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Session I: People & Things
October 14, 2022 , 18:30 – 20:00
Moderated by Sarah Wacker
What things make us the people we are? What things do we need to be people? Do the things we own define our person – or vice versa?
My Friend Alexander Grigorievich (25 min)
Russian Federation, 2022, Russian / English sub.
Directed by Pavel Zelenov
Alexander Grigorievich is a lonely man. Both his sons emigrated abroad many years ago: each has his own family and spares no thought for his father. His relationship with his ex-wife has gone sour: they are not interested in each other’s lives. He collects scrap metal at garbage dumps and hands it over at drop-offs, and only his cat waits for him at home.
Pavel Zelenov graduated from the Tula Railway College as a locomotive assistant driver in 2006. In 2022 he attended the Higher Directing Course at the Faculty of Additional Education of St. Petersburg State Institute of Cinematography and Television.
La Mina del Sonido / The Mine of the Sound (25 min)
France, 2021, Spanish / English sub.
Directed by Romina Del Rosario
Cesar, musician and researcher of sounds from Chile, takes us with him on his sound explorations. In Paris, a few meters underground, traditional instruments reveal what words cannot express.
«The film follows more the logic of a musical piece than a narrative, with the return to the sound study representing a kind of refrain. Off-screen elements mix with sounds produced on screen by instruments. This free handling of the sound takes the audience into a sensual-artistic space but without losing its ethnographic film background. The playful experiment thus becomes the object and means of ethnographic observation.»
— Lucrezia Omlin on La Mina del Sonido
Romina Del Rosaria studied sociology and cinema in France. In 2019 she attended the Documentary Editing Practice Course at Ateliers Varan. The Mine of the Sound is her first short documentary, realized during a workshop.
10 by 10 (29 min)
United Kingdom / Republic of Korea, 2021, Korean / English / English sub.
Directed by Jami L. Bennett
There is no denying the evocative power of food to remind us of who we are and where we come from. After living in Asia for over fifteen years, Jami L. Bennett’s sister Jessica was longing for the burgers and barbecue of her native Tennessee. With the help of her husband Dongseop, she opened an American-style diner out of her home on Jeju Island, South Korea in 2018. After being featured on one of the country’s most popular television shows, the couple must now adjust to the shock of their newfound TV fame, and all this against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. Exploring themes of food, home, identity, and celebrity, 10 by 10 is an intimate portrait of Jessica’s journey through these events as she learns to navigate the blurred boundaries between private life and public persona.
«Jami L. Bennett closely accompanies Jessica, the protagonist, in her attempt to manifest her American identity in a foreign country. The Tennessee Table, the couple’s self-built ten by ten room, becomes the site of two clashing cultures.»
— Adamma Ezeanyika on 10 by 10
Jami L. Bennett received her MA in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester. Based in the UK, she is continuing to build a body of creative and academic work.
