The BEST episodes directed by Annalisa Piras
#1 - Good Italy, Bad Italy: Girlfriend in a Coma
BBC Documentaries - Season 2013 - Episode 30
With Italy going to the polls on 24th and 25th February, Bill Emmott, former editor of The Economist and a man with a special passion for Italy and Italians since his teenage years, asks where has Italy gone wrong and examines the good sides about Italy as well as the disasters.
#2 - The Great European Disaster Movie
Storyville - Season 2015 - Episode 8
Authored documentary by Italian director Annalisa Piras and former editor of The Economist Bill Emmott, which explores the crisis facing Europe. Through case studies of citizens in different countries, the film explores a range of factors that have led to the present crisis, economic and identity challenges across Europe. High-level experts analyse how and why things are going so wrong. The film includes fictional scenes, set in a post-EU future, which feature archaeologist Charles Granda (played by Angus Deayton) travelling on a flight through a menacing storm, explaining to a child passenger what the EU was. Sombre, thought-provoking and witty, the film frames Europe through the eyes of those who have most at stake - the Europeans themselves. The Great European Disaster Movie will be immediately followed by a debate which will feature a range of contributors who will discuss issued raised in the film.