Project Detail

the thought of the innermost being

Name: the thought of the innermost being
Director: Jack Jeffreys
Genre: Art / Artists, Experimental
Released: 2026
Duration: 10 min 52 sec

a fish passing between two pairs of hands

a man on a bike passing a green glass building

Synopsis

Fish are nightly invaders of my sleep. Work consumes my dreams. Night gives way to another commute; adverts appear before me, their faces drawn tight. The day passes again, and at night, within the walls of my workplace, a fishmonger’s in London, dreams appear again, this time, a grief-stricken reverie, memories of my father.
The film's title is inspired by Maurice Blanchot’s ‘The Book to Come’ which incited my exploration of whether images can capture anything sacred in a world of dispossession. A diaristic, psychogeographic journey through a city that metastasises uncontrollably before me, the film captures a form of alienation that supersedes and confounds the trajectory of grief. What is lost when all becomes gloss?
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2026

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