original title:
Subs Heroes
directed by:
cast:
Andrea Toscano, Marco Venezia, Antonio Pilolli, Giovanni Foti, Chiara Chiarino, Roberto Cucinotta, Daniele Giuliani, Elettra Caporello, Serenella Zanotti, Elisa Perego
cinematography:
editing:
music:
producer:
production:
Duel: Film, Oki Doki Film, Taiga Film, Grey Ladder, Ouvert
country:
Italy
year:
2017
film run:
73'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (31/07/2017)
The biggest funsubbers community of the World was funded in Italy in
2006 by a teenager whose favourite TV series was suspended by national television. Tired of
waiting for the next season to be dubbed and broadcasted, Andrea decided to create an
online place where people were free to translate and share subtitles.
Anticipating and facilitating a new perspective in audiovisual contents distribution in Italy, the
site soon became a reference for “original versions lovers”, growing far beyond any
expectation. Barely legal, the site is constantly under the eye of the authorities.
To keep the pace of over 200 series subbed simultaneously, the community had to adopt a
highly hierarchized organization and to impose strict deadlines to the subbers.
The high pressure, combined with the fact that no one gets money inside the community,
forces subbers to have a double life: students and regular workers at day, heroes at night.