Jenny Cartwright
Directing
Biography
Jenny Cartwright has been involved with documentary film production for over twenty years and has collaborated on projects shot around the globe. Interested in the dynamics of power that shape our world, she creates works that tackle complex issues such as gentrification, class divide, work and feminist action. Her first creative audio documentary Debouttes! (2019) was selected at Longueur d’ondes, one of the most important radio and podcast festivals in Europe. She followed with Quels morceaux de nous la tempête a-t-elle emportés avec elle? a creative audio documentary that shed light on the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic by Quebec’s government in residential and long-term care centers. It received the first international NUMIX award for best immersive sound experience. Her first feature-length documentary I Remember When No One Jogged in This Neighbourhood premiered at The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) and was screened at VOX - Centre de l’image contemporaine as part of the exhibition The Radical Imaginary II: Reclaiming Value.
Known For
A Losing Game follows three people who ran for office in the 2022 Quebec provincial election, casting a critical eye on its electoral system and the many ways in which it is dysfunctional.
A Losing Game
With its fluid arrangement of black and white scenes paired with an immersive soundscape, Je me souviens d’un temps où personne ne joggait dans ce quartier is a celebration of the many faces of Park Extension. The film provides a glimpse inside a festive cultural gathering; the workshop of a meticulous artisan; and an alley where a young cyclist is learning to ride. With her restrained approach, the filmmaker hints little by little at a seemingly inevitable transformation, while the relentless onset of gentrification threatens the social fabric of a neighbourhood. After a critically acclaimed detour into audio documentary, Jenny Cartwright returns to the evocative force of images to evoke a rich and diverse community.
I Remember a Time When No One Jogged in This Neighbourhood
A short film reminiscent of another era. It was written, shot and edited on an impulse - three days. It is the melancholy journey from the suburbs to the city of a woman full of doubts.
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Mockumentary short music film: After leaving Berlin, French multidisciplinary artist Golden Tuna surfs Montreal's cold and dark wave to find inspiration.
Golden Tuna - Montreal Sessions
Part ethnographic film and part experimental film, கோயில் (The Temple) is a hybrid piece of cinematography that questions the act of observing.