Fernando Birri Movies

SELINUNTE marks Birri’s first cinematic effort, made during his years studying at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia di Roma.

Short documentary drawing parallels between the Sicilian people and their history of profane visual representation.

Short documentary drawing parallels between the Sicilian people and their history of sacred visual representation.

Narrated [not only] with puppets, a dramatic vision of Latin America throughout the 20th century with its constant ferment of dictatorships, hunger,...

In 1956, the humorous designer Oski made a work about the foundation of the city of Buenos Aires. Fernando Birri made a film from this work in 1959,...