Kersti Jan Werdal

Film installation intended to play on loop, S16mm.

Kersti Jan Werdal’s Test Piece critically examines the art of filmmaking as a synthesis of conceptual construction and intricate editing. Inspired by Straub-Huillet, the film deconstructs the fundamental elements of film, image, sound, and text, to create a space for reflection and thought rather than conventional narrative explanation or emotional immersion.

Promenade is an observational doc portrait of dancer-choreographer Brittany Bailey as she prepares to debut a new work, while interrogating performance representation in moving image.

In I Cannot Now Recall, a collection of Yvonne Rainer's dreams are presented, selected by the filmmaker from Rainer's journals. Through choice and abstraction, the film produces a shared psychic landscape that is as expansive as it is anxious.

A coming-of-age film about a group of outsider teenagers in Seattle dealing with the consequences of accidental gun violence in their hometown.

Film essay about blue. Sound and image weave into a diaristic narrativ sketch reflecting a stream of consciousness,

Film installation intended to play on loop, S16mm.

Kersti Jan Werdal’s Test Piece critically examines the art of filmmaking as a synthesis of conceptual construction and intricate editing. Inspired by Straub-Huillet, the film deconstructs the fundamental elements of film, image, sound, and text, to create a space for reflection and thought rather than conventional narrative explanation or emotional immersion.

Promenade is an observational doc portrait of dancer-choreographer Brittany Bailey as she prepares to debut a new work, while interrogating performance representation in moving image.

In I Cannot Now Recall, a collection of Yvonne Rainer's dreams are presented, selected by the filmmaker from Rainer's journals. Through choice and abstraction, the film produces a shared psychic landscape that is as expansive as it is anxious.

A coming-of-age film about a group of outsider teenagers in Seattle dealing with the consequences of accidental gun violence in their hometown.

Film essay about blue. Sound and image weave into a diaristic narrativ sketch reflecting a stream of consciousness,

Short film addressing urban alienation in contrast to Brittany Bailey's slow-moving body, Shot in New-York.