This July, Threads of Heritage – Down the Rabbit Hole of Art Crime returns to the big screen with two special summer screenings in Rome and Genoa.
Directed by Brian Parodi and produced by the Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) in collaboration with No Panic Agency, the documentary explores the hidden networks behind the illicit trafficking of cultural heritage — from illegal excavations to private collections and the black market — while highlighting how new technologies are used to protect and recover cultural treasures.
The first screening, by invitation only, will take place on 11 July 2025 at the Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia in Rome. The evening will open with a panel discussion featuring experts, institutional representatives, and law enforcement officers working to combat art crime. After the film, guests will be offered special guided tours focused on recovered artifacts that reveal the concrete value of preservation efforts.
The second screening, free and open to the public, will be held in Genoa on Monday, 14 July at 9:00 PM in the Cortile Maggiore of Palazzo Ducale, as part of the Circuito Cinema Genova summer programme. The screening will be introduced by a conversation between Arianna Traviglia, Director of the Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology – IIT, and Giacomo Montanari, Genoa’s Councillor for Culture, moderated by art critic and journalist Linda Kaiser.
Threads of Heritage invites viewers to look beyond museum walls and discover the stories, risks, and recoveries that shape the fight to protect our shared cultural heritage.
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