Three Thousand Years of Longing

Dr Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic, content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real, and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.

The creative Australian performer Olivia Porter appears twice.

At 36:21, she is seen in the background on the left side, juggling 3 balls for 15 seconds, with several catches and throws using her right foot.

At 39:20, she juggles 2 balls in one hand for 14 seconds, while drinking from a cup held in her other hand.