Films by Simona Risi

Germany 2025, 52 min
by Simona Risi

The Aosta Valley, cradled in northwestern Italy along the borders of France and Switzerland, is the smallest and most secluded of all the country's regions. Its soul is carved into the mountains: Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, the Matterhorn – majestic peaks rising above four thousand meters. Here, landscapes and lives are shaped by the same elemental force. On the glaciers, across the high pastures, or beneath a sky ablaze with stars, the Aosta Valley reveals a rare harmony: the g

Germany 2025, 43 min
by Simona Risi

Mass tourism pushes artisans out of Seville's historic centre. In Rompemoldes, a courtyard hub for young makers, Ilaria, Pablo, Maite and Carlos fight to keep craftsmanship and workshops alive. Their daily routines reveal how handmade work can still anchor a city's identity even as it risks disappearing.

Germany 2022, 52 min
by Simona Risi

Venice embodies the original and ideal idea of a city: a place of meeting, social life and exchange. The city has remained a village, with its small stores, narrow streets and hidden courtyards, places where it is still possible to meet the few remaining inhabitants. A village that is now ruled by the tourism industry, which doesn′t seem to have eyes for the city′s hidden treasures. The documentary tells of Venice beyond tourism and clichés, seen through the eyes of those who have been called "t

Germany, Italy 2018, 72 min
by Alessandro Soetje

The caustic, bohemian Daniele Kihlgren is the rebellious third child of a wealthy family of cement industry magnates.In the late 90s, he rides his motorbike to Santo Stefano di Sessanio, a medieval village perched on top of the rugged mountains of Abruzzi. It is love at first sight.He realizes that in a place like that he can fulfil an old dream of his –- perfectly restoring a run-down medieval town, and turning it into a hotel. The bottom line is to make a profit from the conservation of the la