Scene from the film Jelena's Song
Scene from the film Jelena's Song
Scene from the film Jelena's Song
Scene from the film Jelena's Song
Scene from the film Jelena's Song

Jelena's Song

Direction
Year 
2011
Country
  • Canada
Duration
28min 
Audio Tracks 

Jelena’s Song is an elegantly structured visual and sonic poem about the transformative power that emerges from an artist’s journey through memory and the rituals of everyday life. Like memory itself, the film gathers fragments of images, freeze frames, faded family photographs and youthful photo-booth self-portraits, journals, poetry, an evocative sound design and the simple honesty of Jelena’s voice into a lyrical tapestry that reconstructs her past and re-imagines her future.

Jelena’s intelligence and courage permeate this film. As she unearths a rich family history, memories of a period of childhood trauma become only one thread of a complex and loving childhood. Her search for self-awareness spans continents, cultures and generations, and as she recovers the meanings behind family traditions, she learns the value – the ordinary magic – that lies at the heart of everyday rituals. In doing so, she tells a powerful story about her psychological journey to liberate her own creativity and raises profound questions about the multiple meanings of memory, photography and identity.

Details

  • Original title
    Jelena's Song
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Pablo Alvarez Mesa
  • DOP
    Pablo Alvarez Mesa
  • Editing
    Pablo Alvarez Mesa
  • Sound
    Adrian Underhill
  • Duration
    28 min (16-30 min.)
  • Year
    2011
  • Country
    • Canada
  • Colour
    • Colour
  • Distribution

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