Each film takes an ancient poem as a prism through which to explore the world today. With historical poems ranging from the 1st Century Italy to BCE Mesopotamia, these five short films explore time and the human condition using the language of the ancients and the modern film making techniques of the 21st century. Far from being dry, remote echoes of a long-gone age, each poem chosen for the collection feels like it could have been written yesterday.
People are people. Our dreams are nothing new. Our ancestors had the same hopes and fears that we do. And if we can understand this, perhaps it helps to put some of the problems of our modern world into perspective. All five of the films are available free to watch via the inverse website inversefilm. Jack Jewers is a filmmaker and writer. Passionate about telling stories in all media, his body of work crosses film, TV, and digital. His short films and web series have been shown in and out of competition at dozens of film and web festivals, including Cannes, New York, Washington D.
In he developed and directed Night School, a web series based on the popular young adult novels of the same name. It quickly grew from a couple of low-budget short films to become one of the highest-profile British web series to date. He has been invited to speak about his work at several major film and TV industry events, including Series Mania in Paris.
Jack has also worked in advertising. He is also working on a small slate of feature film projects, including a thriller set in the international protest movement, entitled Generation Revolution. Away from the cinema in all its forms, Jack has a deep interest in literature and history. He writes historical fiction, and is the co-founder of the publishing company Moonflower Books. He lives near London with his wife, the author Christi Daugherty, a small menagerie of pets, and a friendly ghost.
Egypt, c. A timeless declaration of love and desire, this poem feels as fresh today as it did when it was written β a long, long time ago. China, c. How can a poem this rich and vivid be so old?
