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A voiceover describes an intense memory between images, sharing with the viewer a reflection on the value of preserving, with commitment and affection, those unpredictable moments of tenderness that, in their fleeting presence, reveal fragility and beauty. The short film, shot inside the Alzheimer Ward in the nursing home "Don Bosco" in Bolzano, is an intimate interpretation of the concepts of time and memory, the protagonists of which are the residents of a liminal place, where memories and feelings come together in search of their own identity.

  • Amedeo Sartori
    Director
  • Amedeo Sartori
    Writer
  • Amedeo Sartori
    Cinematography
  • Mattia Merlini
    Composer
  • Amedeo Sartori
    Editor
  • Amedeo Sartori
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Stanze
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes 42 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.00:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Bracciano
    Bracciano
    Italy
    June 12, 2025
    Italian Premiere
    Official Selection / Best Short Film
  • Edera Film Festival
    Treviso
    Italy
    July 30, 2025
    Official Selection Focus Nordest
  • Festival Cinemistica
    Granada
    Spain
    November 17, 2025
    European Premiere
    Officla Selection Cinemística
  • Versi di Luce Festival
    Modica
    Italy
    December 11, 2025
    Official Selection / Best Short Film
Director Biography - Amedeo Sartori

Amedeo “Zac” Sartori (1990) is an unconventional and tenacious self-taught filmmaker, in love with cinema since he was a kid. Indeed, he worked on his first short films as he was sixteen and has fuelled his passion for the seventh art in all its forms ever since.
Putting his school and work life aside, as they have almost nothing to do with cinema, he has continuously been feeding his artistic sensibility, and particularly his interest in the concepts of time, memory, and movement. With these prerogatives, he has been investigating the relationship between perception and image.

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Director Statement

In this short film, instead of describing life and routines in the Alzheimer Ward, I opted for building an audiovisual narrative from a memory of my own, thus making this place and its residents the absolute protagonists of an intimate story. This is a reflection on growing old, on illness and on the importance of preserving our memories, especially those of brief moments of tenderness, in which fragility and beauty are manifested. The camera, led by the rhythm of the voice over, gracefully wanders throughout the Ward, as its fixed gaze explores a suspended time, in search of a dialogue between immobility and movement.