Pozzuoli lies at the centre of the Phlegraean Fields crater, where the earth rises and falls continuously in a breath-like cycle. This is a place where the boundary between the world of the living and the underworld has opened many times. The earth, with its vapours and fumes, holds ancient mysteries and latent energy, ready to awaken.

Director: Filippo Maria Pontiggia

He is a graduate of the ZeLIG School of Documentary Cinema and has curated the experimental section Spazio X at the FrontDOC International Film Festival. He is also a staff member of the Cervino Cinemountain Film Festival. He has worked on various film sets and created short films, as well as artistic performances involving lights and electronic sensors. His latest short film “Rabbits in the Cemetery” (2024) won the Students’ Award at the Trento Film Festival and was recognised in the Orizzonti Vicini section.