Terence Nance

Terence NANCE (1982, USA) is an artist whose work consists of installations, performances, music and film. His first feature film, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and won the Gotham Award 2012 for 'Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You'. In 2014, Nance was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Several of his films have been shown previously in Rotterdam.

Filmography

(selection) No Ward (2009, short doc), How Would You Feel? (2010), Everything Absolutely (2012, short), An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012), The Tryptich (2013, short doc series), You and I and You (2015, short), Swimming in Your Skin Again (2015, short), Univitellin (2016, short), They Charge for the Sun (2016, short), Guisado on Sunset (2017, short), Random Acts of Flyness (2018, TV series)

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Terence Nance at IFFR

An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

Overwhelming debut about the doubts of the director Nance about his relationship with a beautiful young woman. He combines personal experiences with fiction, documentary and various animation styles. A film filled with vulnerability and humour; enthusiasm leaps at you from the screen.

Terence Nance

IFFR 2012

Swimming in Your Skin Again

Intensely musical film about the spiritual anchorages of life in and around Miami. Drenched in the heat, spirit and landscape of Southern Florida.

Terence Nance

IFFR 2015

195 Lewis

'Polyamory' means responsible and consensual non-monogamy. How does it work when you’re black, queer and living in New York?

Chanelle Aponte Pearson

IFFR 2016

Univitellin

A modern Romeo and Juliet meet on a city bus. Of course they fall head over heels in love. A classic story in a far-from-classic reworking.

Terence Nance

15'
France

IFFR 2016

195 Lewis

A web series about the loves and challenges faced by a group of black, queer, polyamorous women in Brooklyn.

Chanelle Aponte Pearson

IFFR 2017

They Charge for the Sun

In a dystopian future, people live in darkness to protect themselves from the harmful rays of the sun. Except for a naughty little black girl.

Terence Nance

IFFR 2017

AS TOLD TO G/D THYSELF

The cosmic journey of sacred youth, during which pain, pleasure and sublimation are non-negotiable.

The Ummah Chroma

IFFR 2020

G/D THYSELF: Spirit Strategy On Raising Free Black Children

This ritual space invites you to explore metaphysical transcendence, spirituality and self-expression and use the space for their own rituals and traditions.

The Ummah Chroma