Siticulosa
Maeve Brennan / United Kingdom & Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere / 45 min
An archaeological journey to the caves and caverns of Puglia, where a diverse community of professionals - and a criminal underworld - share an interest in historical artifacts.
Maeve Brennan’s ‘Siticulosa’ explores the journey that historical artifacts undergo over time, from everyday objects and works of art, to archaeological treasures of high historical and sometimes economic value. Set in Puglia in southeastern Italy, Brennan uncovers a circuit where both peasants and passionate professionals are pitted against a criminal underworld. In an interdisciplinary investigation with branches into geology, archaeology, and ecology, the film moves around a landscape full of caves and caverns, while an original use of commentary text interjects itself into the objective discourse of the work.