Fernando Matos Silva Fernando Matos Silva (b. 1940, Portugal) trained at the London School of Film Technique (1965-1968) and later served in the Army’s Cartographic Services (1969-1971). A founding member of the Centro Português de Cinema and the Cinequipa film cooperative, he directed and produced numerous films for both cinema and television.
Fernando Matos Silva Fernando Matos Silva weaves together images captured in Guinea-Bissau (1969–1970) during the colonial war and in the Lisbon suburbs (1975–1976) amid the revolutionary period, incorporating allegorical elements. This essay-film interrogates the colonization process in what was then Portuguese Guinea, deconstructing dominant narratives and building a critical reflection on history and power. This …
Willem Thijssen A young Belgian woman is in search of her past and that of her parents, and revisits the social revolution in Catalonia, in 1936, followed by the Spanish Civil War. Through a subjective journey, the memoirs of anarcho-syndicalist Juan Garcia Oliver, fictionalized scenes, archival footage, and documentary images, the hopes for a better …
Linda Van Tulden Linda Van Tulden (Belgium, 1952) went to Barcelona after Franco’s death. Meeting old anarchists led to The Future of ’36, made i.c.w. Thijssen. She became specialized in animation production, receiving an Oscar for A Greek Tragedy (1985, dir. Van Goethem). She now works on an animation series, The Dune Philosophers, i.c.w. Geert …
Maryam Tafakory Born and raised in Iran, Tafakory is a visual artist who makes textual and filmic collages that bring together poetry, speculative nonfiction, and archival material. Exploring the different registers through which images speak or refuse to speak, her work attempts to dissect veiled acts of erasure – of bodies, intimacies, and histories. Her research-based …
Daniel Schmid Born in Flims, Graubünden, in 1941, Swiss filmmaker Daniel Schmid spent his childhood in the family hotel. At the age of 18, he moved to Berlin, where he studied at the Academy of Film and Television, and formed a close friendship with the new wave of German cinema. From the 70s to the …
ZHANG Kaini ZHANG Kaini, a former student at the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts, is currently studying at HEAR. Her audiovisual work explores themes linked to identity, memory and family relationships, combining documentary and animated approaches to question the complexity of personal and emotional ties.
Collective Harrotu Ileak & Zine–Lab Harrotu Ileak is a project conceived as a space for collaboration between young people, Tabakalera and different artists. A space for meeting, creation and debate in constant change. In its development, it has become a reference point for many young people from Donostia who live in a vulnerable situation in …
Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro Norn in Belo Horizonte in 1993, Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro is a Brazilian film director, alumnus of Filmmaking of Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, in San Sebastián. He holds a Master’s degree in Moving Image from the Fine Arts School of Lisbon, and collaborates with film festivals both as a producer and programmer. His …
Assya Agbere A 5th year student at HEAR Mulhouse. Working mainly in video, her work explores the intersections between digital identity, colonialism and virtuality. Through an experimental approach, she questions the structures of power inscribed in digital and filmic spaces. Her projects combine archives, speculative fictions and cybernetic aesthetics.
Hugo Franconeri Born in Nice in 1995, Hugo Franconeri lives and works between Paris, Brussels and the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. A musician by training, Hugo Franconeri holds a scientific baccalaureate and a degree in audiovisual arts with a specialisation in image at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Belgium). He was coached by Benoit Dervaux, …