Barry Jenkins
Barry JENKINS (1979, USA) studied Film at the Florida State University and his breakout film was the feature-length Medicine for Melancholy (2008). He made several shorts, co-founded an advertising company called Strike Anywhere and became a writer for the HBO series The Leftovers. Moonlight (2016), his first feature film in eight years, won three Oscars, including Best Film, and the Warsteiner Audience Award at IFFR 2017.
Filmography
(selection) My Josephine (2003, short), Little Brown Boy (2003, short), Medicine for Melancholy (2008), A Young Couple (2009, short), Tall Enough (2009, short), Chlorophyl (2011, short), Moonlight (2016)
Barry Jenkins op IFFR
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Remigration
Barry Jenkins | 19' | USA | None
A future San Francisco is inhabited only by affluent people. The authorities lure others into the city to do manual labour in exchange for free… -
Medicine for Melancholy
Barry Jenkins | 88' | USA | None
An uneasy one-night stand in San Francisco unexpectedly leads to a day of museum visits, political debates and cautious overtures. Impressive debut by -
Moonlight
Barry Jenkins | 111' | USA | Dutch Premiere
American indie sensation shows the life of a black man as he grows from being the poor child of a single, addicted mother into a… -
Chlorophyl
Barry Jenkins | 17' | USA | None
Young woman wrestles with her identity and failed relationship, reflected in the city of Miami. A cinematographic exploration of change as a natural p -
My Josephine
Barry Jenkins | 9' | USA | None
Two Arab immigrants work in a launderette where, just after 9/11, American flags are washed free of charge. While they fold flags meticulously, true l -
Tall Enough
Barry Jenkins | 7' | USA | None
An interracial love story, made for Bloomingdale’s department store, but there’s not a product in sight. A visual and introspective study of lov