SATURDAY 22 NOV – H 18:00 – SALA 2

LASCIATECI PERDERE
ITALY – 2025 – color – 57’

Direction: Niccolò Ferrero
Screenplay: Niccolò Ferrero, Leonardo Aresi
Cinematography: Sebastian Bonolis, Ruggero Romano, Daniele Coluccini, Luca Matteucci, Marco Mineyichev, Pietro Fanton
Editing: Giuliana Sarli, Stefano Mattacchione
Sound design, Mix: Massimo Filippini
With: Sebastiano Gravina, Maurizio De Silvestro, Bryan Ramirez, Matteo Bonavolontà, Jacopo Lilli, Giacomo Cerri, Giovanni Avallone, Andrea Chiellini, Michele Pugliese, Giancarlo Bruni, Damiano Giunta, Luigi Gatta, Shadia Lupetti, Giovanni Morgana, Paul Iyobo, Giancarlo Saraudi, Nicola Mauro, Danilot Carrubba, Massimo D’Attolico, Riccardo Locatelli, Francesco Cavallotto, Emiliano Del Duca, Valerio Arancio Febbo, Aldo Grauso, Vito Di Blasio
Producers: Giampietro Preziosa, Marco S. Puccioni in co-production with Edoardo Viterbori, Valerio Tedeschi
Production: Inthelfilm in collaboration with Millennium Cinematografica

Synopsis
Lasciateci perdere follows the Italian national five-a-side football team for the blind on their challenging journey toward the WorldCup in qualification for the Paralympic Games. The documentary explores the lives of the players beyond the field, revealing how their everyday reality is nothing short of extraordinary. The captain, Sebastiano, and his teammates fight to overcome their limitations, driven by an aspiration to “make history.” As the team trains amid countless difficulties, their personal dramas emerge: Sebastiano and his wife, Shadia also blind, face the high-risk pregnancy of their first daughter, Nicole. Due to her premature birth,Sebastiano with draws from the World Cup to stay by his family’s side. Without their captain, Italy surprises everyone by winning their group classification…

director’s statement
“Lasciateci perdere is a documentary about the Italian national football team for the blind as they take part in their first World Cup. Despite their collective goal of qualifying for the Paralympics, the focus is on the lives of eleven blind players, both on and off the field— told with self-irony and sensitivity, and avoiding any sense of pity. The use of sound plays a central role, immersing the viewer in the protagonists’ sensory perspective (e.g. the rattling ball, amplified audio). The hands, in their way of ‘feeling through touch’ (cf. Herzog), serve as a recurring motif. The story follows the personal journeys of the main characters (Sebastiano, Bryan), whose aspirations and choices—above all, the captain’s painful decision between the World Cup and fatherhood—intertwine with the team’s collective preparation.”Ultimately, the film highlights the blue of their jersey as a symbol of a challenge that is both sporting and existential: the drive topush beyond one’s limits.”

Regional premiere