USA 2024 | 76 Min. | OmenglU | DE International
Are there parallels between the ageing process of cheese and the human experience of growing older? In his documentary, director Ian Cheney takes us on a journey to distant, unexpected places – from Japan to Tbilisi. The focus is on the diverse range of people we encounter along the way: passionate cheese makers, cheese merchants and knowledgeable librarians, whose perspectives on decay and dissolution are both captivating and thought-provoking. ”Shelf Life” is a captivating experience that is both culinary and philosophical. Through striking imagery and a calm narrative style, filmmaker Ian Cheney delves ever deeper into the world of cheese-making – and in doing so explores a very human theme: the complexity of ageing. ”Shelf Life” unfolds a quiet, poetic power and invites us to rethink time, transience and growing older.
Director: Ian Cheney
Photographer: Ezra Wolfinger
Editor: Natasha Bedu, Ian Cheney
Music: Ben Fries, Simon Beins
Cast: James Stillwaggon, Mary Quicke, Alisha Norris Jones, Ana Mikadze-Chikvaidze, Galina Inasaridze
Production company: Wicked Delicate Films / Meredith DeSalazar, Rebecca Taylor, Manette Pottle
Ian Cheney
IAN CHENEY ist ein US-amerikanischer Dokumentarfilmer, Kameramann und Produzent. Er hat einen Bachelor- und Masterabschluss an der Yale University sowie einen Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Film am Vermont College of Fine Arts erworben. Er war MacDowell-Stipendiat und Knight Science Journalism Fellow am Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Neben mehreren Kurzfilmen hat er zwölf abendfüllende Dokumentarfilme gedreht.
Filmography: (Auswahl): Shelf Life (2024), The Arc of Oblivion (2023), Picture a Scientist (2020), The Long Coast (2020), The Emoji Story (2019), Thirteen Ways (2019), The Most Unknown (2018), Bluespace (2015), The City Dark (2011), The Greening of Southie (2008), King Corn (2007)
Screenings
07.06.26 | 15:40 h| vhs Forum, Emden
09.06.26 | 21:10 h| CineStar 6, Emden
