This programme aims to capture the fascination for astronomy and the cosmos of a series of filmmakers who, since the dawn of cinema, have explored the appearance and mysteries of the universe. The screen unfolds like a night sky, capable of revealing not only phenomena invisible to the naked eye, as in the films of Emily Richardson or Dominic Angerame, but also extravagant fantasies, the fruit of the artist's imagination (Segundo de Chomón, Georges Méliès...). Painterly cinema, depicting the firmament on film (Stan Brakhage) or the infinite shades of yellow of the solar sphere (Joseph Bernard); abstract and transcendental films in which astronomy merges with Eastern philosophies (Jordan Belson); raw material from the satellites themselves, such as that collected by the duo Semiconductor; or cosmic and amusing dances, such as those created by Maya Deren, Leslie Supnet or Lawrence Jordan. The universe as a continuous flow of energy, movement and regeneration (Tess Martin), whose phenomena, signs and signals challenge us from above (Alexi Manis). These celestial objects are also (or above all) the films themselves, flashes of light in a dark room. Andrea Franco