Organizized

A cleanliness-obsessed man goes on a date with a woman whose messy apartment sparks a humorous clash of their contrasting worlds.

  • Sarthwik Bollu
    Director
    The Road Not Taken (2024)
  • Sarthwik Bollu
    Writer
    The Road Not Taken (2024)
  • Chiranjeevi Pamidi
    Producer
    Smoke Cheyyaku Bro (2024)
  • Prithvi Raj Karreddula
    Producer
    Learning Not To Drown(2023),Smoke Cheyyaku Bro(2024)
  • Srinivas Chilukuri
    Key Cast
    "Sid"
    Learning Not To Drown (2023)
  • Brenna Spencer
    Key Cast
    "Naomi"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Dark Humor
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes 5 seconds
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    RED
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sarthwik Bollu

Sarthwik Bollu is an AFS Grant Recipient, Indian writer and director based in Texas. Growing up in southern India, Sarthwik developed an appreciation for storytelling's power through encounters with literature and film. Reading Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of Baskervilles during high school and watching its cinematic adaptation sparked his interest in the emotional impact of imagery and sound.

His upbringing in a working-class family didn't deter his passion for filmmaking. Although initially unable to afford film school, Sarthwik's dedication only grew stronger with time. His debut short film, THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, emerged from personal frustrations and unfulfilled desires for decisive life choices. Inspired by Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, the narrative revolves around a character's bold decision to pursue an acting career, leading to unforeseen consequences. His latest endeavor, ORGANIZIZED, a dark-humor project, is nearing completion in post-production.

Sarthwik's artistic perspective draws inspiration from the intimate and personal narratives of Martin Scorsese. He believes in filling his stories with soulful experiences and cultural nuances that everyone can relate to. Throughout his filmmaking journey, Sarthwik remains committed to sincerity and authenticity in storytelling, aiming to forge deep connections with audiences.

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Director Statement

Everyone has an obsession with something or another. As humans, we often go to great lengths to address these obsessions, and despite the suffering they might cause, we can’t resist dealing with them. From a distance, these actions appear comical, while up close, they seem eccentric.

The idea for ORGANIZIZED came to me while I was writing a serious story. During a vacation in Hawaii with my wife, surrounded by amazing landscapes, beautiful sunrises, and sunsets, my mind was subconsciously preoccupied with the details of the screenplay I was working on then. At that time, I was frustrated because I couldn’t fully experience the beauty around me, but I also found my urge to straighten the things I was obsessed with, amusing in some sense. This inspired me to write a story about obsession but set it in a different, more accessible context. To make the character relatable and also visually cinematic, I made him obsess with cleanliness and set the story during an awkward date. The core idea of the film is exploring the extremes we go to, in addressing our obsessions and how silly it is, in the grand scheme of things.

I intend to let this character follow his obsessions and generate dark humor out of his actions. I also wanted to experiment with style in this short narrative, switching genres from romance to mystery to absurd dark comedy, play with sound design to highlight the character’s subjective experience, emphasize the use of over-the-top music to heighten the humor and especially switching between live action and animation.