Whether breaking down binary views of gender or making films guided by Chinese divination text the I Ching, this year’s nominees for the prestigious Film London Jarman award invite viewers to see – and think – differently.
The six-person shortlist for the £10,000 prize, which recognises British artists who work with moving images, includes Larry Achiampong. The British Ghanian’s 2023 work A Letter (Side B) was partly recorded using a hacked Nintendo Game Boy camera, producing pixelated blues, blacks and yellows and a unique perspective on how it feels to be sectioned as a black person. His 2022 film Wayfinder thrives on juxtaposition, as a young woman discusses, among other things, funeral directors and pandemic deaths while strolling through a deserted Dreamland fairground.
