Sunday, December 8
14:30 // Hall A, Greek Film Archive
Roundtable discussion: “Reframing Images” x ARTWORKS: Exploring the intersection of cinema and contemporary art
Participating filmmakers-artists:
Maria Anastassiou (Cyprus) is an artist and filmmaker whose work explores the form and application of filmmaking structures and processes as entry points into place, histories, community and collaboration. Selected screenings and exhibitions include: BFI London Film Festival, Whitney Museum NYC, Benaki Museum Athens, NiMAC Cyprus, Courtisane Festival, Ghent, Berwick Film and Media Festival UK, Open City Documentary Festival London. She is currently a resident at A House for Artists in London and a PhD candidate in Film by Practice with the University of Exeter and the London Film School.
Danae Io (Greece) is an artist and filmmaker based in Athens and Rotterdam. Her practice takes as a focus the ways collective and personal histories are narrativised and consolidated. Her films have been screened at Doclisboa (2024), the Institute of Contemporary Art London (2023) and the International Film Festival Rotterdam (2023), among others. Her work has been exhibited at UKS, Oslo; State of Concept, Athens; and Kunstverein Amsterdam among others.
Shambhavi Kaul (India) is an experimental filmmaker whose projects speculate on the possibilities for cinematic storytelling to build worlds. Her films make temporal and spatial demarcations porous by reorganizing cinematic space and layering historical, mythical, geological, ecological and cultural timescales. Her work has been showcased globally at festivals like Toronto, Berlinale and Rotterdam, as well as at museums including MoMA and Tate. Originally from Jodhpur, India, she now teaches at Duke University in the U.S.
Nate Lavey (USA) is an experimental filmmaker and photographer with a background in documentary and video journalism. He has a longstanding interest in political militancy, landscape and the avant-garde. His latest short film, Very Gentle Work, world premiered at Cannes' parallel section Quinzaine des cinéastes.
Pablo Marín (Argentina) is a film critic, filmmaker, translator, and teacher. He has curated programs on Argentinian cinema across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Marín teaches at LAV Madrid and the Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film, and tutors at Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola San Sebastián. His book, Una luz revelada. El cine experimental argentino, was published in 2022. His films have screened at international festivals, including the New York Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Malena Szlam (Chile) is an artist and filmmaker born and raised in Chile to Argentinian parents, and who now lives in Montréal/Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang. Szlam’s work has been exhibited at festivals and museums around the world, including Toronto International Film Festival, New Directors/New Films Festival, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, Cinéma du Réel, International Film Festival Rotterdam, MoMA and many others. Her work has been the focus of two retrospectives in Los Angeles and Montreal. Szlam’s work is included in the MoMA’s permanent collection.
Moderation: Menelaos Karamaghiolis (director)
The discussion will be held in English
Cover photo: Materia vibrante, Pablo Marín, 2024
