In an elongated pan, mountain landscapes and misty animal imagery are presented in an ethereal, ghostly manner. Locus does not use conventional film footage but instead works with found black-and-white photographs of 1950s and ’60s UFO sightings, combined with online hunting videos. Although the grainy texture of these images reveals their origins, the UFOs have been removed from the photographs, allowing the remaining landscapes to merge seamlessly.The phenomenon of unexplained animal deaths—often reported alongside UFO sightings—serves as a metaphor for human influence on nature. The film offers an introspective look at the Western fascination with, and fear of, extraterrestrial entities, reflecting on the notion of ‘intruders’ in nature. Inspired by dystopian visions of the future, Intruders explores themes of reverse colonization, ecology, and human impact on the environment.
Jan Locus
Spanning the mediums of experimental film, photography, and sound, his work often explores landscape as a tool in shaping national and social identities, with a focus on environments transformed by extraction and industrialization. In his latest work, he explores the tension between found footage, still photography, and the moving image, emphasizing the ambiguity of our perception of reality and fiction.
His films have been screened at numerous international festivals, including Asolo Art Film Festival (IT), PROYECTOR (ES), DokFest Kassel (DE), Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (DE), Crossroads in San Francisco (US), Underneath the Floorboards in London (UK), FIFA in Montreal (CA), IFFR Rotterdam (NL), and Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin (FR/DE), among others. Locus lives and works in Brussels.
