As one of the world’s most prolific background actors, Jill Goldston has remained relatively unknown up to now, despite her very impressive filmography. Anthony Ing’s found footage film poignantly reclaims her image and work, celebrating both her artistic contributions, as well as modern cinema and pop culture.
Film extras seldomly catch our attention – they, those fleeting presences, stuck in our peripheral view, who exist within the frame to lend credibility and coherence to the narrative space. Jill, Uncredited is both a eulogy to these figures, encapsulated within the titular actress Jill, and an exercise, an invitation to regard the cinematic frame in a different fashion, one that reverses the usual hierarchies of looking, while questioning the archetypes of supporting characters and the actions that make them fit in and go unnoticed. From TV shows and B movies to films directed by the greats of the universal canon (including Hitchcock, Schleisinger, Corman, Lynch, and even Kate Bush!), passing through a vast array of historical eras, Jill walks, Jill runs, Jill cheers, Jill dances, Jill is a witness to the history of modern cinema. (Flavia Dima)
Anthony Ing is a British and Chinese Canadian filmmaker and composer whose work explores existing cultural artefacts with a particular focus on the relationship between identity and performance. Co-founder of production outfit, Loop, they have produced a range of artist-led film and television projects since 2014, receiving awards at the Griersons, BFI London Film Festival and the British Independent Film Awards.