Dino Buzzati

As his first assignment, lieutenant Drogo is sent to an isolated fortress on the borders of a desert and of a range of high mountains. The mission of the garrison is to prevent a possible incursion by the fearsome Tartars, coming from beyond the desert... (imdb)

Set in the mountains of Northern Italy around the turn of the century. Colonel Proco, a retired military man, has inherited a magical forest which he intends to manage until his young nephew comes of age. The only condition is that he must respect the Old Woods and the trees which are inhabited by genies, but Proco plans to cut down the trees and sell the wood. (bfi)

Surrealist comedy of an industrialist who has a whistling sound in his nose and enters a clinic. He is moved from floor to floor and no treatment has any effect, so he prepares for death. (bfi)

Our story starts with Tonio, the son the bears King, being kidnapped by some hunters in the Sicilian mountains. Because of the harshness of a winter that threatens its clan with famine, the Bear King decides to invade the land of men (in the hope of finding his son). Thanks to his powerful army and the help of a wizard, he will succeed at both quests but he will soon find out that bears are not meant to live in the land of men. (Cannes)