Part of the session: Photography in Movement #9
A family taboo, a missing story. Using 25 photographs, a nephew reconstructs the life story of Michele, an uncle lost to AIDS and heroin in 1980s–90s Italy. Guided by his mother’s warm memories and the cold gaze of AI, he reflects on memory, the value of images, and what remains unspoken.
Paolo Baiguera (born 1998) is a director and filmmaker. He has worked on a range of productions with companies including Sky, Rai, Kon-Tiki Film, Indigo Film, ANG Film, and Ring Film. Since 2023, he has been collaborating with Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis on the feature Testa o Croce? (Heads or Tails?), selected for the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival. His debut short film El Pütì Pèrs (The Lost Child) premiered at the 2025 Venice International Film Critics’ Week where it received a special mention.
