Time & Temperature
This is the story of a lifetime
ABOUT
Maestro Gianni Toso is a humble glassblower from Murano, Italy with 700 years of tradition to his family’s name. This film is an intimate portrait of this unique artist’s life, as we are given a look into his past and present as a lifelong student of glass. Glimpses of the Maestro’s practice of creating one of a kind glass works are punctuated with his perspective on life, learning, and passing the torch to the next generation of glassblowers.
YEAR 2021
RUN TIME 21:00 Min
EMAIL jforeman01@gmail.com Website: https://www.timeandtemperaturedoc.com/
Instagram: Justin Foreman Photos
CAST & CREW CREDITS
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR Justin Foreman
SOUND Justin Foreman, Danielle Damico, Mohamed Sultan, Mathew Pindell
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
I first met Maestro Gianni Toso on a brisk fall day in 2017. My brother, Chris, and his fiancé, Rachel, had just begun an apprenticeship with the 74-year-old Venetian glassblower with 700 years of glass tradition to his name.
After I shook Gianni’s hand he beckoned us to walk with him to the farthest shed on his property, where he gifted Chris and Rachel a hand-crafted glassblower’s bench. He pointed at it, and then to them, then exclaimed, “This is yours now.”
This was no ordinary bench, as Gianni built it for his children, who he hoped would carry on his family’s seven-century legacy. His children followed different paths, but through his love of teaching he brought Chris and Rachel under his wing as apprentices, who aspire to follow a path similar to the maestros.
DIRECTOR BIO
Justin is a MFA Filmmaking candidate at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He received his BA in film and media studies from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, during which time he interned for Ken Burns’ Florentine Films and National Public Radio. He worked for his alma mater for four years as a digital media specialist, fueling his passion for teaching and media production. In addition to documentary and experimental filmmaking he loves his cats, coffee, and cooking.
INTERVIEW
FILM AND PRODUCTION STILLS
AWARDS
SEMI-FINALIST – 2022 Student Academy Awards
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2022 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2022 Florida Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2022 Maryland Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2022 American Documentary and Animation Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2022 New Hampshire Film Festival
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Justin is a MFA Filmmaking candidate at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He received his BA in film and media studies from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, during which time he interned for Ken Burns’ Florentine Films and National Public Radio. He worked for his alma mater for four years as a digital media specialist, fueling his passion for teaching and media production. In addition to documentary and experimental filmmaking he loves his cats, coffee, and cooking.
(Update provided in May 2021)