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Counter Flows
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June–July

Present at the origin of all known life, water serves as a bridge between drifting continents, and is a central element in our planet’s equilibrium (or lack thereof). Water emerges as a lens or matter through which we can understand our place in the world — past, present and future.

Two guest curators were invited to interpret water as a material that explains our history, as well as our manifold ways of being and connecting. A programme that aim to reflect the thematic refraction of this living substanceis reflected in this programme.
From art films to archival works, Counter Flows sweeps us through ecology and economic fluxes, colonial movements and desperate flights of freedom — but also through resilience, restoration and abundance.


Curated by Almudena Escobar López and Margarida Mendes

Full programme announced in May

Almudena Escobar López

An independent curator, archivist, and researcher from Galicia, Spain, she is Assistant Professor on Film History, Film Preservation and Collection Management, at the School of Image Arts of the Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work focuses largely on coloniality and artistic practices that propose alternative ways of understanding territoriality. Almudena is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Visual and Cultural Studies program at the University of Rochester. As a guest curator, Almudena has curated and co-curated a number of film and video series which have been presented at Anthology Film Archives, Film Society of Lincoln Center, CineMigrante Argentina, Muestra Internacional Documental de Bogotá, UnionDocs, ICDOCS, Visual Studies Workshop, Cineteca Nacional de México, among others.

Margarida Mendes
Researcher, curator and educator, she explores the overlap between systems thinking, experimental film, sound practices and ecopedagogy. She creates transdisciplinary forums, exhibitions and experiential works where alternative modes of education and sensing practices may catalyse political imagination and restorative action. She has been long involved in anti-extraction activism and ecopedagogy, collaborating with marine NGOs, Universities and institutions of the art world. She directed several educational and research platforms and was the guest film curator at the 11th Liverpool Biennale.

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Agnieszka Holland

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1990
The Day the Earth Stood Still

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Jennifer Allora

,

1951
Simão

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David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2016
Wallace and Gromit — A Grand Day Out

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Nick Park

,

1989
High Life

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2018
Gloria

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Manuela Viegas

,

1999
Tall Stories

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Karel Zeman

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1987
Andre Valente

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Catarina Ruivo

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2004
How Do I Love Thee

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Jeanne Waltz

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1998
Barehanded

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Tomás Paula Marques

,

2016
In Case of Fire

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Tomás Paula Marques

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When We Dead Awaken

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My Little Planet

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2016
The Great Silence

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Georges Pratt

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Man No Run

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Arte

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1989
Trouble Every Day

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Arte

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2001
A Trip to the Moon

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Pedro Henrique

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1902
Nénette and Boni

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Arte

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1996
Friday Night

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Arte

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2002
The New Sun

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Agnieszka Polska

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2017
Flores

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Jorge Jácome

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2017
The War Game

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Peter Watkins

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1965
I Can't Sleep

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Arte

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1993
Beau Travail

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1998
The Intruder

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Agnieszka Polska

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2017
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where the Existence and Disappearance of People Fade into Each Other

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Basel Abbas

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Keisha Rae Witherspoon

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Sky Hopinka

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2021
Born in Flames

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Catarina Ruivo

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1983
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2013
Ste. Anne

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Rhayne Vermette

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2021
Daybreak

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Gabriel Abrantes

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1939
Maat Means Land

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Fox Maxy

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O Pesadelo do António Maria

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Joaquim Guerreiro

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1923
Maɬni — Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore

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2020
Party on the CAPS

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Meriem Bennani

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2018
Brazil

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Terry Gilliam

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1985
Air Conditioner

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Fradique

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2020
Nosferasta: First Bite

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Youssou N'Dour

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2021
Both Sides of the Blade

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Arte

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2022
Towards Mathilde

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Arte

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2005
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

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Walter Ruttmann

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1927
Silent Running

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Douglas Trumbull

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1972
Where the Summer Goes (Chapters on Youth)

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David Pinheiro Vicente

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2018
Kirikou and the Sorceress

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Michel Ocelot

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35 Shots of Rum

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2008
The Thousand-Year Plan

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Agnieszka Polska

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2021
White Material

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Arte

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2009
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1986
The Lamb of God

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David Pinheiro Vicente

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2020
Let the Sunshine In

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Arte

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2017
Xavier

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Manuel Mozos

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1992
The Jester

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José Álvaro Morais

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1987
John & Jane

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Bernard Herrmann

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2005
The Confederation — The People Make History

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Francis Boespflug

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1978
Fishing the Moon from the Pool

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Zhou Kequin

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1982
The Happiest Thought

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Agnieszka Polska

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2019
Supa Modo

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Sky Hopinka

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2018
No Fear, No Die

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Arte

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Blindman’s Buff

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2021
The Last Angel of History

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Tindersticks

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1995
Invention for Destruction

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Guy Lecorne

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1958
Chocolat

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Arte

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1988
Space is the Place

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John Coney

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1974

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A Sibila

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Elso Roque

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2023
Europa Europa

,

Agnieszka Holland

,

1990
The Day the Earth Stood Still

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Jennifer Allora

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1951
Simão

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2016
Wallace and Gromit — A Grand Day Out

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Nick Park

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1989
High Life

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Arte

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2018
Gloria

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Manuela Viegas

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1999
Tall Stories

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Karel Zeman

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1987
Andre Valente

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Catarina Ruivo

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2004
How Do I Love Thee

,

Jeanne Waltz

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1998
Barehanded

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2016
In Case of Fire

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2019
When We Dead Awaken

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2022
My Little Planet

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2016
The Great Silence

,

Georges Pratt

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Man No Run

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Arte

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1989
Trouble Every Day

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Arte

,

2001
A Trip to the Moon

,

Pedro Henrique

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1902
Nénette and Boni

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Arte

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1996
Friday Night

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Arte

,

2002
The New Sun

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Agnieszka Polska

,

2017
Flores

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Jorge Jácome

,

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The War Game

,

Peter Watkins

,

1965
I Can't Sleep

,

Arte

,

1993
Beau Travail

,

Arte

,

1998
The Intruder

,

Arte

,

2004
What the Sun Has Seen

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2017
At Those Terrifying Frontiers Where the Existence and Disappearance of People Fade into Each Other

,

Basel Abbas

,

2019
Stars at Noon

,

Arte

,

2022
1968 < 2018 > 2068

,

Keisha Rae Witherspoon

,

2018
Kicking the Clouds

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2021
Born in Flames

,

Catarina Ruivo

,

1983
Bastards

,

Arte

,

2013
Ste. Anne

,

Rhayne Vermette

,

2021
Daybreak

,

Gabriel Abrantes

,

1939
Maat Means Land

,

Fox Maxy

,

2020
O Pesadelo do António Maria

,

Joaquim Guerreiro

,

1923
Maɬni — Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2020
Party on the CAPS

,

Meriem Bennani

,

2018
Brazil

,

Terry Gilliam

,

1985
Air Conditioner

,

Fradique

,

2020
Nosferasta: First Bite

,

Youssou N'Dour

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2021
Both Sides of the Blade

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Arte

,

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Towards Mathilde

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Arte

,

2005
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City

,

Walter Ruttmann

,

1927
Silent Running

,

Douglas Trumbull

,

1972
Where the Summer Goes (Chapters on Youth)

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2018
Kirikou and the Sorceress

,

Michel Ocelot

,

1998
35 Shots of Rum

,

Arte

,

2008
The Thousand-Year Plan

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2021
White Material

,

Arte

,

2009
Letters from a Dead Man

,

Konstantin Lopushansky

,

1986
The Lamb of God

,

David Pinheiro Vicente

,

2020
Let the Sunshine In

,

Arte

,

2017
Xavier

,

Manuel Mozos

,

1992
The Jester

,

José Álvaro Morais

,

1987
John & Jane

,

Bernard Herrmann

,

2005
The Confederation — The People Make History

,

Francis Boespflug

,

1978
Fishing the Moon from the Pool

,

Zhou Kequin

,

1982
The Happiest Thought

,

Agnieszka Polska

,

2019
Supa Modo

,

Sky Hopinka

,

2018
No Fear, No Die

,

Arte

,

1990
Blindman’s Buff

,

Tomás Paula Marques

,

2021
The Last Angel of History

,

Tindersticks

,

1995
Invention for Destruction

,

Guy Lecorne

,

1958
Chocolat

,

Arte

,

1988
Space is the Place

,

John Coney

,

1974

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