Materia oscura tells the story of a war zone in peacetime. The film location is the Salto di Quirra test range (Sardinia, Italy) where, for over fifty years, governments around the world have tested 'new weapons' and where the Italian government has carried out controlled explosions of old weapon stocks, inexorably endangering the territory.

While investigating the murder of a woman that occurred in the sado-masochistic club scene, Inspector Luca Moccia discovers fantasies that threaten his relationship. Will he overcome them?

War and Peace recounts the relationship between film and war since their first encounter, in 1911, during the Italian invasion of Libya. Questioning the nature of the aestheticisation of war, Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti produce a deep consideration about the meaning of History and its transmission to future generations.