JARID DEANFOLIO/25 FILM DIRECTOR
I’m drawn to the moments most people overlook
and building the structure around them.
My work focuses on people. How they move, how
they connect and the details that give something weight.
I believe a film should make you feel something. Not just intellectually, but physically, something that sits in your chest and stays with you. That’s how I see the world and what I’m always chasing in the work.
My approach is observational, shaped through detail, visual, behavioural and everything in between. It’s less about adding and more about knowing what to hold onto.
Sydney + Melbourne Based.
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JP–EKD/DRT
NODE: EKD–JP.AIR/362
REG: 03.26–ELM.DRTWe spent two weeks in Japan making this around Ekiden, a relay where one runner passes the Tasuki to the next. You’re not just running your leg. You’re carrying the effort of the person before you and passing something on. That idea of shared energy really stuck with us. Across the runners, the crew, everyone involved, it felt like we were all part of the same thing. Long days, a lot of rain, figuring things out as we went.It didn’t feel like we were making an ad as much as trying to capture something real and do it justice.