Il filo

Il filo – Capitolo I, teatro, 15’41’’, 4K video, colour, sound, 2026



Il filo – Capitolo II, ruoli, 10’32’’, 4K video, colour, sound, 2026



Il filo – Capitolo II, ruoli, 15’41’’, HD video, colour, sound, 2026




Il filo – Capitolo IV, comunicazione, 4’, 4K video, colour, sound, 2026




Il filo – Capitolo IV, comunicazione, 4’, 4K video, colour, sound, 2026




Il filo – Capitolo III, continuità, 15’41’’, 4K video, colour, sound, 2026


Il filo is a moving image series filmed during a residency in Apulia. The protagonist, Jimi, who runs a bookshop in Putignano for 40 years, sits at a rooftop film setup and reads excerpts from Pirandello’s 1921 Six Characters in Search of an Author, reflecting on the play’s exploration of the boundaries between fiction and reality. In this play, six characters interrupt a theatre rehearsal, insisting they are more real than the actors’ portrayals, and asking the director, “And who are you?” 

Jimi’s commentary, where he reflects on being a protagonist both in my film and in the political narratives of his generation, is overlayed with documentary footage from his life—hosting friends for lunch at his home on a Sunday. The series, in four parts—theater, roles, continuity, communication—moves from long, dynamic sections toward shorter, increasingly abstracted non-narrative segments—from a time of presence to a time of memory and imagination. It explores how culture, history, and unconscious patterns influence experience and the truth of self-understanding. And how the thread of consciousness communicates itself through a continuous cultural archive and changing physical forms.


The project is financed by the Lithuanian Council for Culture 

   
           


And supported by Culture Moves Europe
a project funded by by the European Union and the Goethe-Institut


       




This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.