Jenna Bass
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Years active | 2010–present |
Jenna Cato Bass (born 1986) is a South African film director, photographer and writer. She has written stort stories under the name Constance Myburgh, one of which was shortlisted for the 2012 Caine Prize.[1][2]
Early life
Bass was born in London, England and grew up in South Africa.[3] She practiced magic at the College of Magic. She went onto graduate from the Cape Town campus of AFDA, The School for the Creative Economy.
Career
In 2011 Bass founded Jungle Jim, a
Bass's first feature film, Love the One You Love, was shot on a 'nano-budget' using hand-held consumer cameras and a partly improvised script. The film told the story of a sex phone operator negotiating her relationship with her boyfriend and considering a move to Korea.[4] The film won Best South African Feature Film at the 2014 Durban International Film Festival.[5]
Works
Short stories
- (as Constance Myburgh) 'A Hole in the Ground', Jungle Jim, No. 2
- (as Constance Myburgh) 'Hunter Emmanuel, Jungle Jim, No. 6
Filmography
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Cinematographer | Other | Notes |
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2010 | The Tunnel | Yes | Yes | Yes | Part of Africa First: Volume One | ||
2014 | Love the One You Love | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Editor, production designer | |
2017 | High Fantasy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2018 | Rafiki | Yes | |||||
2019 | Sizohlala | Yes | Yes | Short film | |||
2019 | Flatland | Yes | Yes | ||||
2019 | Neighbours | Yes | |||||
2021 | Good Madam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Production designer, Casting | |
2021 | Tug of War | Yes |
References
- ^ a b Alison Flood, 'African Booker' shortlist offers an alternative view of continent, The Guardian, 1 May 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-78026-075-4.
- ^ "Jenna Cato Bass". Moscow Film Festival. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
- The Sunday Times, 18 September 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-68219-172-9.
- ^ Christopher Vourlias, South Africa’s Jenna Bass Explores Race, Class and Gender in ‘High Fantasy’, Variety, July 21, 2019.
- ^ Andrew Gutman, Berlinale first look: Flatland is an intriguingly kitsch South African western, Sight & Sound, 27 August 2019.
- ^ Sophie Mayer, Berlinale 2019 Review: Flatland, Berlin Film Journal, February 2019.
External links
- Jenna Bass at IMDb
- Geoff Ryman, Constance Myburgh a.k.a. Jenna Bass, Strange Horizons, 2017.