Collective Monologue

a film by

Argentina | 104' | 08/2024 | documentary

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.

“With a form that is intricate and precise, while pleasingly fragmented and open in construction, Rinland’s hypnotic approach invites questions about how we not only look at animals, but also share the world with them.”
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“With a form that is intricate and precise, while pleasingly fragmented and open in construction, Rinland’s hypnotic approach invites questions about how we not only look at animals, but also share the world with them.”
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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.

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Crew

Director: Jessica Sarah Rinland
Screenplay: Jessica Sarah Rinland
Producer: Melanie Schapiro, Jessica Sarah Rinland
Production company: Trapecio Cine, Jessica Sarah Rinland
Associate producer: Dan Wechsler
Image: Jessica Sarah Rinland
Sound Design: Philippe Ciompi
Editor: Jessica Sarah Rinland

Cast: Macarena Santa María Lloydi, María Jose Micale , Alicia Delgado, Juanita, Franco Elio Itri

Festivals

  • Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland (7 – 17 August, 2024)
    Cineasti del Presente
  • Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (5 – 15 September, 2024)
    Wavelengths
  • San Sebastián International Film Festival, Spain (20 – 28 September, 2024)
    Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Special Mention
  • BFI London Film Festival, United Kingdom (9 – 20 October, 2024)
    Documentary Competition for Grierson award
  • Viennale, Austria (17 – 29 October, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine, Peru (10 – 20 October, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • FestiFreak – Festival Int. de Cine Independiente de La Plata, Argentina (16 – 27 October, 2024)
    Central Pieces
  • International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film – DOK Leipzig, Germany (28 October – 3 November, 2024)
    Camera Lucida
  • FIDOCS International Documentary Film Festival, Chile (14 – 21 November, 2024)
    International Competition
  • Contracampo, Argentina (22 – 26 November, 2024)
    Official Selection
  • Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival – Greek Film Archive, Greece (5 – 15 December, 2024)
    International Competition
  • FICER, Argentina (11 – 15 December 2024)
    Official Section Special Mention
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands (30 January – 9 February, 2025)
    Harbour & exhibition
  • MoMa DocFortnight, United States (20 February – 6 March, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • CPH:DOX, Denmark (19 – 30 March, 2025)
    Artists & Auteurs section
  • Cinéma du Réel, France (22 – 29 March, 2025)
    International Competition Won: Cinéma Du Réel International Award
  • FICCI – Cartagena De Indias International Film Festival, Colombia (1 – 6 April, 2025)
    Iberoamerican section Won: Sustainability Award
  • Courtisane, Belgium (2 – 6 April, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • Rewire Festival, The Netherlands (3 – 6 April, 2025)
    Film Program
  • Jeonju International Film Festival, Korea (30 April – 9 May, 2025)
    Expanded Cinema
  • Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt (2 – 7 May, 2025)
    Feature Films Competition
  • Documenta Madrid International Film Festival, Spain (6 – 11 May, 2025)
    International Competition Won: Jury Prize for Best International Film
  • Bellaria Film Festival, Italy (7 – 11 May, 2025)
    International Competition Won: Best International Film
  • Beldocs International Documentary Film Festival, Serbia (21 – 27 May, 2025)
     International Competition
  • ESTE Film Festival, Romania (28 May – 1 June, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • FICMEC – Int. Environmental Film Festival of the Canary Islands, Spain (28 May – 1 June, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • Festival Internacional Cine en las Montañas, Colombia (1 – 8 June, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • FICUNAM, Mexico (29 May – 5 June, 2025)
    International panorama section Atlas
  • Bildrausch Filmfest Basel, Switzerland (24 – 29 June, 2025)
    Special: Neighbors
  • NeMaf – Seoul International New Media Festival, South Korea (7 – 13 August, 2025)
    Global Feature-Length Competition
  • Aricadoc – International Documentary Film Festival, Chile (3 – 12 October, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • IndieCork, Ireland (5 – 12 October, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • Mirage – Festival for the Art of Cinema, Norway (8 – 12 October, 2025)
    Competition
  • Image Forum Festival, Japan (27 September – 10 November, 2025)
    Official Selection
  • Animal Nature Future Film Festival, United Kingdom (25 October – 8 November, 2025)
    Official Selection

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Press materials

EPK: Click here

Stills, poster & directors photos: Click here

Dialogue list English, Spanish & French: Click here

Embeddable trailer: Vimeo & Youtube 

Downloadable excerpts & trailer: Click here

SOCIAL MEDIA:

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Press quotes

“Collective Monologue” is a patient and expansive work, organically weaving commentary on labor with rich observations about the dynamics between animals and carers.”
“In her films, there’s an “anti-language,” which translates to a more embodied cinema, giving attention to texture and how different beings interact with their environment”
Interview: Cici Peng & Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer – Variety

“an unclassifiable, breathtakingly beautiful work that challenges us to reconsider our place in the world.”
“transcends the boundaries between human and animal, capturing the infinite tenderness of relationships rooted in the pure immediacy of existence”
Review: Muriel Del Don – Cineuropa

“Collective Monologue evocatively flips the act of looking and the role of care back on the humans.”
Review: Pat Mullen – Point of View Magazine

“Collective Monologue lingers on a more intimate and unassuming look into the tangled web of contradictions that make up the relationship between humanity and the world it inhabits.”
Review: Joshua Peinado – In Review Online

“With a form that is intricate and precise, while pleasingly fragmented and open in construction, Rinland’s hypnotic approach invites questions about how we not only look at animals, but also share the world with them.”
Intro: Andréa Picard – TIFF

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