Chiara Malta has directed several short films, co-written or animated by Sebastien Laudenbach, from fiction to animation and documentary, and has won prizes in many international festivals. After her feature-length documentary, Armando e la politica (2008), aired on ZDF/ARTE opening the section Lo Stato delle Cose at the Torino Film Festival, she was invited as an artist in residence at the French Academy in Rome (Villa Medici). With her last short film, she initiated a reflection on childhood, tinted with realistic magic and pagan deities.