South African screenwriter, film director, and film producer.

Born in London, UK in 1986, she grew up in South Africa where she now lives. She is a filmmaker who graduated from the AFDA Film School in Cape Town. Her short film The Tunnel screened at the 2010 Berlinale, her debut feature Love the One You Love was presented at numerous international festivals. High Fantasy premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2017 and screened in Generation in 2018. Together with Wanuri Kahiu, she co-wrote the coming-of-age romance Rafiki which premiered in Cannes in 2018.

Filmography (as Director)
2010 The Tunnel; Kurzfilm, Berlinale Shorts
2014 Love the One You Love
2017 High Fantasy; Berlinale, Generation
2019 Flatland; Berlinale, Panorama

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019
www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2019/02_programm_2019/02_Filmdatenblatt_2019_201914295.html

Jenna Bass is a South African writer, filmmaker and former magician. Her award winning films include the short, THE TUNNEL (2010), and the collaboratively-created features LOVE THE ONE YOU LOVE (2014) and HIGH FANTASY (2017), which have screened around the world, including at the Sundance, Berlinale and Toronto Film Festivals. Together with, Wanuri Kahiu, Jenna co-wrote the coming-of-age romance, RAFIKI, which premiered in Cannes Un Certain Regard in 2018. FLATLAND (2019) is Jenna's third feature film as a director and writer.

Jenna Bass was born in South Africa. Her debut short, The Tunnel (10), screened at Sundance and was later included in the anthology Africa First: Volume One (11). She has also directed the feature Love the One You Love (14). High Fantasy (17) is her most recent film.

JENNA BASS is THE TUNNEL's writer, director, unwilling producer and general responsible person. She is a director, writer, photographer, aspiring explorer and retired magician living in Cape Town, South Africa. She says "wow" a lot, dislikes money and excel, likes tofu ice-cream and thinks werner herzog should have won the oscar.

DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY
2019 FLATLAND
2017 HIGH FANTASY
2014 LOVE THE ONE YOU LOVE

2009 - THE TUNNEL
a 25 minute film set during the Gukurahundi massacres in 1980s Zimbabwe, and one of 5 films made through the Focus Features Africa First Short Film Program.

THE TUNNEL / FESTIVAL LIST
- Sundance 2010
- Berlinale 2010
- New York African Film Festival 2010
- Sehsuechte, Potsdam 2010 (Fokus-Dialogue Award)
- Chennai Women's Film Festival, India 2010
- Festival Panafrica, Canada 2010
- Seattle International Film Festival, USA 2010
- FCAT, Spain 2010
- In the Palace, Bulgaria 2010
- Moscow International Film Festival, Russia 2010
- Puchon Fantastic Film Festival, Korea 2010
- Durban International Film Festival, South Africa 2010
- Black Harvest Film Festival, Chicago USA 2010

Source:
- www.tiff.net/tiff/high-fantasy/
- www.the-match-factory.com/catalogue/films/flatland.html

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Jenna BASS, Regie / Buch / Produzent, Südafrika

Geboren 1986 in London, aufgewachsen in Südafrika, wo sie auch lebt. Die Filmemacherin ist Absolventin der AFDA Film School in Kapstadt und war bereits 2010 mit ihrem Kurzfilm The Tunnel Gast der Berlinale. Ihr Debütfilm Love the One You Love (2014) wurde auf zahlreichen internationalen Filmfestivals gezeigt. High Fantasy feierte 2017 auf dem Toronto International Film Festival Premiere und wurde 2018 bei Generation gezeigt. Gemeinsam mit Wanuri Kahiu schrieb sie das Drehbuch zum Coming-of-Age-Film Rafiki, der 2018 in Cannes Premiere feierte.

Filmografie (Regie)
2010 The Tunnel; Kurzfilm, Berlinale Shorts
2014 Love the One You Love
2017 High Fantasy; Berlinale, Generation
2019 Flatland; Berlinale, Panorama

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