Emma Rozanski & Gonzalo Escobar Mora present new work at Elastic Arts Chicago →

Our Emma Rozanski and Gonzalo Escobar Mora have curated a group collaborative show with Liz Gomez and Elastic Arts Chicago for the North American premiere of 3-channel video ‘Walden [verb]’


Walden [verb] is a mixed-media show consisting of work made by members of the cast and crew of a 3-channel video installation called Walden [verb]. The 3-channel work will be the central piece of the show, and ten satellite pieces in different media will form a creative grouping to accompany. Each artwork will be connected to and inspired by the main work either by theme, underlying discussion, visual aesthetic, materials, or location/space.

Artists in show: Liz Gomez, Yoni Goldstein, Gonzalo Escobar Mora, Madigan Burke, Zach Barner, Hadley Austin, Ronen Goldstein, Guy Fixsen, Bobbie Meier, Steve Meier, and Daniele Wilmouth

When: July 12th - July 25th 2024

Where: Elastic Arts - 3429 W. Diversey #208, Chicago IL, 60647    -   https://elasticarts.org

About ‘Walden [verb]’, the 3-channel video installation: A twenty-two minute impressionistic adaptation of the book ‘Walden’, with playful abstractions relating to critiques of his life and work. We follow a young woman in the snowy woods as she undertakes various ritualistic procedures in nature and in symbolic spaces. The film links themes of environmentalism and human discord to weave fragments of dystopian narrative, the three channels linked by a single soundscape.

Notes: 

-The exhibition will also be on display in a limited capacity during the evenings of the regular performance schedule of Elastic Arts - video sound will be restricted.

-Appointments for private viewings can also be requested

-Live music tickets available directly through Elastic Arts (booking recommended): https://elasticarts.org/events

New film by André Gil Mata selected for FID Marseille →

André Gil Mata has a new film AND IT WILL SCREEN in competition at FID Marseille

‘SOB A CHAMA DA CANDEIA’ (THE FLAME OF A CANDLE).

https://fidmarseille.org/en/film/sob-a-chama-da-candeia/


Portugal, France / 2024 / Colour / 109'

Original version: Portuguese
Subtitles: English, French
Script: André Gil Mata
Photography: Frederico Lobo
Editing: Claire Atherton
Sound: Thomas Van Pottelberge
Cast: Eva Ras, Márcia Breia


Kaori Oda presents new film GAMA at FICUNAM →

Kaori Oda presents her new film, GAMA, in FICUNAM, Mexico, in June.

Synopsis: A storyteller of peace serves as a guide in the “Gama”—natural caves where many local people lost their lives during the Battle of Okinawa. The woman in blue standing by his side represents the intersection of the present and the past.

https://ficunam.unam.mx/pelicula/gama/


Bistrik7 Omnibus film Screening in Mexico this month →

Our omnibus film ‘Letters From the Ends of the World” is screening in Mexico in May as part of A vida não é um filme: Vol. 2 - and our Marta Hernaiz Pidal and Gustavo Vega will be there for discussions.

This interesting collection of work was curated by film.factory colleague Chrystyan Romero - thanks so much for including us!





Stefan Malešević jury member @ Berlinale 2024

Stefan Malešević will be one of the three members of the jury that awards the CICAE Arthouse Cinema prize in the Forum section of this year's edition of Berlinale.

CICAE (International Confederation of Art Cinemas) is the first international association of its kind: founded in 1955, today it represents 4,400  screens in 45 countries in Europe, Latin America, USA and Africa. Its mission is to promote quality motion pictures on wide screens and to advocate for cultural diversity.

De Balie cultural center in Amsterdam, where Stefan is the Head of Cinema, is a member of the CICAE network. 

Emma Rozanski's 3-channel video installation 'Walden [verb]' continues its journey →

Emma Rozanski's 3-channel video installation Walden [verb] continues its journey this month with screenings at these festivals/galleries:

FIC Autor, Guadalajara Jalisco – Mexico, October 2023

and

Festival Les Instants Vidéo, Marseille and Aix en Provence, France October 2023 – January 2024

https://www.instantsvideo.com/blog/video/walden-verb/

Their videopoetics friendships will also screen the work internationally at these places/dates:
   October, 20 -> 25 : Aknoon art Gallery & Safavi Museum, Ispahan (Iran) for 2 exhibitions
   October   (date to be confirmed): screening with Cairo Video Festival (Egypte)
   October, 18 -> 1er November : [.BOX] Videoart project space in Milan (Italy) for a screening-installation
   October, 18 -> 21 November: Visualcontainer TV (Italy) for a screening program available 24h/24
   November, 2 (6.30pm) : MMAG Foundation (Amman) and Medearts association (Irbid)  (Jordanie) for two screening programs followed by a conversation
   November 6 : French Institute in Palestine for a screening in the frame of Digital November: Gaza and Ramallah.

Earlier thsi year Walden [verb] also screened in these festivals [we forgot to post the news!]

March 2023: Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, Modena – Italy

April 2023: Wide Open Film Festival, Oklahoma – USA

Pilar Palomero's La Maternal screening in Colombia →

Pilar Palomero is in Colombia this month to accompany her latest film LA MATERNAL - Our Bogota Bistrik7 residents, Gonzalo Escobar Mora and Emma Rozanski, are crazy excited to welcome her and have some long overdue catching up!

https://cinematecadebogota.gov.co/pelicula/maternal-0

With support of the Spanish Embassy in Colombia: https://ccecolombia.com/la-maternal/

Sinopsis: A los 14 años, Carla es una adolescente salvaje y rebelde. Vive en un modesto restaurante a las afueras de la ciudad con su joven madre soltera, falta a clase y pasa el tiempo con su amigo Efraín. Cuando una trabajadora social se da cuenta de que Carla está embarazada de cinco meses, la llevan a "La Maternal", un centro para madres adolescentes, para que viva con otras jóvenes como ella. Junto a sus bebés, aprenderán a enfrentarse a esta nueva vida adulta para la que no han tenido tiempo de prepararse.

2022 - España - 122 mins

Kaori Oda y Marta Hernaiz Pidal to tour feature film 'Cenote' in Mexico throughout April

Directed by Kaori Oda and Produced by Marta Herzaiz Pidal and Cine Vendeval tour their film Cenote - Screenings of "Cenote" in Yucatan, Mexico, from 4/8 to 4/24, the film will tour 14 municipalities and villages where filming locations. Entirely shot underwater in Yucatán’s Ts’onots/Cenotes

Kaori will be there! BUT, is only staying for about 10 days, so I they can attend about 12 places. Everyday they will strive to attend a different screening!

Outdoor screenings (free) after sunset.

WATCH A TRAILER HERE

Cada vez más cerca del estreno de 'Ts'onot (Cenote)' y nuestro no cabe de emoción. ¡Nos vemos pronto!

Tour Cine Móvil Toto en la península de Yucatán y Campeche, del 8 al 24 de abril.

Estreno en Cineteca NacionalCineteca Nacional, 28 de abril.

André Gil Mata retrospective at Batalha Centro de Cinema →

Batalha Centro de Cinema

On Thursday, a comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the work of André Gil Mata begins at Batalha Centro de Cinema, with the national preview of "Patio do Carrasco"!

Notes from the cinema on the retrospective:

The notion of home while fundamental, life and death, childhood and old age, representation and memory are some of the recurring concerns in Gil Mata's cinema. In his films, usually dark and melancholic, he stands out a way of "carving time" that affirms him as an odd director in the national context.

In addition to his full filmography, this retrospective integrates a director’s pick — Aleksandar Petrović’s “Tri,” — and a special session on Cinema Trindade where the first publication dedicated to his film practice will be released.

Na quinta-feira, damos início à retrospetiva integral dedicada à obra de André Gil Mata, com a antestreia nacional de “Pátio do Carrasco”!

A noção de casa enquanto reduto fundamental, a vida e a morte, a infância e a velhice, a representação e a memória são algumas das preocupações recorrentes no cinema de Gil Mata. Nos seus filmes, por norma sombrios e melancólicos, sobressai um modo de “esculpir o tempo” que o afirma como um realizador ímpar no contexto nacional.

Para além da sua filmografia completa, esta retrospetiva integra uma escolha do realizador — “Tri”, de Aleksandar Petrović — e uma sessão especial no Cinema Trindade, onde será lançada a primeira publicação dedicada à sua prática fílmica.

Recent Bistrik7 News - we've been busy!

We here at Bistrik7 do not always diligently post our news (sometimes you might find a more thorough collection on our Facebook page), but here is an incomplete collection of some of our most recent news…..

Gonzalo Escobar Mora screened his Sarajevo short film POOL VERSION at the Bogota (Colombia) Cinemateca in October as part of the programme ‘Franja Local: Voces en espiral‘ : https://cinematecadebogota.gov.co/pelicula/franja-local-voces-en-espiral

Fernando Nogari directed two new music videos:

for @luisasonza ! Saiu o videoclipe da @luisasonza ‘Cachorrinhas’ / Produzido por: @iconoclastbrasil : WATCH! https://youtu.be/__ur8Ykcivw

and

for @pabllovittar & @gloriagroove / Produzido por: WATCH! @iconoclastbrasil : https://youtu.be/KjO_lzhe7Fs

Ghazi Alqudcy curated A Peek at Time for The Substation in Singapore, whcih included works by Bistrik7’s Lea Triboulet, Patrick Marshall, Aleksandra Niemczyk, Pilar Palomero, Marta Hernaiz Pidal and Gonzalo Escobar Mora: https://septfest2022-apeekattime.peatix.com/view

Marta Hernaiz Pidal and CineVendaval was invited to pitch ”La Balada del Fenix” en Annecy ! Cinema Fantasma #Mifapitches2022 - https://www.annecy.org/the-mifa/mifa-pitches-presentation/projects-pitched/projects

Lea Triboulet was invited with her co-writer to feature film development residency Pustnik, with their project "I WILL DRINK WITH THE BEES" https://www.pustnik.com/

Emma Rozanski started pre-production on her second feature film ‘EL VAQUERO’, shooting in Dec and Jan in Cundinamarca, Colombia. It is her first Spanish-language production.

Pilar Palomero premiered her second feature film #LaMaternal at the San Sebastian Film Festival - the film has been successfully traveling film festivals since then and has won many awards!

Congratulations to all and we cannot wait for what comes next for everyone!

Kaori Oda in [RADICAL WHISPERS] Asian Film Archive, Singapore. →

This past September and October, the Asian Film Archive, Singapore screened a collection of films by our Kaori Oda as part of ‘RADICAL WHISPERS: Asian Shorts and Documentaries’

Description:

Bringing together documentaries and short films from Japan, India and Myanmar, represented by filmmakers Kaori Oda, Payal Kapadia and filmmaker-curator Moe Myat May Zarchi, RADICAL WHISPERS explores how whispers—in the form of love letters, secret conversations, journal entries and hearsay— are amplified and transformed into potent sources of political action in film. Through a diverse range of ephemera and story-telling devices, including iphone footage of strangers, 16mm family videos and text messages between friends, the clandestine is made communal, allowing access into the deeply intimate subjectivities of filmmakers and the communities they are part of. Stories of lost love and intergenerational trauma become intertwined with social movements and transnational connections. The boundaries of private and public, solitude and solidarity, secret and overt are re-negotiated. The films offer a provocation into the role of film in disseminating and organising, in connecting and healing. 

Gonzalo Escobar Mora's short film 'Enthusuasts' screens in Bogoshorts, Colombia →

This week, the short film that Gonzalo Escobar Mora made in Chicago during the first lockdown, screens in BOGOSHORTS, Colombia’s largest short film festival and market.

Festival Website: https://festival.bogoshorts.com

Screening info and shorts programme info

Aleksandra Niemczyk screens new experimental film at FIC Silente Mexico

Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México - FIC Silente MX

Aleksandra Niemczyk ‘s experimental short film"Fantoccini" (silent director's cut of "Polka-Dot") is premiering at Festival Internacional de Cine Silente México - FIC Silente MX

Made in collaboration with Marta Hernaiz Pidal, Graeme Cole, Tina Keserovic and Thomas Steyaert

Screening at the Cinemateca Luis Buñuel Puebla in November 2021

New Bistrik7 Omnibus film to open the Sarajevo Film Festival →

It is our honor to share with you that LETTERS FROM THE ENDS OF THE WORLD - a new omnibus by Bistrik Seven - will be one of the two opening films for SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL. This is the National Premiere of the film that was completed two weeks ago!

With films by:

Ghazi Alqudcy, Graeme Cole, Gonzalo Escobar Mora, Grant Gulczynski, Marta Hernaiz Pidal, Namsuk Kim, Bianca Lucas, Stefan Malešević, Patrick Marshall, Aleksandra Niemczyk, Pilar Palomero, Emma Rozanski & Gustavo Vega - all from Bistrik7

Our mentor Bela Tarr is the Executive Producer.

Some of our Bistrik7 members will be flying from all over the world to present the film.

Shout out to Ghazi who designer our official poster!

Stay tuned for more news soon…

Pilar Palomero participated in Berlinale Talents with her new feature screenplay in development →

Pilar Palomero recently participated in Berlinale Talents Script Station with her new feature screenplay in development- La Maternal - Drama, Spain, 100 min

https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt/talent/pilar-palomero/profile

Gonzalo Escobar Mora's new short film, 'Enthusiasts' premieres at Portland International Film festival →

Shot during the Covid-19 lockdown in Chicago in 2020, with 3 flatmates being the only cast and crew - our Gonzalo Escobar Mora and Emma Rozanski among them - ‘Enthusiasts’ is an interesting examination of ‘making plans’ amidst uncertainty - reflected through the eyes of two artists who are coping with the added uncertainty of making art and sustaining themselves financially into the future, while living in an ultra-consumer-capitalist world. Can you ‘buy’ your way out of the ‘system’?

Film listing: https://cinemaunbound.org/events/enthusiasts/

Synopsis: Uncertainty transpires as a couple navigates their future plans.

Directed by Gonzalo Escobar Mora
United States | 2020
Hybrid, Drama

Screening online Fri, March 5 – Sun, March 14

This short film screens as part of Shorts Block 1

PLEASE VISIT WWW.CINEMAUNBOUND.ORG FOR THE FULL FESTIVAL LINE UP!

Festival Website: https://nwfilm.org/festivals/44th-portland-international-film-festival/

Kaori Od's film Cenote now playing on MUBI →

Kaori Oda's magical film CENOTE, set in Mexico and also co-produced by our Marta Hernaiz-Pidal (along with Bistrik7 collaborator and friend Jorge Bolado), is now playing on MUBI for a limited time as part of their Rotterdam Film Festival selection. If you have yet to see it now is your chance!

WATCH HERE: https://mubi.com/films/cenote

POLKA-DOT by Aleksandra Niemczyk premieres at RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES MONDE →

Aleksandra Niemczyk’s new short film "Polka-Dot" is premiering now at festival RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES MONDE and streaming online from today until 6th of December. In the section: "Cinema-Therapy". Cinematography and co-production by our Marta Hernaiz Pidal and Graeme Cole

Starring Tina Keserovic and Thomas Steyaert

Watch here.

RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES MONDE

Friday, November 13 to Sunday, December 6

POLKA-DOT, 2020, Aleksandra Niemczyk, 10 min

An impressionistic emotional struggle between a girl with a prefabricated heart and a mysterious puppet-master. Inspired by the chapter "The Girl with the Pre-Fabricated Heart" from the surrealist film "Dreams That Money Can Buy" (1947) by avant-gardist and dada artist Hans Richter.

 

New trailer for Pilar Palomero's Las niñas

Watch the new trailer for Pilar Palomero's debut feature film, Las niñas, here.

RTVE.es estrena el tráiler de Las niñas, la ópera prima de la cineasta Pilar Palomero: una historia de muchas de las mujeres de hoy, dibujada a través de la educación que recibieron a principios de los 90 en España. Protagonizada por Andrea Fandos y Natalia de Molina.

Las niñas premiered in the 2020 Berlinale.