A pillar of a fading artisanal skill and a vital backbone of society, Saviola is one of Italy’s last independent watchmakers – honoring his work with dedication and meticulous precision. Director Ivan Olita documents Saviola’s inner sanctum and the metaphysical dimension of his craft for short film Master of Time.

Inspired by quantum physicist Carlo Rovelli’s The Order of Time, Olita enters an exploration of the philosophy of time and space through Rodolfo Saviola, one of Italy’s last independent watchmakers’s personal landscape – and the purpose and method he applies to his practice. As a portal into a past era, and the magic that sustains Savila’s clockwork, Master of Time unfolds as a tribute to the beauty of mundanity, and the power of tradition in connecting us to what came before.