29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Sightings

Pere Ginard / Spain / 2023 / European Premiere / 5 min.


synopsis

A collage film composed of archival materials invites viewers to the depths of the seas and oceans to encounter the surreal world. The observer, who has taken a walk underwater, finds himself the object of intense scrutiny with growing unease. The film was made in collaboration with composer Raquel García-Tomás.

“[My] work is based on the exploration of perpetual motion and the melancholic creation of ghosts, monsters, prodigies and mystical outbursts, as well as sometimes unfinished observations of things that turn towards the sun and blond wavy-haired people with a tendency towards baldness.” — Pere Ginard

biography

Pere Ginard is an illustrator, filmmaker and author of zines and art books based in Barcelona. His original books include Monstres dins de monstres. His film work includes The Transformation of a Butterfly (2013) and Dad Is Gone (2021). He claims Jan Švankmajer, Stan Brakhage and Edward Gorey as his key artistic role models.

more about film

director: Pere Ginard
cast: Joshua Monaghan, Yuchen Wang, James Cerche
producer: Pere Ginard
script: Guillym Davenport
photography: Guillym Davenport
sound design: Lee Yee

contact

Pere Ginard
cabinetginard@gmail.com

Film at festival

premiere type:European Premiere
festival edition:2023
section:Fascinations
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:No Subtitle
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Pere Ginard
original title:Sightings
country:Spain
year:2023
running time:5 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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