More Than I Want To Remember
USA, 15', 2022
age recommendation: 9+
Fourteen-year-old Mugeni awakes to the sounds of bombs. As her family scatters to the surrounding forests to save themselves, Mugeni finds herself completely alone.
Amy Bench
She is a filmmaker and visual artist who is drawn to the immediacy of film and photography to tell stories of community and resilience. Trained as a cinematographer, her observational style highlights small details of the human experience that transcend formal explanation. Her camera work has screened at festivals including Berlin, SXSW, Sundance, The New York Film Festival, and at MOMA/PS1 and in 2016 she was named a “DP on the Rise” by Paste Magazine.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Amy Bench
- screenplay: Mugeni Ornella
- animation: Maya Edelman, Sebastian Bisbal, Catalina Etcheverry, Paula Tapia Pino, Catalina Silva, Samia Khalaf
- editing: Amy Bench
- music: Curtis Heath
- sound: Eric Friend
- cast: Mugeni Ornella
- producer: Mugeni Ornella
- production company: Mugeni Film, LLC
- original language: English
Filmography
- A Line Birds Cannot See (2019)
- In This Place (2010)
- The Ville (2008)
- House of Elegance (2004)
English