Among the many gems brought to us by Arsenal's carte blanche through Angelika Ramlow, there are two films by the Australian filmmaker duo Corinne and Arthur Cantrill (whose work has also been recovered and restored by Arsenal). They are Notes on the Passage of Time...
Sombras extravagantes, created and directed by Ariadna Solera and Álex Pena Morado, is one of the freshest and funniest podcasts on experimental and auteur cinema one can find: with depth and enthusiasm, they have been dedicating entire programmes to different events...
I understand that you come from the sphere of photography. How did you start working with cinema? Deneb Martos: At the laboratory where I work at La Casa Encendida I’ve always done a lot of research into the medium, with the darkroom and the photosensitive medium...
Your films are very much linked to optical and photochemical processes. How did this way of working evolve? Dianna: Many of the Super 8 films became almost films about the camera’s possibilities. We would do a lot of things frame-by-frame, the small amount of double...
Healing Ray is a performance that the Madrid-based artist, filmmaker and architect Jorge Suárez-Quiñones Rivas, together with the musician Ylia, will be presenting in the Desbordamientos section. It includes three 16mm projectors and sound created live. We talked...
With the clear vision of cinema that inspires us, and the importance of appreciating and giving space to the past and to international creators, through (S8) we also realise the urgent need to bring together the people who are creating here and now, and to open up new...
In September 2021, Bruno Delgado Ramo travelled to Toronto to work at the LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto) facilities on his project Frame Manoeuvres to Port, having been selected to enjoy the International Artistic Residency for Cinematographic...
In the last invitation from BAICC, the International Artistic Residency for Cinematographic Creation promoted by (S8) together with AC/E and LIFT, the chosen project was the one by Laura Moreno Bueno, The sound of images. At the beginning of 2022 she travelled to...
Whereas in the special Camera Obscura we dedicated to Alexandre Larose back in 2020 we were able to familiarise ourselves with his fascinating work processes, in 2022 we will finally be able to see the equally fascinating results of those processes on the screen. A...