Kent Jones
Kent JONES (1960, US) is a film critic, filmmaker and programmer. He studied film at New York University before turning to criticism, writing for publications including Film Comment, Cahiers du Cinéma, Artforum and Cinema Scope. In the 1990s, he worked as a video archivist for Martin Scorsese and later collaborated on several documentaries about film history. Jones directed the documentary Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007), co-directed A Letter to Elia (2010) and later made Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015). His narrative feature debut, Diane (2018), marked a shift toward fiction filmmaking. From 2013 to 2019, he served as Director of the New York Film Festival. His latest film, Late Fame (2025), is part of the IFFR 2026 selection.
Filmography
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007, doc), A Letter to Elia (2010, doc, co-dir), Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015, doc), Diane (2018), Late Fame (2025)
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Kent Jones at IFFR
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Il mio viaggio in Italia
Martin Scorsese | 245' | Italy | -
Not only one of the longest, but also one of the most passionate arguments made in favour of film culture and, more specifically, for post-war… -
A Letter to Elia
Kent Jones, Martin Scorsese | 60' | USA | None
This is an homage to the work of the American director Elia Kazan as seen through the eyes of another American master, Martin Scorsese. A… -
Utopia
James Benning | 94' | USA | International premiere
A combination of images of the desert landscape of Death Valley and the Mexican birder with the complete soundtrack of Richard Dindo’s Swiss documenta -
On Kenneth Anger
180' | -
American critic and Cahiers writer shows why the visionary Anger makes Cruel Machines of the highest level. Hard as diamonds.
