Until Life | Short Film 2019

  • Stefano Vassallo

In this times of reminiscing the past and questioning the future I got back into the never-ending process of re-writing myself. Between analyzing and daydreaming, I stumbled upon this old project... "Until Life" is a short film made with some friends and classmates as our final project for our MA in Filmmaking at Scuola Holden Torino; in which I worked as a screenwriter and executive producer. It was a messy one. From our inexperience to the creative boundaries set by the school, the taste of struggle and tension still hits us whenever thinking back to it. As I rewatched the film, I smiled at our naivety and cringed at those ideas we thought were so brilliant, but most of all I yearned to get back to all that. The uncharted territory proved to be a wonderful training ground for both our creative and critical senses. In the end, we had clear vision on mistakes never to be made again, and that's precious in itself. Now, as I am older and in an uncertain period of my (and everyone's) life, I wonder what would happen if I could try and be that spontaneous again: pouring all of myself in something without having the full knowledge on how It has to be done, or how it'll end, but trying to grab the most of it and turn it into a lesson, into change and growth.