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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.