepts a new life. A story across the difficulties and the troubles of the 20th century between memories, affection, nostalgia, and gratitude.

Three different epochs through the gaze of three children: Zelinda, who loses her mother to the Spanish Flu during World War I and sees the specter of Nazism loom; Assunta, who lives during the Nazi occupation between bombings, raids, and executions; Icaro, who abandons the countryside during the Years of Lead (“Anni di Piombo”) and accepts a new life. A story across the difficulties and the troubles of the 20th century between memories, affection, nostalgia, and gratitude.

No synopsis available yet.

False images able to creep, to confuse memories.

About a man and his dream, which stop for a moment, and meet each other

Passages, crossings, a last door that will not open, conceived and realized by Simone Massi.

The story tells the journey of a young man and a dog. It evokes the time which passes, our incapacity or our lack of will to look at the little gifts of every day.

Dream of escape: from prison, from fascism, from the oblivion of memory

For decades, Transalpina Square in Gorizia marked the dividing line between two different Nations and cultures. Alongside this segment of the Italy-Slovenia border, tragic events took place, though dreams and hopes persevered. It is thanks to those hopes and dreams that the separating wall was eventually torn down and the border was finally crossed.

My cheeks brush against the stones, I look out from a break in the wall.

My cheeks brush against the stones, I look out from a break in the wall.

A doctor examines a migrant's body recovered from the sea. During inspection, she finds a plastic bag with a suspicious substance that magically makes her relive the boy's migration journey.

White sheets waiting to be filled, soiled

History flows, the darkness wets our clothes. Inspired by the poem “Avevamo studiato per l’aldilà” by Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale, the film condenses iconic images of Italy’s political history into a narrative about this life and the hereafter.

History flows, the darkness wets our clothes. Inspired by the poem “Avevamo studiato per l’aldilà” by Nobel laureate Eugenio Montale, the film condenses iconic images of Italy’s political history into a narrative about this life and the hereafter.

With Open Eyes, beyond the glass

Around May ‘44 on Mount Sant’Angelo there is a house that falls asleep and begins to dream.

While Anton Raderscheidt the painter is being photographed, he dreams about a red shirt

A blue rhinoceros and a child are in a small boat. The child catches a fish with his fishing rod…

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The black, the white and a small red spot that suddenly rise up.

Motionless under his opponent’s blows, a boxer makes his execution public

A man and a dog, the fire and the snow.

While the pig is being dragged out from the sty he has the chance to see the sky...

While the pig is being dragged out from the sty he has the chance to see the sky...

While the pig is being dragged out from the sty he has the chance to see the sky...

The month of May, the blackbird: they hide while they sing.

The intellectual soul of man extends from the earth and ascends, in order to comprehend the body of the world, the wondrous substance of the sky.

The intellectual soul of man extends from the earth and ascends, in order to comprehend the body of the world, the wondrous substance of the sky.

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No synopsis available yet.

Created for the municipality of Pergola, the film offers insight into the city's identity and historical context. It covers events across much of the country, juxtaposing land and war. We also hear the voices of Simone Massi's children. The author dedicates this work "to his children and to these children."

“He doesn’t stop resisting; he stands in the snow, in the silence, stubbornly keeping the position”.

“He doesn’t stop resisting; he stands in the snow, in the silence, stubbornly keeping the position”.

Scenes of wars, from World War II to the refugee camps of the 6-Day War, from the attack on the Mostar bridge to the cars set on fire in the war in Syria.

Scenes of wars, from World War II to the refugee camps of the 6-Day War, from the attack on the Mostar bridge to the cars set on fire in the war in Syria.