Kii Nche Ndutsa (Time and the Seashell)

A young Indigenous boy imagines his future while listening to the sounds of a seashell. An Indigenous man recalls his past listening to the same shell. The man remembers birds and fireflies in his childhood, that are no longer there. The short film is invites an audience to consider past, present and future of a changing landscape and vanishing biodiversity.

  • Itandehui Jansen
    Director
    In Times of Rain, The Last Council, Alma & Esperanza
  • Armando Bautista García
    Writer
    In Times of Rain, The Last Council
  • Armando Bautista García
    Producer
    In Times of Rain, The Last Council
  • Nu Kahnu
    Key Cast
    In Times of Rain
  • Enrica Sciandrone
    Original Music
    In Times of Rain, American Fango, Rudy Valentino
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    13 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Other
  • Shooting Format:
    Bolex D16
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Guanajuato International Film Festival 2020 (GIFF)
    Guanajuato
    Mexico
    September 18, 2020
    Official Selection Mexican Short Film
  • Short Shorts Mexico 2020
    Mexico
    Mexico
    September 2, 2020
    Mexican Premiere
    Official Selection Cinema Indigenous Peoples
  • Morelia International Film Festival 2020 (FICM)
    Morelia
    Mexico
    October 28, 2020
    Official Selection Mexican Short Fiction
  • IMPAKT Festival 2020
    Utrecht
    Netherlands
    October 31, 2020
  • MIRA Latin American Film Festival 2020
    Bonn
    Germany
    November 9, 2020
  • Fisura 2020
    Mexico City
    Mexico
  • Icaro 2020

    Guatemala
  • FICMY 2020
    Mérida
    Mexico
  • FESAALP
    La Plata
    Argentina
    December 3, 2020
  • Arizona International Film Festival 2021
    Tucson
    United States
  • Watsonville Film Festival 2021
    Watsonville
    United States
  • Montreal Présence Autochtone 2021
    Montreal
    Canada
  • ImagineNative 2021
    Toronto
    Canada
  • Pacific Rim Film Festival 2021

    Canada
  • Climate Crisis International Film Festival 2021

    United Kingdom
  • Femme Frontera Filmmaker Showcase 2021

    United States
  • Zinebi 2021
    Bilbao
    Spain
    Mexican Focus
  • Skabmagovat 2022
    Inari
    Finland
Director Biography - Itandehui Jansen

Itandehui Jansen was born in Oaxaca, Mexico and studied film directing at the Netherlands Film Academy in Amsterdam. She participated in different international film programs, such as Torino Film Lab and Berlinale Talents. Her documentaries and short films screened at international festivals such as the IDFA (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam) and the Morelia International Film Festival. Her short film The Last Council won several international awards and was nominated for the Mexican Film Critics Award Diosa de Plata. At present she is Assistant Professor in the Film Programme of the University of Edinburgh.

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Director Statement

In Mesoamerica the seashell is a symbol for time. This short film invites us to reflect on past, present and future in a changing landscape where the natural environment is slowly disappearing.