Creative Documentary (2025), 47 Minutes
In the 1950s, Valentino and his best friend Adriano become the first Italians to cycle the globe – an experience that changed their lives completely. Decades later, after Valentino’s passing, his family uncovers hundreds images, offering a glimpse into a long-gone world. A story about something essentially human: the drive for curiosity and freedom, searching for infinite beauty in the world.
Status: Distribution.
Funded by: IDM South Tyrol (IT), PAT – Provincia Autonoma di Trento, (IT), Cine Art Styria (AT), Film Commission Graz (AT), Cultural Office (Kulturamt) of the city of Graz (AT)
Production: Abisso Studio (IT)
Co-Production: Visioni (AT)
Starring: Valentino Rolando, Adriano Sada, Francesco Rolando, Giulia Rolando, Teresa Saccà
Voice (young Valentino Rolando): Elia Tedesco
Director: Bernadette Weber
Producers: Martin Alan Tranquillini
Production Manager: Alberto Favruzzo
Coproducer: Bernadette Weber
Editor: Gabriele Borghi
Script Narrator and Dialogues: Davide Potente
DOP: Tamara Diepold
Camera Operators: Tamara Diepold, Esther Kreiner, Luca Scardulla
AC : Esther Kreiner
Colorist: Marco Di Liello
Original Sound: Giulia Micheli
Sound Postproduction & Design: Eli Frauscher (Klangkulisse)
Composer: Federico Campana
Graphics: Martin Alan Tranquillini
Release: 2025
Festival Selections:
Hof International Film Festival (a.k.a. “Hofer Filmtage”, DE): World Premiere 22 October 2025, Screening 23 October 2025.
EHO Mountain Filmfest (MK): 23 October 2025.
International Mountainfilm Festival Graz (AT): 12 November 2025.
Peloponnisos International Documentary Film Festival (GR): 24 November 2025 in Kalamata; 25 November 2025 in Tripoli.
Other Events:
Salone del Libro di Torino: 15 May 2025 – Project Presentation in Collaboration with our Partner Ediciclo Editore, Turin (IT)
Torino Torino – The exhibition, Trento (IT)
