Film Screenings and Performances
Date: Saturday, October 18, 20:00
Venue: Art Academy of Latvia (K2 building), Kalpaka bulvāris 13 (Onsite only)
Registration: via Eventbrite HERE
The festival’s public program will conclude on Saturday, October 18, at 8 p.m. with a short film program and a lecture-performance. Swiss-based Argentine artist Julia Mensch, together with Argentine musician Sofía Viola, will reveal the connections between the amaranth plant and traditions of political resistance in Latin America in their lecture-performance Kiwicha. The short film screenings will feature works by Swiss-based Colombian artist Felipe Castelblanco and the Pan Amazon Media Collective, which reveal the landscapes and conflicts of the Amazon region, tell of the significance of fire rituals in the lives of local communities, and reflect on the ability of plants to promote the coexistence of different forms of life.
Program: Felipe CASTELBLACO “Borrachero Dreams” (2025, 12 min.), “Inverted Oasis Part 1” (2025, 13:00 min), “Rio Arriba” (2021, 14:00 min), Julia MENSCH “Kiwicha” (performance-lecture, 18 min) and Sofía VIOLA in cooperation with Julia MENSCH (video-song, 5 min), Ñambi Rimai Pan Amazon Media Collective “Burning of the Páramo in the Quillacinga Territory” (Quemas de Páramo en el Pueblo Quillacinga) (2022, 11 min).
“Kiwicha” (performance-lecture, 18 min) by Julia Mensch (AR/CH), and video-song, 5 min by Sofía Viola (AR) in cooperation with Julia Mensch (AR/CH)
“Borrachero Dreams” (2025, 12 min), “Inverted Oasis Part 1” (2025, 13 min), “Rio Arriba” (2021, 14 min) by Felipe Castelblanco (CO/CH)
“Quemas de Páramo en el Pueblo Quillacinga” (2022, 11 min), Video Reporte por Ñambi Rimai Colectivo de Medios (CO)
