Private Project

Perfection

Society forces us to put on a myriad of masks, at the price of our truth and what and who we are in the deepest. In the first part of this fashion film, we're invited into a photograph set where a game of seduction and craving is taking place between our protagonist and her photographer, until it turns into a deadly trap. From which she escapes through an act of rebellion, that breakes the balance and pulls out the primeval force of nature hidden inside her chest. Getting rid of everything is old in her past, she awakens in a pristine environment in another form and thanks to the encounter with two other sibling beings, she reminds her backstory but she's finally ready to bid farewell to it and join her true self with a new awareness.

  • Ilenia Sbarufatti
    Director
  • Valen Tagliabue
    Writer
  • Ilenia Sbarufatti
    Writer
  • Ilenia Sbarufatti
    Producer
  • Ilenia Sbarufatti
    Key Cast
  • Giulia Sbarufatti
    Key Cast
  • Naomi Sbarufatti
    Key Cast
  • Nicola Adobati
    Key Cast
  • Enrico Vezzù
    Cinematographer
  • Antonio Corposanto
    Fashion designer
  • Valen Tagliabue
    Styling
  • Manuela Ferrari
    Styling
  • Patrizia Maimone
    Styling
  • Manuela Ferrari
    Make-up artist
  • Lidia Cutrì
    Make-up artist
  • Enrico Vezzù
    Editor video and audio
  • Edoardo Conti
    Storyboard
  • Marco Damiano
    Backstage's photos
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Fashion, Psychological
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 11 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Alternative film festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Nominee
  • Couch film festival
    Toronto
    Canada
    Winner - Best experimental international
  • Vesuvius film festival

    Italy
    Winner - best fashion short
  • Hollywood on the Tiber
    Rome
    Italy
    Official selection
  • Golden Sparrow International film fest
    Sirkali, Tamil Nadu
    India
    May 18, 2022
    Best International Short Film
  • MonsterFlix Awards

    July 7, 2022
    Semi-finalist
Director Biography - Ilenia Sbarufatti

Class 1988, Ilenia Sbarufatti is an Italian filmmaker, actress, and singer. She started acting in 2010 and obtained a role in Giulia Grandinetti's "Alice and the land that wonders" (2020). She took part in several theatrical plays, performances, and short films. She sees herself as an aesthete, in love with colors, design, photography, and fashion.

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Director Statement

This movie stems from my desire to give a shape to states of mind and motions of soul otherwise too difficult to express with words.