FESTIVAL PREMIERE
Doc Short | Mexico, United Kingdom | 11 MIN | English
Ñuuyii (Earth)
Director: Itandehui Jansen
A young man, born and raised in the vastness of the galaxy, lands on an unknown planet. As he surveys the landscape, he recognises fragments from ancient stories. Driven by a quiet urgency, he contacts his ship’s command to retrieve archival recordings of the last humans to abandon earth. Slowly, it dawns on him that he has returned to his ancestral home.
CAST & CREDITS
Director
Itandehui Jansen
Writer
Itandehui Jansen, Armando Bautista Garcia
Producer
Armando Bautista Garcia
Key Cast
Lucas Need
DIRECTORS STATEMENT
This film emerges from a profound concern for the climate emergency and a desire to reconnect with the natural world. It explores our intrinsic bonds with Earth through the lens of a speculative future, one where environmental collapse has forced humankind to abandon the planet. Interwoven with this fictional narrative is a documentary interview with an Indigenous elder, who shares her deep reverence for the mountains and speaks to the essential role nature plays in our collective wellbeing and survival.
DIRECTORS BIO
Itandehui Jansen was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and studied film directing at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. She participated in different international training programs, such as the Binger Film Lab, the Berlinale Talents, and the Torino Film Lab. Her films have screened at international festivals such as the IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam), The Morelia International Film Festival, Washington D.C. Shorts, ZINEBI, and SLAMDANCE. She was nominated for the Mexican Film Critics Award Diosa de Plata 2013. Her feature drama film In Times of Rain won the Award for Best Emerging Feature Film at the Oaxaca Film Fest. Her feature film Itu Ninu received multiple awards, among others the Festival Grand Prize at the Arizona International Film Festival. At present she teaches Screenwriting and Directing at Screen Academy Scotland.
Returning Filmmaker
