Force and Courage, Rise and Decline of an Italian Football Club
Italy2023documentary20'International Short Competition
Sambenedettese, a football club from a small town over the Adriatic coast, is celebrating its centenary. In the 1970s, its team was a step away from promotion to Serie A. For a little while, their coach was even Zbigniew Boniek himself. The filmmakers conducted an extensive search for archival footage about the team and its native town of San Benedetto. The story of the team is enlaced with a political narrative recounting the bloodiest and most brutal years from Italy’s history from a unique perspective.
- directed by
- Giovanni MerliniQ&A guest
A co-founder of Giungla Collective, a cultural association that has been involved in producing short films and music videos since 2018, as well as organizing cinema-related events, including the Pirate Cinema Party. In 2022, he directed the short film "Talafì," and in 2023, he won the Ugo Adilardi Special Mention at the Zavattini Award for the "Forza e Coraggio" project. He is currently working on his first feature film.
Francesco BovaraQ&A guest
Actor and director, graduated in acting from the Teatro Stabile in Genoa in 2019. He is a co-founder of Giungla Collective, a cultural association that has been involved since 2018 in producing short films and music videos, as well as organizing cinema-related events, including the Pirate Cinema Party. He has worked as an actor in films by Andrea Segre and Susanna Nicchiarelli. In 2021, he directed the music video "Nemi" for the musical duo "Appendice," of which he is the singer.
- script
- Francesco Bovara, Giovanni Merlini
- animated by
- Lorenzo Silano
- music
- Alberto Moscone
- editing
- Pierfrancesco Tripodi
- production
- Antonio Medici (AAMOD - Archivio Audiovisivo del Movimento Operaio e Democratico), (Giungla Collective), Andrea Damiano
- Photo
