23rd Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
time and love and I
director: J Ashlee
original title: time and love and I
country: United States
year: 2017
running time: 5 min.
synopsis
They are happy together, but she gets a job offer in another country and he doesn’t want to go. He tries to sway her decision in his favour by offering to marry her… In its format, the film perhaps most closely resembles a music video, but besides music it also uses poetry and dance to tell its story. Shot on an iPhone 7 Plus.
biography
New York filmmaker J. Ashlee Brady (1993) got into film through acting and modeling. She began to take an interest in working behind the camera while at university, and has already directed several films.
more about film
| director: | J Ashlee |
| producer: | Patricia Anderson |
| script: | J Ashlee |
| photography: | Chevalier Paul |
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