Mirabile Visione: Inferno

He is considered the greatest European poet of the Middle Ages and his work unfolds the whole panopticon of occidental education – theology, philosophy, sciences, politics and literature. But who has really read it, the “Divine Comedy”? Who knows more of its creator Dante Alighieri than that he had an eagle-like profile and was in love with a woman named Beatrice? 700 years after Dante’s death, the filmmaker Adolfo Conti travels through Italy with Dante’s words in mind and eyes to see the world as Dante did. As the film encounters the beauty of arts and the Tuscan landscape, the forces of nature, a dramatic life story is unfolded.

Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell -- limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery -- in search of his true love, Beatrice. An animated version of the video game of the same name.

Pilgrim

The tormented life of Dante Alighieri, from solitary childhood to death in exile, seen through Giovanni Boccaccio’s journey to rehabilitate his memory.

Dolente Bellezza

The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.

When a dedicated college professor is denied tenure, he turns to black magic in a moment of desperation but finds himself trapped in a private hell of his own making.

A visually immersive musical Odyssey, set during the week of Easter year 1300, following Dante's descent into the sins of the Circles of Hell, as he overcomes the purification process of the terraces of Mount Purgatory and ultimately ascends to Paradise's Virtuous Spheres.

Ensnared in a fairytale of his own making, a pious and mysterious wanderer who calls himself ‘Jude’, is forced to confront the depths of his own darkness as he dances upon the precipice of dreams and reality. In 'Hell', Jude will come to learn that it is only through his own painful metamorphosis, that he can ever hope to find the path to salvation.

TLMEA tells the story of two undercover cops, caught in a dream during a drug raid in which they descend into the 9th level of hell - the Ptolomea.

A multi-award winning Horror Compilation inspired by Dante's Inferno. 9 diverse filmmakers deliver a twisted, micro-budget mix of blood and violence, comedy and carnage, demonic creatures and real world terrors, social commentary and WTF madness.

The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity. .

In a decaying mall, a poet unravels from the inside.

A loose retelling of Dante's Divine Comedy, a trans woman searches for a way to turn her baby doll into a real girl while struggling with her own personal definition of womanhood within a world plagued by the horrors of being alive.

An attempt to bring texts from Dante's "Divine Comedy" to life. Nine episodes from the Inferno with a concluding episode from the Purgatorio.

Dante, a grieving writer, and Virgil, a former priest, descend into the terrifying realm of the dead in search of Dante’s wife Beatrice. As they go through a series of terrifying circles inhabited by the dead and the damned, Dante and Virgil encounter lost souls trapped within eternal punishments shaped by their deepest fears, desires and regrets. Pursued by monstrous entities and confronted by manifestations of human suffering, Dante and Virgil will eventually come face to face with the Devil himself.

Short film about the ninth circle of hell as described in Dante's Inferno

Short film about the eighth circle of hell as described in Dante's Inferno

The story of a young woman entering the world of filmmaking as assistant director to Bilge Olgaç and the two years they worked together. Through her diary, Belmin Söylemez explores what she learned from Bilge Olgaç, the most productive woman director in the history of Turkish Cinema. The film also gives us clues on filmmaking in Turkey in the late 80’s. From tough shooting conditions to 35 mm editing, we discover Olgaç’s world through her assistant’s eyes. ‘Bilge and Her Apprentice’ pays tribute to the life and work of Bilge Olgaç, who passed away in 1994.

A partial differential equation is illustrated by mathematician Tariah Gatlin.