DMFF OFFICIAL SELECTION 2024
ENSO
Short Film | USA | 5 mins
Director: Dylan Wineland
Summary: “At some point there seems to be a defining moment in life where you learn to let go. Sometimes, not by choice. And often times it comes to us as the illusion of defeat, while in reality, it was the very thing we needed to guide us to where we had to go.
About a year ago, Aaron and I came across the Buddhist word, Ensō. This single word, described everything that we had been talking about for the last year or so. By definition, it represents and suggests cutting the desire for perfection and allowing the universe to be just as it is.
Understanding that perfection doesn’t exist allows you to move through life gracefully free of any pressure. It opens the door to allow situations to unfold naturally, and to invite intuition and creativity to move through. For Aaron, riding is a great place to practice this concept. It’s a place that he can go where the universe can reveal these sort of secrets.
In this film, we ride along with Aaron as he takes a journey into the idea letting go and simply just being.”
Words by Dylan Wineland
CREDITS
Featuring: Aaron McClintock
DoP: Dylan Wineland
Principle Cinematography: Jon Riley & Justin Mayers
GSS Operator: Jon Riley, Out In Space Studios
Arm Car: Override Films, PJ Hale & Chanler Godfrey
Key Grip: Tom Watson
Drone: Connor Barnes & Justin Mayers
AC: Connor Barnes, Justin Mayers, Seth Ogden
Gaffer: Phil Hessler
Color: Jensen Vinca
Sound: Jacob Callaghan
