Original Title
La Parte Organica delle Cose
Country of Production
Italy
Year of Production
2017
Running Time
3'7"
Language
Italian
Awards
Best short Bookciak, Giornate degli Autori, Venice
Production Company or Producer
Haapar Film
Contact Person
Alessandro Padovani
The memory of an old man, my grandpa: how he became a teacher, during the 50’s.
A taxidermist of time, how he finds and removes the organic part from it, to keep memories.
Name
Alessandro Padovani
Country
Italia
Biography
Alessandro Padovani (1993, Italia), was born in a small village under Dolomites and he graduated at the National Film School in Rome, Italy (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia) in 2018. As screenplayer he won Mattador Prize in 2013, taking part to the European project “Eastweek – Scriptwrit- ing Workshop for New Talents”, and the Mattador Developing Prize in 2018. In 2015 and 2016 Alessandro won the Vincenzoni Prize for best story. In 2017 Alessandro is selected by Armani and he created and wrote “A Jacket”, with Sara Serraioco and Lorenzo Richelmy. He worked for Jolefilm writing the short film “Oltre il Fiume”, directed by Luca Zambolin, winner of RIFF 2019. In 2019 he’s a Premio Solinas and Premio Medusa finalist, and he won Emergency Price with the short film “Ape Regina”, produced by Wildside and RAI Cinema, winning Premiere Prize in Alice nella Città - Festa del cinema di Roma. From 2018 he has been writing the film doc “Brotherhood” directed by Francesco Montagner, unreleased, produced by Nutprodukce (CZ) and Nefertiti Film (IT): they won the Developing Price When East meets West, CSC – SIAE Prize and CZ Developing Fund, and they were selected by Dokincubator. In 2020 Alessandro is selected by Biennale Cinema College. Movida is his first documentary as a director, produced by MIUR and MIBACT.
Filmography
Movida (2020) long documentary
Haapar (2016) short doc
The Organic Part (2018) short doc
Director's notes
This short film is the last remaining video memory of my grandfather.
My grandfather is the bond that I have to my land, the Veneto region. He taught me to distinguish trees from their leaves, he taught me (with little success) the dialect of my region.
This was my starting point for reflecting on time and cinema, on the ability to make memories eternal, to make them remain forever.