Ecology and ecological encounters on and with the moving image surface as sites of inquiry throughout this year’s programme. In this panel discussion, moderated by artist-filmmaker Gerard Ortín Castellví, filmmakers whose work is presented in the festival will explore the ecological resonances in their image-making practices and how they can offer a pathway to understanding a site’s environmental history, biodiversity and its loss. Through their work, these filmmakers adopt a politics of conservation and sustainability, be it through commitment to artisanal and small scale working methods, or in attempts to bear witness to the changing worlds that surround us. The panel will include:

Sam Drake, Suspicions About the Hidden Realities of Air

Ewelina Rosinska, Unstable Rocks

Armand Yervant Tufenkian, In The Manner of Smoke

Gerard Ortín Castellví (moderator) (b. 1988, Barcelona) is an artist, filmmaker and researcher based in London. After completing an MFA at the Sandberg Instituut (Amsterdam), he did an MA in Artists’ Film and Moving Image at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he is currently a PhD candidate. He is a mentor at UCL Creative Documentary by Practice MFA and has been a tutor at the MA Art & Ecology (Goldsmiths). His work has been shown in places like Tate Modern (London), Eye Museum (Amsterdam), Whitechapel Gallery (London), Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Anthology Film Archives (NY), Venice Architecture Biennale (Venice), and in festivals including Visions du Réel (Nyon), Open City Film Festival (London), Cinéma du Réel (Paris), KVIFF (Karlovy Vary), HKIFF (Hong Kong) and Berlinale (Berlin).

This event is included in the Rich Mix Venue Pass. Pass holders can book a free ticket to this event and all other screenings and events taking place at Rich Mix as part of the festival. More information on the pass can be found here.