For over a decade, her works have unfolded as spaces of discovery where touch reveals its sensitive capacity and creative power. Filmed in analog formats—almost always 16mm—her films are constructed from an exploration guided by textures, rhythms, gestures, and encounters through which meaning takes shape. Her cinema is, above all, a cinema of touch.
Cristóbal Escobar, programming advisor for FIDOCS 29
Door to door
A box, of symmetrical dimensions, is filled with aspirin, canned peaches, toys,
Cereals, black beans, and secondhand clothing. Mr. Mario, an employee of Venus Service Express, picks it up from a door in Boston, USA. The box is nestled among others, like a postal Tetris, before finally arriving in Falcón, Venezuela, at Aunt Maya's doorstep.
Sun of Campinas
Sol de Campinas follows the work of archaeologists who, for the past ten years, have been excavating a ring of mounds surrounding a central plaza in what is now the state of Acre, Brazil. They move from the field to the laboratory, interpreting how the land was constructed, what patterns were followed in the land use of the settlements, and what the composition of the remaining anthropogenic soil is.
Expression of the Sightless
The curious hands of a blind man explore a sculpture.
Ý Berá – Waters of light
Throughout human history, various narratives have described the life of the organisms that inhabit the Esteros del Iberá in Argentina, the second largest wetland on the planet.
Necropsy of a Harbor Porpoise (Seeing From our Eyes into Theirs)
As a response to Stan Brakhage's 'The Act of Seeing With One's Own Eyes' (a work that makes a stark statement about the human condition by showing actual autopsies), 'Necropsy of a Harbour Porpoise (Seeing From Our Eyes Into Theirs)' explores the enigmatic figure of a cetacean. By exposing its inner workings, it questions its apparent difference and reveals the similarities between seemingly opposite organisms.
Nulepsy
An elderly man recounts his life story, marked by a rare, exceptional, and inconvenient condition: Nulepsy—the pathological need to be naked.
Adeline For Leaves
At eleven years old, Adeline has exceptional knowledge of botany. Through her eyes, we explore nature, science, and mythology.
Jessica Sarah Rinland (1987) is an Argentine-British filmmaker and artist. Throughout her career, she has received numerous awards at film festivals, including Locarno, San Sebastián, and Documenta Madrid. She was awarded the Schnitzer Prize from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for excellence in the arts. Retrospectives of her work have been held at venues such as the Flaherty Film Seminar, Anthology Film Archives, and the Open City Documentary Film Festival, and her films are held in the British Film Institute. Her most recent solo exhibition was at the Tabakalera cultural center in San Sebastián, Spain.