In a world of polished backstage reels and picture-perfect movies or fashion shootings, do we ever really see the truth?
Unscripted, directed by Vittorio Bonaffini, pulls back the curtain on a production that promises big dreams but delivers quiet fractures. Sadie, a young actress eager to break through, is cast as the lead in an Italian production shooting in Los Angeles.

A golden opportunity, maybe. But from the very beginning, something feels off: her connection with the crew is strained, and the dynamic with the director is anything but smooth. Unscripted is an unfiltered portrait of an actress caught between performance and identity. Because sometimes, not fitting in is the most honest thing you can do.

Director’s Vision for ‘Unscripted’

Unscripted, written and directed by Vittorio Bonaffini, is both a grotesque and intimate look at the messy beauty of making films. Too often we only see the polished surface of a short or a commercial, without ever glimpsing what truly happens behind the scenes.

I call it a meta film because it was born out of a very real challenge: being asked to write a short in a very short time, to shoot in Los Angeles, with a minimal budget and the “ordinary” disorganization that inevitably surfaces when there’s little time to produce, think creatively, and properly brief actors and crew. For this reason, I chose to film in a rough, gritty way, capturing the process itself as part of the story.

Above all, this film exists thanks to the real crew. My deepest gratitude goes to them—for their work, their spirit, and their belief in this project.