More worth your time at the same venue, plus a few nearby picks.
FESTIVALS
Should I Have Taken More Photos: Joan Fontcuberta
Talk with National Photography Prize winner and Hasselblad Prize laureate Joan Fontcuberta. He traces image-making from alchemical to algorithmic photography, asking whether image-saturation and visual fatigue demand we reconsider how we create.
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Rediscover the Image
Reflection on image-making in an era of visual accessibility and algorithmic sameness. Explores what space remains for surprise and the unexpected, and how art reveals what escapes our habitual gaze amid increasingly homogeneous and disposable imagery.
FESTIVALS
Cenizas bajo el mar
Film screening of Cenizas bajo el mar at Cineteca Madrid exploring themes of memory and the sea through documentary narrative.
FESTIVALS
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Screen the 1985 Belgian film Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, a three-hour study of domestic routine and labour, at Cineteca Madrid.
FESTIVALS
Film Direction Today: Industry and Vision
Discussion on how directors sustain their creative vision amid intensive production, platform commissions, rising budgets and complex development timelines. Addresses creative decision-making and team management in contemporary filmmaking.
FESTIVALS
Myths of the Future
A collective exploration of how cultural institutions shape imaginaries of the future, examining whether film festivals and schools can expand possibilities beyond collapse and surveillance narratives.
EXHIBITIONS
The Animals
Photographic exhibition by Estela de Castro at Cineteca Madrid. Images explore fauna and wildlife through visual documentation and artistic perspective.
