Sarna

Laika, a stray dog, was the first living being to be sent into space and thus to a certain death. A legend says that she returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants. While shooting this film, the directors little by little realised that they knew the street dogs only as par...

Runtime

1h 31m

Cast

Aleksey Serebryakov

Dogs of Democracy is an essay-style documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them. Author and first-time filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores life on the streets through the eyes of the dogs and peoples' experience. Shot in location in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, the documentary is about how Greec...

Runtime

1h

Cast

Spiros ('Saint'), Eugenia Tzirtzilaki, Rita Bellou

Runtime

13m

Cast

Michele Achilli, Andrea Di Buono, Roberto Moro

In conurbations where hundreds of thousands live alongside one another, in the era of a highly technological society, in which communication has never played such a significant role, man has become lonely. Disappointed by his fellow human beings, he turns to animals. Dogs and other domestic animals serve him as companions, life partner...

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Ulrich Seidl

Cast

Franz Dolesch, Renée Felden, Franz Holzschuh

In the secret forests of Northern Italy, a dwindling group of joyful old men and their faithful dogs search for the world’s most expensive ingredient, the white Alba truffle. Their stories form a real-life fairy tale that celebrates human passion in a fragile land that seems forgotten in time.

Runtime

1h 24m

Cast

Carlo Gonella, Sergio Cauda, Aurelio Conterno