A short film series curated and presented by Salym Fayad. Part of the project ARTidotes 4.0 Coloring Communities by CHAW Teaching Artist Carolina Mayorga
Friday 15 December, 6:00 – 7:30 pm at CHAW – Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
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Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1141890781?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ciCUT ME IF YOU CAN, Nicolas Polixene & Sylvain Loubet dit Gajol, Horror / Comedy, 2024, USA, 21 min
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3GbZdiwUU
Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, a hyper-sexualized black female character decides to reject her fate and rebel against the script. Along with her boyfriend, token black guy who always dies first, they throw the entire movie off course. They try to outwit the serial killer and escape in order to break free… but the film has other plans.
CHAIKA: A Cosmonaut in Ariguanabo, Ingrid Bonilla Rodríguez, Science fiction, 2025, Colombia, 15 min
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ9-WDtPx0w
Russian cosmonaut Valentina (76) is summoned by the Cuban Space Confederation for an agricultural expedition to Mars. However, the letter arrives 30 years late. Unbeknownst to her, she arrives in a Cuban village with the illusion of returning to space for the last time.
[ FEATURED ARTIST ] ALBERTO ROBLEST
E-poems, Videos by Alberto Roblest
1- Jumper | Brincador | Running Time: 2 min. 30 sec.
Recently remastered, this Short Video is about improvement, but also about aspirations, attempts and direct confrontation with reality. A metaphor? Perhaps also a mention of being an immigrant, minority in an adverse context… or simply a man who, in his desire to move forward, only jumps.
2- Multiple Exposure | Exposición Múltiple | Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
Playful, abstract and allegorical video of many views and possibilities. “The eye that deceives”.
3- Third phonetic slide rule. | La Tercera regla de cálculo fonético | Running Time: 70 secs.
In times of gender claims & identity, the third phonetic slide rule is a playful visual word game about art and its possible conjugations.
4- Impatient | Impaciente | Running Time: 2:30 sec.
E-poem about medications, pills, prescribed drugs, and the reality of addictive societies.
5- Ode to Jack Kerouac | Oda a Jack Kerouac | Running Time: 1min. 30 sec.
Short Road movie poem in homage to Jack Kerouac and his legacy.
6- Induced | Inducido | Running Time: 4 min. 50 secs.
Induced is a very pop and personal love story, with the city of new york and its sounds in the background.
THE KISS (BOUSSA), Azedine Kasri, Comedy, 2023, Algeria, 19 min
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbsjHw6GiE
Meriem and Reda are two Algerian lovers, who have still not managed to exchange a kiss. This simple desire will turn into a real obstacle course. The remaining question is: are they going to make it ?
Roundtable with ALBERTO ROBLEST, MAGDALENA MIERI and SALYM FAYAD
Alberto Roblest, an award-winning digital artist, writer and educator, is the co-founder of the arts and humanities website, Hola Cultura, and serves as its artistic director and Spanish-language editor. Alberto is the author of Collar de orejas (CreateSpace, 2015); Against the Wall: Stories (Arte Público Press, 2021) and Contra la muralla: cuentos (Arte Público Press, 2022). He lives and works in Washington, DC.
MAGDALENA MIERI
Magdalena Mieri is currently the Director of the Program in Latino History and Culture at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
SALYM FAYAD
Salym Fayad is a Johannesburg-based documentary photographer, reporter and cultural facilitator. Co-director of MUICA African film festival in Colombia and co-founder of Fundación Otro Sur, an independent association focused on projects of cultural exchange between African and Latin American countries. www.salymfayad.com / www.muica.org
