Best Year Ever

James N. Kienitz Wilkins

United States of America

2020

Spanish Premiere

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Synopsis

Its title already a nod to the current moment, this typically bizarre new short by Kienitz Wilkins adapts Richard Scarry’s US children’s book classic “Best Busy Year Ever’ by shooting straight from its pages on 16mm: anthropomorphic animals leading the good American life, perfect and perfectly ideological. (JL)

Festivals

- CPH:DOX, New:Vision Competition 2021

Director biography

James N. Kienitz Wilkins

James N. Kienitz Wilkins is a filmmaker and artist based in New York City. His work has screened in international film festivals including CPH:DOX, Berlinale Forum, TIFF, Locarno, Rotterdam, NYFF, BAMcinemaFest, New Directors/New Films and beyond. In 2017, he was included in the Whitney Biennial and a retrospective of his work was showcased at RIDM (Montréal). He has had solo exhibitions at Gasworks (London), Spike Island (Bristol, UK) and Kunsthalle Winterthur (Switzerland).

Select Filmography:

2020 Best Year Ever (short)
2019 The Plagiarists (feature)
2018 This Action Lies (short)
2017 The Republic (feature)
2017 Mediums (short)
2017 Common Carrier (feature)
2016 Indefinite Pitch (short)
2015 B-ROLL with Andre (short)
2014 Special Features (short)
2012 Public Hearing (feature)

Credits

Language

English - Subtitles in spanish

Music

Claude Debussy

Director

James N. Kienitz Wilkins

Screenplay

Richard Scarry

Cinematography

James N. Kienitz Wilkins

Sound

Eugene Wasserman

Production

James N. Kienitz Wilkins

Contact

email@automaticmoving.com

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