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JUNK

We've been talking about sustainable fashion for years, yet little has changed. Let's start by understanding what sustainability really means for the textile industry. “Junk” tells the stories and shows the images of the people and ecosystems directly affected by the negative impact of fast fashion.

It's not just a project to raise awareness but also a narrative to give all of us the certainty that changing things is still possible, and we all have a role to play.

“Junk” unfolds in six episodes, each dedicated to a different issue caused by fast fashion, filmed in six different countries: in Chile and Ghana, the textile dumps of the world; in Indonesia, we discover how the production of artificial fibers is annihilating the country's biodiversity. In Bangladesh, we delve into the working conditions. In India, we explore how we've managed to change millennia of cotton culture. And finally, in Italy, because we have problems here too, they are just sometimes less visible than others.

We all have full closets of problematic clothes, with "Junk” we want to give a more honest and concrete meaning to the word “sustainability” to understand, all together, how to challenge the status quo of the fashion system.

  • Will Media & Sky Italia
    Produced by
  • Olmo Parenti
    Director
  • Matteo Keffer
    Director
  • Olmo Parenti
    Writer
  • Matteo Ward
    Writer
  • Alessandro Tommasi
    Executive producers
  • Riccardo Haupt
    Executive producers
  • Suzy Amis Cameron
    Executive producers
  • Sara Sozzani Maino
    Executive producers
  • Giada Archidi
    Producer
  • Angelica Lato
    Producer
  • Marco Zannoni
    Producer
  • Matteo Keffer
    Directors of photography
  • Edoardo Anselmi
    Directors of photography
  • Olmo Parenti
    Editors
  • Roberto Cruciani
    Editors
  • Giulio Rosso Chioso
    Colorist
  • Alejandro Zannoni
    Sound correction
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    JUNK, Armadi pieni
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    25 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    225,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy
  • Language:
    English, Italian, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Take care of your junk
    Milan
    Italy
    March 31, 2023
    Worldwide première
Distribution Information
  • Sky Italia
    Distributor
    Country: Italy
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Olmo Parenti, Matteo Keffer

Olmo Parenti (born December 31, 1993) is an Italian film director who primarily focuses on documentaries, known for their intimate connection with subjects. His films often strive to live beyond the screen and become opportunities for social change. The most successful are 'Junk,' 'One Day One Day,' and 'Not Everything is Black.' Directing many renowned Italian music videos, he frequently blends documentary filmmaking into the craft. He loves tortellini and hates writing about himself in the third person.

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Director Statement

I tried to convince myself I wasn't going to become a filmmaker for a long time. It was my personal form of rebellion, my attempt to not look like everything I came from culturally. Until it became a necessity in order for me to hold a form, any form, of identity.
I was raised between Italy and the United States, with a brief stay in Asia as well. For many years I lived between Boston, New York, Milan and Singapore.
Today, I've come to terms with having fun making films of all sorts. Mainly, I want to make documentaries that change the life of the people they feature as much as the life of those who watch them. A hybrid between subtle activism and documentary filmmaking.
I do my best not to waste anyone's time with anything I do. Everything you see in what I make is an expression of this rule.