Intimate and fragmented moments unfold in a community of zoos and animal rescue centers across Argentina. As histories of these institutions are uncovered, dedicated workers commit both day and night to caring for the remaining enclosed animals, fostering a mutual bond that transcends imagined boundaries between human and animal.
Collective Monologue
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““Collective Monologue” is a patient and expansive work, organically weaving commentary on labor with rich observations about the dynamics between animals and carers.”
““Collective Monologue” is a patient and expansive work, organically weaving commentary on labor with rich observations about the dynamics between animals and carers.”
Jessica Sarah Rinland
Biography
JESSICA SARAH RINLAND is an Argentine-British filmmaker. She is a recipient of numerous prizes including Special Mention at Locarno Film Festival and Best Film at DocumentaMadrid, Primer Premio at BIM, Arts + Science Award at Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Schnitzer prize for excellence in the arts. She has had retrospectives of her films at Anthology Film Archives, Open City Documentary Film Festival, Doc’s Kingdom, Aricadoc, Curtocircuito, London Short Film Festival, and Flaherty Film Seminar. Her films are held in the British Film Institute’s collections.
Filmography
• Puerta a puerta / Jessica Sarah Rinland, Luís Arnias/ 2022 / 10 min.
• Sol de Campinas / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2021 /27 min.
• Querida Chick, / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2021 / 7 min.
• Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2019 / 67 min.
• Black Pond / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2018 / 42 min.
• Ý Berá – Bright Waters / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2016 / 10 min.
• Expression of the Sightless / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2016 / 7 min.
• The Blind Labourer / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2016 / 26 min.
• The Flight of an Ostrich (Schools Interior) / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2016 / 4 min.
• Necropsy of a Harbor Porpoise (Seeing from our eyes into theirs) / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2015 / 8 min
• Repetición / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2015 / 8 min.
• Adeline For Leaves / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2014 / 13 min.
• Not As Old As The Trees / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2014 / 3 min.
• A Boiled Skeleton / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2012 / 4 min.
• Electric Oil / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2012 / 6 min.
• Nulepsy / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2010 / 8 min.
• Nulepsy Attack / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2009 / 3 min.
• The Big Fish Theory / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2009 / 5 min.
• Darse Cuenta / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2008 / 3 min.
• The Laughing Man / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2009 / 3 min.
• Bosque / Jessica Sarah Rinland / 2007 / 6 min.
