The Referee
A football referee demoted to the lowest league on the remote island of Sardinia is about to find out what it takes to handle a real (local) match.
- Italy
- 2008, 16 min
- Director: Paolo Zucca
- Director of photography: Patrizio Patrizi
- Editor: Alessio Santoni
- Screenplay: Paolo Zucca
- Music: Luca Schiavo, Andrea Cascìu
- Cast: Luca Pusceddu , Gilberto Idonea, Franco Fais , Giorgio Franco Zucca
- Contacts: Paolo Zucca
- Producer: Paolo Zucca
- Production: Istituto Superiore Etnografico della Sardegna
Paolo Zucca
Paolo Zucca (1972, Cagliari) studied literature at the University of Florence and film directing at Nuova Università del Cinema e della Televisione in Rome. He writes scripts and directs commercials. Referee (2009), his fifth short film, has won several awards including a special mention at Clermond-Ferrand and the Italian Film Academy’s David di Donatello award for best short film in 2009.