Shooting has just begun on the short film with the working title “Shah Jalal “ written and directed by our founder Giovanni Enrico Morassutti.
Morassutti with this work tells, between reality and fiction, the story of Adam, a Bengali who has been living in Italy for 12 years and runs a small take-out restaurant on Via Tiziano Aspetti in the Arcella district of Padua.
Adam, through his own business, often sends part of his earnings to his family members in Bangladesh. Bengalis form one of the largest immigrant populations in Italy who send the most money back to their home country. The short film also includes exclusive footage shot in the South Asian country thanks to the participation in the project of artist and curator Sadya Mizan, founder of the Uronto community of artists, who will offer viewers a glimpse of Bangladesh, a country also known for the oldest Islamic, Buddhist and Hindu archaeological relics but also at risk due to Climate Change. Indeed, in this short film, the director and his international team also intend to tell the story of how rising seas in Bangladesh result in salt contamination of drinking water supplies, leaving 33 million people vulnerable to health problems. Morassutti relied on several collaborators to produce this short film including director Karma Gava and his assistant Kevin Huiban, also a live sound engineer. The short film is produced by the international artist residency Art Aia – Creatives In Residence, which had already collaborated in 2019 with Sadya Mizan in organizing the Uronto Residential Art Exchange Program.
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