April 10 - 19, 2026
Giovanni Columbu
BALENTES
ITA/DEU 2024, 70'
with: Bruno Sedda, Andrea Sedda, Simonetta Columbu
Credits
Director Giovanni Columbu
Script Giovanni Columbu
Animation Giovanni Columbu
Editing Giovanni Columbu
Score André Feldhaus, Filippo Ripamonti, Alessandro Olla, Hans Zeller, PIetro Mscagni
Production LUCHES SRL
Produzent*in Daniele Maggioni
Distribution LUCHES SRL
Premiere Südtirol Premire
Filmography

2001 ARCIPELAGHI

2012 SU RE

2017 SURBILES

Based on an event that really happened in Sardinia in 1940, against the backdrop of fascism and on the eve of the Second World War, the film tells of the theft of some horses from a military farm. The protagonists are two boys, Ventura e Michele, aged 11 and 14. Their intentions are completely idealistic: free the horses so that they do not die in war.

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Credits
Director Giovanni Columbu
Script Giovanni Columbu
Animation Giovanni Columbu
Editing Giovanni Columbu
Score André Feldhaus, Filippo Ripamonti, Alessandro Olla, Hans Zeller, PIetro Mscagni
Production LUCHES SRL
Produzent*in Daniele Maggioni
Distribution LUCHES SRL
Premiere Südtirol Premire
Filmography

2001 ARCIPELAGHI

2012 SU RE

2017 SURBILES

Director

Giovanni Columbu - 2025 ITA
Giovanni Columbu - 2025 ITA

Film director and artist. Graduated in architecture. His works have been exhibited in private and public galleries, in Milan at the Palazzo della Permanente, at the Venice Biennale, in Cagliari at Palazzo di Città, arousing the interest of critics such Umberto Eco. He worked at RAI making numerous documentaries sold in Europe, Canada and the United States. He later set up his own film production company.