The spag - Spaghetti
Dir: Giorgio Mangiamele, 1962, 36 mins
Three bodgies persecute an Italian paperboy with regular taunts, attacks and chasing, untill one day Tony is hit by a speeding van, his papers scatter and blow away. His mother sees newspapers
flying in the air outside her window and has a premonition of tragedy.

Ninety-nine percent - Novantanove per cento
Dir: Giorgio Mangiamele, 1963, 40 mins
The tragedy of loneliness becomes a bittersweet comedy when an Italian migrant widower goes to a marriage agency to find a wife for himself and a mother for his young son.

The scarecrow - Lo spaventapasser i
Dir: Luigi Acquisto, 1986, 32 mins
The experience of two Italian families sharing a house seen through the eyes of a child. Sense of loss and cultural alienation; disappointment against a subtly hostile Australian society.

Hey sista! - Hey sorelle!
Dir: Jan Cattoni, 1993, 27 mins
Lisa is fourteen and her hair has gone curly after her father barely survives a plane crash. Dreaming to be like Roberta, with her long staight hair, Lisa finds friendship where she least expects it.

The vegetable mob - L’implacabile banda degli ortaggi
Dir: Carla Drago, 1993, 7 mins
First generation Sicilian immigrants have carried on the tradition of their rural forefathers:cultivate the superior tomato.

Dessert: an end in three parts - Quello che voglio, quello che sono
Dir: Sandra Lepore, 1994, 5 mins
Rosa is about to embark on a life with Manfred. A luscious look at the rich layers of fantasy, pleasure and guilt.

Love from Guy - L’amore di Gaetano
Dir: Sandra Lepore, 1997, 24 mins
Guy is a lad raised in a traditional patriarchal family where the woman fulfills every need of the husband and children. Vita, Guy’s new wife, has other ideas about relationships and life.

Acquiring a taste for Raffaella - Per innamorarsi di Raffaella
Dir: Sandra Lepore, 1997, 14 mins
Raffaella, an Italian-Australian girl, falls in love for the first time.
The Italian aunt gives her an advice, but the traditional recipe for the “love biscuits” provides few surprises and Raffaella agrees to add an unusual ingredient to the mix.

The gardener - Il giardiniere
Dir: Damien Cassar, 2000, 9 mins
A young man recounts his time as a thirteen-year-old observing his elderly gardener, an Italian immigrant, and attempts to piece together the unknown past of the old man.

Speak to me of love - Parlami d’amore
Dir: Glen Eaves, 2000, 22 mins
Nonno Baldo thinks the time has come for his youngest grandson to know the secrets of the universe of love. On a starry night, he takes the boy back into his memories of falling in love.

Score! - A segno!
Dir: Damien Cassar, 2002, 13 mins
One fateful day, a man returns to his home in the Kingdom of Sydney. Burdened by his regal predicament, he is led on a bizarre journey by seven predatory Soccer Boys.

Claudia’s shadow - Claudia delle favole
Dir: Ruth Borgobello, 2002, 16 mins
A young Italian girl, finding herself in the strange and foreign land of Australia, uses her talent for storytelling to transcend all cultural and linguistic barriers, with a little help from her shadow.

Stray heart - Un’anima smarrita
Dir: Jason Di Rosso, 2002, 12 mins
After his local priest died, a lonely church caretaker starts visiting a nearby shopping mall. He loves the lights and the people, but soon finds himself in a vicious cycle of shoplifting, lies and self-hate.

Desolato - Desolate
Dir: Thomas Scire, 2003, 8 mins
A mother obsessed with her son’s personal life insists he finds an Italian partner. Eventually Dan meets his ‘Italian Fish’, with a twist..

Marco solo - Marco by himself
Dir: Adrian Bosich, 2004, 10 mins
Poor nine year old Marco still shares his parents’ bedroom. Using a vivid imagination, an obsession with Dame Edna and warped Catholicism he seeks his own space.

The garden of passion - Il giardino, una passione
Dir: Linda Mirabilio, 1999, 4 mins
Tomatoes, grapes and chicory all grow in abundance in Enrico’s garden. Exploring migration and cultivation across borders, the director invites us to get to know Enrico, a passionate and wise man who likes to use what he grows.