YES WE SAIL

Yes We Sail

Documentary, Short, Sports, Disability

Spain

2025

Runtime, min

After a devastating accident leaves him blind, Dani, a lifelong sailor from Barcelona, must find his way back to the sea. With the love of his mother and his dog Lady, he relearns how to sail navigating not by sight, but by touch, balance, and instinct. Against a world of barriers and skepticism, Dani rebuilds his life on his own terms, discovering resilience, purpose, and a new way to move through the water he thought he had lost.

Director:

Nicholas Simon Tolladay

Selections and Awards:

The North Festival Barcelona February 20, 2026 European Premiere Best Short Documentary Spain

REVIEWS:

Love that. A remarkably tight and sensory short. By focusing on Dani's tactile connection to the wind and waves, the director turns a tragic industrial accident into a cinematic masterclass on human resilience.

Binti Rahman Nurul

I can teel you that sailing a boat with no rudder, no centerboard, no boom using just purely wind and sun position is pure mastery!!!

Claudia Bigatti

That's amazing! What an incredible story! I was on the edge of my seat when he described the explosion, but seeing him back out on the ocean was so uplifting. Pure inspiration!

Daniel Klinke

Awesome and heartbreaking and beautiful story of love and second chances...

Giorgi Tsiklauri

A solid motivational short that relies on fairly standard documentary tropes that we've seen many times in inspirational sports films.

Andre Santana

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