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04/2025: Nouveau Grand Tour NL 2025 - Residency at NIAS

I am thrilled to announce that in July 2025, I will be undertaking a residency at The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) as part of the Institut Français’s Nouveau Grand Tour NL program. During this month-long stay in Amsterdam, I will be developing Benevolence, my project inspired by the Colonies of Benevolences, focusing on domestic colonisation.

03/2025: Art Rotterdam x PROSPECTS 2025

From March 28th to 30th, 2025, the Mondriaan Fund is organizing a new edition of Prospects during Art Rotterdam. The exhibition takes place at Rotterdam Ahoy and showcases the work of 116 emerging artists. All artists received a financial contribution in 2023 through the Mondriaan Fund's Artist Start grant to kickstart their careers. The 13th edition of Prospects has been curated by Johan Gustavsson and Louise Bjeldbak Henriksen. Maas Confusion will be screened there, as it was developed during the supported period.

01/2025: Maas Confusion @ IFFR 2025

2025 starts with a bang! Maas Confusion will World Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025. It will screen in the RTM program, along other Rotterdam-based filmmakers. ShiShi, the poet that wrote and perform Corps D’écumes in the film will join us for the premiere.

11/2024: Ninfa Fluida @ R(a/u)pture

Ninfa Fluida will screen in a multi-day program based around the work of American filmmaker and collage artist Devin Horan. Curated by R(a/u)pture, together with Academie SLAC and HIW Filmclub in the city centre of Leuven (BE). On 20, 27, 28, and 29 November 2024.

10/2024: Ninfa Fluida @ SAFF 2024 Short Competition

Ninfa Fluida was awarded a Special Mention by the jury of the Seoul Animal Film Festival (SAFF). The festival introduces films that capture global issues in animal rights and the existence of non-human beings from a contemporary perspective through screenings, forums, and talks.

06/2024: CBK Rotterdam I&V granted for new film research: Benevolence

I'm thrilled to announce Benevolence received a research & development grant from CBK Rotterdam! From June to December 2024, I will focus on a 19th-century social experiment called the Colonies of Benevolence and its ties to the Dutch East Indies colonial project. What does the notion of Benevolence mean in a colonial context? Stay tuned!

06/2024: Ninfa Fluida @ METROPOLIS 2024

Ninfa Fluida will screen during the Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam on July 7th, 2024. The film is part of the RTM program, which includes a selection of works from Rotterdam-based filmmakers.

01/2024: Ninfa Fluida @ IFFR 2024

Exciting news! Ninfa Fluida will officially premiere at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam on January 28th, 2024. There are three screenings planned so far at Lantaren Venster and Cinerama. The film is part of the Symbiosis program, which includes the works of Zalán Szakács and Katarina Jazbec. See you there!

12/2023: CBK Rotterdam Praktijkpijdrage for Ninfa Fluida

With the upcoming premiere of Ninfa Fluida @IFFR 2024, the CBK Rotterdam granted me an extra financial support to fine tune the public presentation, communication and technical aspects of the film.

09/2023: Seeing With Water - Hydromedia Symposium @HKU

I have been invited to participate in the Hydromedia symposium Seeing With Water that will take place on Thursday 5 October 2023 in Stadsschouwburg Utrecht. I will present a film in progress and reflect on the place of water within my practice of cinema. The symposium will shed a light on (our relation to) water and water management from the perspectives of philosophy, ecology, science and fine art. Speakers include philosopher René ten Bos, designer/curator Henriette Waal, artist Suzette Bousema, artist/filmmaker Ugo Petronin, geographer Els Otterman, and scientists Sven Teurlincx, Lisette de Senerpont Domis (Netherlands Institute of Ecology) and Annelies Veraart (Radboud University).

Partners: HKU + Creative Europe + IVN Natuur Educatie

02/2023: Campsite Art Residency @ TENT Rotterdam

In March 2023 I will be collaborating with Noemi Calzavara at CAMPSITE, a residency program organized by the art community TimeWindow in TENT Rotterdam. The results of our collaboration will be publicly shared through a performance and an installation.

Partners: Time Window + TENT + Mondriaan Fonds

03/2023: Mondriaan Fonds > Artist Start Grant 23/24

For 2023-2024 I will receive the Artist Start Grant of the Mondriaan Fonds, to support the developpement of my art practice. This is an incredible news, as it will provide a well needed stability, and the confidence to dive into new ambitious projects.

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