THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN PLANTS AND HUMANS WAS THE FOCUS OF THIS YEAR'S EXPERIMENTAL FILM WORKSHOP AT THE PORTO/POST/DOC FESTIVAL Last November, we held our Experimental Cinema Workshop Criaturas da Luz (Creatures of Light) for the fourth consecutive year as part of the...
BAICC ON THE ROAD CONQUERS TORONTO
Last October, we finally made a long-awaited project a reality: the BAICC on the Road Program, which marked the Canadian premiere of several Spanish-Canadian co-productions resulting from our BAICC Film Creation Artistic Residencies. Throughout the eight years that...
THE LIFT OF TORONTO WELCOMES THE 2025 BAICC RESIDENT JUANA R...
The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) welcomed Spanish filmmaker Juana Robles last month as the current resident in the ninth edition of the BAICC Residencias Artísticas Internacionales de Creacion Cinematográfica, a collaboration between the (S8)...
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...
THE SIXTEENTH (S8) PUTS UP THE POSTER ANNOUNCING “SEATS OU...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWnwBfzswqI&ab_channel=s8cinema Aftermovie of sixteenth edición do (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico that finished June 8 The management of the (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico is taking stock of this year’s 16th...
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...
THE INTERNATIONAL WANDERING PHOTOCHEMICAL. CINEMA SPECTRAL: ...
This year’s (S8) will end on Saturday with the Wandering Projection, brought to us by the self-run laboratories Laia-Torre (Porto) and Mire (Nantes). A 16 mm screening will tour the streets of A Coruña thanks to this project, which blends art, technology, solidarity,...
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
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...









