Jakub Jansa, “Pumpkinville”, A short film (15mins, 4k) and installation created by Jakub Jansa, commissioned by Steirischer Herbst 2024, Install View Neue Galerie Graz,
Curated Curated: Ekaterina Degot, David Riff, Pieternel Vermoortel

The installation follows the Celerist, a noir detective trapped in the strange world of “Pumpkinville,” reminiscent of The Truman Show. In this surreal reality, the main character is a pumpkin, unaware of the artificial world she inhabits. As the Celerist desperately tries to help the pumpkin wake up to the truth, uncovering the cracks in the constructed reality, the pumpkin remains blissfully oblivious, even as everything around her begins to crumble. Through this narrative, film critiques the illusions and falsehoods that underpin much of today’s cultural and nationalistic ideologies.

New installation and film follows the Celerist, a noir detective trapped in the strange world of “Pumpkinville,” reminiscent of The Truman Show. In this surreal reality, the main character is a pumpkin, unaware of the artificial world she inhabits. As the Celerist desperately tries to help the pumpkin wake up to the truth, uncovering the cracks in the constructed reality, the pumpkin remains blissfully oblivious, even as everything around her begins to crumble. Through this narrative, film critiques the illusions and falsehoods that underpin much of today’s cultural and nationalistic ideologies.

author: jakub jansa
dop: kryštof hlůže
producer: kristýna kapounová
production company: closer
performance: jan kostiha, jamilya andreyeva, soňa beaumont,
patrik petr, peter hosking, olesia adamovich
editor: sebastian kučkovský
costume designer: karolína juříková
make-up artist: tereza tartusa
dramaturgy: alice krajčířová
music & sound: oliver torr
production assistant: julie sroková
1st ad: max horn
costumes assistant: adéla holušková, valerie jurčíková,
alex pýchová
make-up assistant: markéta němcová
b cam: filip smil
1st ac: jakub volena
2nd ac: tony šmaus
sound recordist: tom richman

lights: ondřej puritscher
lights trainee: lukáš masák
propmaster: henry trung
prop guy: patrick-djouno djakoualno
bts: shot by us
colorist: kryštof melka
graphic design: martin groch
sfx: eliška pitráková

location: autoklub české republiky, fzg studio
walkies: jakub koula - kluci base
extras: emel ameti, barbora gábová, daniel batrla, sergey akentyev, timur mirzakulov, julia chumakova, tatiana rozenberg