Fearless/Senza Paura

Fearless/Senza Paura
Brazil/Italy/Spain/France, 2023, 77’
in Portuguese and Italian w/ Arm./Eng. subtitles

Director and Scriptwriter: Luciano Toriello
Cinematographers: Luciano Toriello, Pino Maiorano
Production Company: MAD SRLS

Pierfrancesco lives in Jericoacoara (Brazil) and at 12 he is a rising star of kitesurfing. In ten years of filming, the documentary follows his childhood, from when he takes his first steps in the water at the age of 3 to when, at the age of 11, he will compete in the World Championship that will allow him to travel along Brazil, Italy, Spain, France together with his father, who is also his coach. His courage will meet his fears.

Luciano Toriello

Luciano Toriello is a producer and director mainly of documentaries, with a particular interest in humanitarian issues, linked to social and cultural changes. He teaches Visual Storytelling at the University of Foggia and Video editing at the ITS Apulia Digital Maker, and he is also the artistic director of “Mònde – Film Festival on the Paths”, winner of the Interreg Europe Best Practices title. The documentary Fearless is his latest work as a director.

Filmography  
Leviteaccanto (2014), Io e Manfredi (2015), Hummingbird (2016), Erma (2016), Amina (2018), Vision with Ambition (2018), La luce dentro (2020), Matria (2022), Fearless (2023).