Beauty Beyond Limits
A Soul in Struggle
is a manifesto of resilience
Scleroderma is a rare and chronic rheumatic disease that affects the skin, organs, and hands, making even the simplest gestures a challenge.
Like osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, it compromises mobility and causes disabilities that affect millions of people worldwide.
And yet, behind every pain, there is a soul that fights: an inner strength that surpasses the limits of the body and continues to seek life, beauty, and possibility.
In A Soul in Struggle, four artists affected by rheumatologic diseases share their personal stories: despite suffering and disability, they never stopped creating, leaving us works of extraordinary intensity.
Alongside them, the testimonies of people living with scleroderma reveal the same determination and the same hope.
This film is dedicated to all of them:
To those who fight every day.
To those who transform pain into expression.
To those who face illness with the strength of science.
To the soul that never gives up.
When pain meets beauty, hope is born.
Follow the international
presentation tour of A Soul in Struggle
November 26–29, 2025
Trailer presentation at the 62nd National Congress of the Italian Society of Rheumatology, Rimini
December 17, 2025
Première at the National Museum of Science and Technology “Leonardo Da Vinci,” Milan
March 5–7, 2026
International presentation at the 9th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress, Athens
October 2026
Gala Dinner
Venice International Film Festival, Venice
About us
The World Scleroderma Foundation is an independent and international community of doctors, researchers, and patients working every day to improve the lives of those living with scleroderma.
Our commitment begins with listening: listening to people, to their stories, to their fears, and their hopes, and transforming this knowledge into research and tools that can truly make a difference.
Our mission
The foundation promotes and supports innovative scientific projects aimed at understanding the disease, its causes, and its manifestations.
Alongside science, WSF cultivates the value of community: it facilitates dialogue between patients, doctors, and associations, creating an international network capable of sharing experiences, knowledge, and support.
Every congress, every event, every meeting is created to raise awareness and make diagnosis earlier, treatments more effective, and information more accessible.