Aahuti
A ritualised choreography of hands and simple objects above a section of soil offers a phenomenological journey to the essence of the cycle of life.
15'
India
IFFR 2020
The language and imagery related to celebrity perfumes are a starting point to think about consumer desires and the corruptness of branding. As if a song and a scent would give the consumer everything. A primary focus of Jesse McLean's videos is the power and the failure of the mediated experience to bring people together.
IFFR 2020
- 8'
- USA
- 2019
- Director
- Jesse McLean
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Jesse McLean
- Sales
- Jesse McLean
Also in this combined programme
Action, Almost Unable to Think
An ingenious visualisation of a real-life story, focusing on the inner world of this soldier, killed in an explosion while greeting a civilian.
11'
China
IFFR 2020
All Movements Should Kill the Wind
200 kilometres from Beijing, men live among rocks that wait to be hacked, cut and sanded. Once the stone monument is in place, nobody remembers these actions.
12'
France
IFFR 2020
At the Time of the Ebb
During the annual celebration of Fisherman's New Year, Iranian trade, tradition and customs, past and present, are still very much felt today in Qeshm.
16'
Kuwait
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Jesse McLean
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Jesse McLean
- Sales
- Jesse McLean
Programme IFFR 2020
Wait and See
Waiting for a film to start, it has already begun – in our mind. This programme cultivates the viewer’s patience, both in the cinema and outside.
Read more about this programme15 Days
A camera-shy film journalist decides to inflict an experiment on himself: to film himself for 15 days. Halfway through his ordeal he opens up.
90'
Japan
IFFR 2020
Aahuti
A ritualised choreography of hands and simple objects above a section of soil offers a phenomenological journey to the essence of the cycle of life.
15'
India
IFFR 2020
Absolute Beginners
Six gene-positive people share how they cope with the onset of Huntington's disease and how it affects their life – past, present and future.
42'
Belgium
IFFR 2020