From the archive images “O Naufrágio do Veronese” emerges an alternative story of the different fates of the people from inside the ship stranded north of Leixões.
In a corner of the island lives a blue francelho in the place where Zarco (the sailor) lived in peace and harmony. Calheta is our home. All together we form a pleasant space to live.
A video wandering “casually” on social media leads to a series of actions that bring very real and irreversible consequences. Not everything we see online is true, but the same cannot be said of its consequences.
Three young drill rappers fight for respect in a world where words and weapons blur the line between music and violence.
Their world feels like war, a battle that is barely comprehensible to outsiders. In candid conversations, Realest, Takerisk and Gogetter explain how feuds arise, escalate and sometimes literally bring them to the edge of the abyss.
A cinematic essay and poetic portrayal of food delivery workers as they navigate the bustling streets. The film reflects on how the rise of this 'new working class' has reshaped the urban visual landscape. In different parts of the world, these workers may be migrants, people of color, or individuals from low-caste or rural backgrounds, all striving to make a living.
The video-guide invites viewers to peek behind the fence and reflect on the social distance and its ethical implications, exploring the complex dynamics between public space, community needs, and marginalized groups. The place is Drob Inn, a low-threshold contact and counseling service with integrated drug consumption rooms. It supports adults with substance use disorder and is state-recognized. Located near Hamburg Central Station, it serves as a crucial support center for the local open drug scene, offering accessible services. In April 2024, authorities installed a fence to separate the courtyard from the sidewalk. This measure aimed to revitalize the green space and improve pedestrian use, while providing limited visual protection.
An ongoing project that seeks to navigate the city of Toronto psychogeographically using popular films to propel the narrative forward. Relying on films’ inherent unfaithfulness to geography, a few dialogue cues, and a great deal of coincidence, scenes from disparate films intersect and redirect each other to follow geographic patterns rather than their individual stories. Compositing closely cropped professional footage over wide-angle, contemporary video allows for the emergence of a disjointed document that captures the growth of a city over several decades; distilling a small amount of truth from a growing library of fiction.
The dialogue heard in the background is based on a correspondence that has taken place since 2021 between visual artist Miia Autio and Beninese medium and traditional healer Koffi Robert Djossou. Through this exchange, the artist seeks to explore a worldview unfamiliar to her – that of Vodun, the world’s largest nature-based religion. The work is a dive into Vodoun’s invisible realm and into questions concerning the relationship between belief, images, and reality. The pursuit of the invisible world initiated a personal process for the artist, in which various messages, dreams, and whispers of wind began, almost of their own accord, to carry the story forward.
In 19 vignettes, the film traces the convergence of cinema’s separate forms, revealing the origins from which they emerge by stripping them of their modern use.
In a remote Tibetan monastery, a young monk’s love for basketball and Michael Jordan sparks viral fame and quiet rebellion as he questions the weight of tradition and expectation