James N. Kienitz Wilkins
James N. KIENITZ WILKINS (1983, USA) is a filmmaker and artist based in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been screened at many international film festivals and venues, including New York, Toronto, Locarno, CPH:DOX and MoMA PS1. In 2017, he was included in the Whitney Biennial and a retrospective of his work was showcased at RIDM (Montreal). In 2018, he opened solo show at Gasworks Gallery (London), and was included in the Biennial of Moving Images (Geneva). At IFFR, he has shown several works in the Bright Future and Short Film sections, including B-ROLL with Andre (2016), Indefinite Pitch (2016), and This Action Lies (2018).
Filmography
(selection) Public Hearing (2012, doc), Special Features (2014, short), TESTER (2016, short doc), Occupations (2016, short doc), B-ROLL with Andre (2016, short), Indefinite Pitch (2016, short), Mediums (2017, short), The Republic (2017), Common Carrier (2017), This Action Lies (2018, short), The Misconceived (2025)
James N. Kienitz Wilkins op IFFR
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The Misconceived
James N. Kienitz Wilkins | 88' | USA | World premiere
An experimental 3D-rendered home renovation comedy – or an acidic treatise on working conditions for the modern creative. -
Kodak
Andrew Norman Wilson | 33' | USA | International premiere
In 2012, Kodak went bankrupt. Enter the mind’s eye of a blind former Kodak film technician, reconstructing the past in hallucinatory detail. -
This Action Lies
James N. Kienitz Wilkins | 32' | USA | None
This Action Lies is about the limits of observation; about staring very hard at something while listening to something else. -
Indefinite Pitch
James N. Kienitz Wilkins | 23' | USA | None
A pathetic movie pitch slips into the murkiness of memory, and histories best forgotten or purposely ignored. (JNKW) -
B-ROLL with Andre
James N. Kienitz Wilkins | 18' | USA | World premiere
A documentary-style detective with anonymous testimony about Andre, who proves more than just a brilliant crook. Clichés scrutinised with humour. -