10th edition CIFF – 10-14 April 2024

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FILMS 2019: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2018: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2016: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film
FILMS 2015: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T –  Z | Feature Film | Short Film

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2019 Feature Film)

Sophie Fiennes | United Kingdom, Ireland | 2017 | doc | color | DCP | 115′ | English, French | d.s.

Grace Jones (1948) has been touring the world as a pop phenomenon, model and muse for decades. Beautiful, androgynous, passionate, idiosyncratic and volatile. This observational portrait compiles several years of filming explosive performances, behind the scenes, in the studio and during a personal trip to see family in Jamaica.

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Grace Jones (1948) is still stunningly beautiful, androgynous and volatile. But she’s also a toiling, hard-working musician and a warm, family-oriented person. This documentary covers every facet of the iconic performer’s life. Sophie Fiennes followed and filmed the originally Jamaican artist for a number of years. We see Jones completely in her element, ruling the stage in super-tight bodysuits, performing songs like Slave to the Rhythm en Pull Up to the Bumper as well as her latest, very personal material.

Fiennes’ camera observes her on her travels to Jamaica to reminisce with relations about her country of origin, moving to the United States and their complex family life there. Interlarded with this, shots of Jones on her way to and behind the scenes at TV shows and photo shoots. The long scenes with minimal editing and seemingly no intervention reveal a pop icon at the height of her game.

Place: The Cinemas 1

Date: 12 April 2019

Time: 20:00

Duration: 1:30

Place: The Cinemas 3

Date: 13 April 2019

Time: 10:15

Duration: 1:30

Place: The Cinemas 6

Date: 14 April 2019

Time: 21:30

Duration: 1:30

Year in
Festival

2019

Director

Sophie Fiennes

Camera

Remko Schnorr

Cast

Grace Jones

Country

United Kingdom
Ireland

Editor

x

Language

English
French

Length

115′

Music

x

Producer

x

Production Company

x

Production Design

Zia Bergin-Holly
Eiko Ishioka

Sales

x

Scenario

x

Sound Design

x

Year of Production

2017

Website

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Sophie FIENNES (1967, Verenigd Koninkrijk), zus van Ralph en Joseph Fiennes, werkte van 1987 tot 1992 met Peter Greenaway, waarna ze twee jaar leiding gaf aan de Britse dansgroep The Michael Clark Company. Sinds 1998 maakt ze films, televisieprogramma’s en documentaires, waarvan er op IFFR enkele te zien waren.

 

Filmography

Lars From 1-10 (1999, short), The Late Michael Clark (2000), Because I Sing (2001), Hoover Street Revival (2003), The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2006), VSPRS Show and Tell (2007), Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2010), The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology (2012), First Row Orchestra (2012, short), Hopper Stories (2012, short), Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017, doc), Artificial Things (2018, short doc)