japanese
Islands / I Lands
—Cinemas in Exile
  • The Sorceress of Dirah
  • Meta Ekologi
  • Foreign Sky
  • each film . . . an island?
  • Accentuation
  • The Place Where I Live—and touch me
  • Reflection
  • Amami Film: In Memory of Miho-san
  • dolce . . .
  • Puppet Shaman Star
  • Promised Paradise
  • Order
  • Life on Distant Islands
  • The Struggle Against Endemic Diseases
  • At the End of the Arc: Yaeyama Islands

  • Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
  • Maria Rosalie Zerrudo
  • Accentuation


    - DENMARK, KOREA, JAPAN / 2005 / Danish, English, Korean / Color / Video / 29 min

    Director, Script, Photography, Editing, Sound, Producer, Source: Jane Jin Kaisen

    Primarily based on Hans Christian Andersen’s A Journey on Foot from Holmen’s Canal to the East Point of Amager, Kaisen rearticulates and untangles Andersen’s words in Asia. Through contrasting encounters with her biological parents and a twin brother on the island of Jeju, she examines the meaning of cultural identity and reflects on feelings of loss, amnesia, and cultural in-betweeness.


    - Jane Jin Kaisen

    Born in 1980 in Korea, Kaisen is a visual artist working with video, performance, and installation. She was adopted from Korea to Denmark and is currently based in Los Angeles. She received her education from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York, and at UCLA. Her work is invested in understanding the complex intersections of race, class, and gender from a postcolonial and feminist perspective. She has performed, screened, and exhibited her work throughout the world.