BÉAL BY JUANA ROBLES, SELECTED PROJECT – BAICC 2025/26

BÉAL BY JUANA ROBLES, SELECTED PROJECT – BAICC 2025/26

Juana Robles  is the creator of béal, the winning project for this ninth BAICC – International Artistic Residencies for Cinematographic Creation 2025/26. The assessment committee made up of a representative from each of the three entities responsible for the...

CARLOS CASTILLO. THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART

CARLOS CASTILLO. THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ART

We spoke with Carlos Castillo, a multidisciplinary and multifaceted artist, about his work and the fascinating Venezuelan avant-garde Super 8 movement of the 1970s and 1980s. You come from other artistic disciplines such as drawing or sculpture, so how did you get...

SONGS OF THE EARTH: NOTHING CAN DIE_REMIX

SONGS OF THE EARTH: NOTHING CAN DIE_REMIX

By Ivonne Sheen   I asked some of the directors from the Sinais Latin America Section to share a song related to their films and their feelings and thoughts. Then, guided by randomness and intuition, I composed a long poem resulting from the technique of cut-up,...

SONYA MWAMBU. MOURNING FOR THE IDENTITY THAT WASN’T

SONYA MWAMBU. MOURNING FOR THE IDENTITY THAT WASN’T

We spoke with Sonya Mwambu about the powerful roots that have shaped their performance, Maono Mzimi.  What is the origin of Maono Mzimi? The performance includes some texts as well as footage from different sources. Could you tell us about this, all the pieces that...

VALENTINA ALVARADO MATOS. TEXT, TEXTURE, INTUITION

VALENTINA ALVARADO MATOS. TEXT, TEXTURE, INTUITION

Venezuelan artist Valentina Alvarado Matos tells us about the process behind voy raspando la hoja y la voz, part of our Desbordamientos (Overflows) Section, and the importance of collage, the fragmentary nature and permeability of meanings between image and sound in...

TEKNO FANTASY: INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING WORLDS

TEKNO FANTASY: INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING WORLDS

Tekno Fantasy, a collective made up of Laura Ibáñez López, Camila Reyes and Iker González, will contribute their expanded film to the Sinais section this Thursday at the Luis Seoane Foundation. We talked with them about fantasy, crossing disciplines, and “little...