Directing
Jessica Dunn Rovinelli
Born January 1, 1988 (age 38)
Jessie Jeffrey Dunn Rovinelli works as a film director, editor, colourist and critic living in New York. She has directed two feature films, So Pretty, (2019, Berlinale) a literary translation/transposition focusing on gender and the utopian imagination, and Empathy (2016, FID Marseille), a performative documentary following a heroin-addicted escort across the USA.
Known For
Minseo · 2024Minseo
2024
MovieDocumentary
A young Korean American model juggles working in a restrictive fashion industry and hoping to be acknowledged for who they truly are.
The Serpent's Skin · 2026The Serpent's Skin
★ 5.42026
MovieHorrorRomance
Two young women form a romantic bond after discovering they have supernatural powers. Their insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their exes and begins feeding on their friends. As the bodies pile up, it becomes up to the women to face their pasts and stop the growing evil.
In Sudden Darkness · 2020In Sudden Darkness
★ 5.02020
MovieDrama
A slice of life film set in the Bronx, New York—In Sudden Darkness follows the life of the Moores, a working-class family trying to stay afloat in the midst of a city-wide blackout.
How to Find a Career That Loves You Back · 2026How to Find a Career That Loves You Back
2026
MovieDramaRomance
Khloe and Joyce, two trans women who work for a defense-technology corporation, fall in love when they're sent to a college career fair together. Their fragile bond forces Khloe to choose between safety and the uncertain path of freedom.
Life Story · 2024Life Story
2024
MovieDocumentary
Pairing an original text by philosopher McKenzie Wark (Hacker Manifesto, Raving) with slowly-strobing orange-hued images of her body and domestic life, framed by techno and the most stripped-down version of the rave’s aesthetics, this semi-documentary delicately merges the history of the left with the history of Wark's body as laid bare before the camera. We see the marks of her gender transition and her life story as she speaks of love and lost futures, even as both her own death and the death of the left hover just out of frame. A love story.
Autobiographical Filmmaker Seeks Camera-Friendly Companion · 2024Autobiographical Filmmaker Seeks Camera-Friendly Companion
2024
MovieDocumentary
Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi receives a fan letter from a French singer living in Berlin. They begin an epistolary correspondence which graduates to Zoom calls that become increasingly intimate. They decide to meet in London and bring a camera person to film what happens.
Empathy · 2016Empathy
★ 2.02016
MovieDocumentary
Em is an escort girl and a heroin addict. From New York to Los Angeles via Pittsburgh, Em’s daily life is revealed.
White Grass · 2023White Grass
2023
MovieDocumentary
In Mongolia, Munkhjargal dreams of following in both her father's and her ancestors' footsteps as a horse trainer. Unfortunately, her entire way of life is threatened by a once rare but increasingly common phenomenon of extreme and unrelenting cold known as dzuds, which is forcing Mongolian herders to rethink their nomadic way of life.
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