Alice Neutel was born in Setúbal. She is 24 years old and is a photographer, working both with analog and digital formats. She is frequenting the 2nd year of the Full Programme on Cinema / Moving Image at Ar.Co.

AnaMary Bilbao (PT/ES) born in Lisbon.

Her work has been recently exhibited at Photo Basel, International Studio & Curatorial Program, Field Projects, Curiosa-Paris Photo, Galeria Avenida da Índia, MAAT, Opening-Arco Madrid, Leal Rios Foundation, MACE, PLMJ Foundation, among others. Bilbao’s films and videos have been screened in venues such as Anthology Film Archives, MoMA, Hangar, Batalha Centro de Cinema, Novo Negócio - ZDB.

Currently lives between Lisbon and New York City.

Anita Nemet is a Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist and curator who engages in photography, graphics, installation, and performance. She frequently collaborates with musicians and theater artists in interdisciplinary projects. She was a founding member of the artistic group UPALA (2015-2018). Her work delves into various themes, including local urban contexts and communities, POP culture, radical feminism, queer culture, Ukrainian art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, fashion, beauty practices, language, and the intersection of artistic practice with motherhood. Anita Nemet has a diverse background, which includes previous roles as a TV presenter, university teacher, kindergarten educator, and director of a museum of modern sculpture. In 2022, Anita Nemet was forced to flee the motherland due to the full-scale invasion by Russia. Since July 2022, she has been residing and working in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel.

Basma al-Sharif (born in 1983) is a Palestinian artist working in cinema and installation. She developed her practice nomadically between the Middle East, Europe, and North America and is currently based in Berlin. Her practice looks at cyclical political conflicts and confronts the legacy of colonialism through satirical, immersive, and lyrical works.

Carolina Rocha was born in 1987 in the Azores. She is currently an artist in residence at the Art School A Base. She holds a BA and an MA in Visual Arts from the School of Arts and Design (ESAD), Caldas da Rainha. In 2017 she was selected to integrate the catalog “PEAC 2017 - Portuguese Emerging Art Catalogue”, published in Lisbon. In 2013 she received the Artistic Creation Grant from the Regional Direction of Culture of the Azores, which resulted in an individual exhibition entitled “Mistérios da Tinta” (Mysteries of Ink). In 2012 she finished in the first place in the Labjovem competition. She currently lives and works in Angra do Heroísmo, on Terceira Island. Her work is represented in several private and public collections, namely: Soroptimist International Club Portugal; the António Duarte Museum, in Caldas da Rainha, the Angra do Heroísmo Museum, and Arquipélago - Contemporary Arts Center.

Mauricio Dias (1964, Rio de Janeiro) and Walter Riedweg (1955, Lucerne) have been collaborating as an artists’ duo since 1993 and live in Rio de Janeiro. Dias studied in printmaking in Rio de Janeiro, Basel and New York, while Riedweg trained as a teacher and music educator in Lucerne, and in theater improvisation and performance in Verscio (Switzerland) and New York. The artists are working with video, installation, photography, drawing, objects, text and performance. Their work has been shown in Brazil and abroad in exhibitions and in international Art Biennials, such as: São Paulo (1998), Venice (1999,) documenta12 (2007), Buenos Aires (2017), Busan (2018). They are represented by Galeria Vermelho in São Paulo, and Bendana-Pinel Art Contemporain in Paris.

Further information:
https://www.dias-riedweg.com 
https://galeriavermelho.com.br 
http://www.bendana-pinel.com

Born in 1979 in Morocco, he lives and works in Marseille, France. The artistic work of Driss Aroussi is polysemic, borrowing several lines of research, navigating between experimentation and documentary form. Driss Aroussi in his practice uses what allows to reproduce reality as photography, to grasp it as video. In recent years he has photographed construction sites, spending time with workers, sharing their daily lives, considering men, tools, objects and places. The real for him also bears the mark of work, the stigmata of its contradictions, the signs of the transformation that it operates on our reality.

Elliot Sheedy is a musician, music producer, film-maker and actor. He was born in Pennsylvania, USA, but currently resides on the island of São Miguel, in the Azores. He holds a degree in Visual and Performing Arts from the University of Pittsburgh and completed his Master of Fine Arts in Media Art and Cinema at Emerson College in Boston. As a multidisciplinary artist, Elliot Sheedy creates both the visual and musical elements for his plays and other artistic projects, which blend cinema, creative narrative, and musical composition. His works transport audiences to unusual worlds, immersing them in another dimension. In 2015, Sheedy produced his debut feature film, “Crown of Gamma,” which was filmed in Boston and Pittsburgh. In 2016, he co-founded with the Azorean artist Sofia Caetano Spectacular House, an audiovisual production company. In 2019, he embarked on a United States tour with the album “Cowboy Microwave Music” as part of the Microwave Queen Tour. Currently, he is in the post-production phase of his upcoming feature film, “Miguel the Mystic,” a psychedelic western.

Fernando Nunes was born in the early 1970s in a city on the Portuguese coast: Póvoa de Varzim. He studied philosophy at the University of Coimbra and is currently a secondary school teacher in São Miguel, Azores. Between 2010 and 2016, he collaborated regularly with the Fazendo Cultural Bulletin, based on Faial Island, which is now in its 108th edition. He is the author of four dramaturgies: “O Olhar de uma Inatingível Ternura” (The Gaze of an Unattainable Tenderness); “As Charlas Quotidianas do Doutor Mara” (The Everyday Chats of Doctor Mara); “Podemos Controlar o que os Outros Pensam de Nós?” (Can We Control What Others Think of Us?); and “Sala de Embarque (Departure Lounge)”. Since 2012, Nunes has been a contributor to the blog “Douta Melancolia” (Versed Melancholy), where he shares his poetry and writes about cinema. He also maintains an epistolary correspondence with the character Janeiro Alves, who serves as the alter ego of the artist Pedro Gaspar. Additionally, he has acted in the series “Escrito no Basalto” (Written on Basalt), directed by Zeca Medeiros (2018), and in the documentary “Hálito Azul” (Blue Breath), directed by Rodrigo Areias (2017). He is one of the editors of the fanzine FALTA, which is currently in its 6th edition, and his goal is to promote and disseminate graphic arts, poetry, and visual arts.

Filipa Nobre and Maria Trindade are 20-year-old Portuguese audiovisual artists who are currently attending the Multimedia Art course at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon. Being the artists focus of the first one the personal, and the second one the technical process, the two of them quickly realized the potential they presented when working together. Thus, complementing the intimate with the detail, this duo has been producing unique pieces in the audiovisual world.

Francisco Lourenço is an artist and lives in Lisbon. Studied painting in the University of Lisbon. 
In addition to his artistic work, also works in cinema and animation. Participated in multiple exhibitions and video screenings, most recently in the experimental video screening “Video Club” at Silent Green Kulturquartier in Berlin (2023) and in the solo exhibition “Oito Colheres de Sono” at Teatro Luís de Camões in Lisbon (2023).

Gabriel Cardoso Andrade, born December 5, 2002, Porto. Showed interest for visual arts since a very young age. Finished a multimedia technician course at Escola Artística e Profissional Árvore, where he developed the passion for image in movement. Now, Gabriel is a student at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where he is studying for a degree in Cinema. He’s passionate about photography and always brings a camera everywhere to record moments.

Gustavo Fernandes was born in the cradle of basalt on the Madeira Islands. The winds, Atlantic currents, and the embrace of the island of Pico all contributed to infuse life into him. Molded by the demands of computer engineering, he became a defector from formalism due to an innate hyperesthesia that led him to embrace less formal modes of expression, whether through writing, sound, or audiovisuals. As a promoter of the project ‘Ilhas à Escuta - Paisagens Sonoras dos Açores’ (Islands Listening – Soundscapes of the Azores), Fernandes writes for the magazine 9 Bairros (Azores 2027) and collaborates on the project ‘Rede de Memórias - As Mãos das Mulheres nesta Vivência de Ilhéu’ (Network of Memories - Women’s Hands in this Islander’s Experience). He is also a member of the team behind the publication Tramela Aberta, an initiative of the Corvo Vivo Association. However, despite it all, he remains simply an islander.

Islam Shabana is an interdisciplinary artist and a digital media designer. Shabana’s work is situated in the intersection of technology with Islamic philosophy, mythology and studies of human cognition. In his works, he explores concepts such as system-social dynamics, religious performative rituals and occult practices, by means of poetry, simulation, science fiction and speculative scenarios. Examining how different technologies are interweaving these concepts producing/reproducing entangling structures between myth, fiction, and physical realities. Within such complex intersectional realms, the digital medium is emphasizing the shift in cognitive processes, oscillating the human experience and imagination between reality and hyperreality, human and non-human, physical and mental spaces.

Joana Lourenço is a visual artist and filmmaker from Lisbon. In 2024, she was granted a FLAD scholarship to do an artistic residency at Mono No Aware, in New York. One of her films was screened at the Anthology Film Archive in New York. Joana studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon. She co-directed “Caravagyo” (2020), shown in Portugal, Switzerland, etc. In 2023 she co-directed “O Pomar”, a short fiction film, which premiered at IndieLisboa.

João Francisco Correia’s work focuses particularly on issues of temporality and notions of perception from memory. Its nature arises fundamentally through the reciprocal relationship between the act of remembering and forgetting. It is from this relationship that his artistic practice, strongly informed by Archaeology, History and Poetry, finds a starting point.

Born in East Jerusalem, Sansour (PS/DK) studied Fine Art in Copenhagen, London and New York. She represented Denmark at the 58th Venice Biennale. Recent solo exhibitions include Whitworth Gallery in Manchester, KINDL in Berlin, Copenhagen Contemporary in Denmark and Dar El-Nimer in Beirut. She lives and works in London.

Leonor Vasques Alves was born in Lisbon in 2002. She has a BA in Art Studies from the Faculty of Letters and Humanities (FLUL), University of Lisbon. Presently she is frequenting the Full Programme on Cinema / Moving Image at Ar.Co.

Born in Casablanca, Morocco (1991), lives and works in France.
Lina Laraki is a graduate from Central Saint Martins (2014) and Le Fresnoy (2022). Her practice sits between visual arts and cinema. In her films, Lina stages characters constantly existing on the edge and navigating different borders, wether existential or cultural, in fantasized and surreal worlds.
Her films have been shown internationally: The Last Observer was screened at Sheffield DocFest 2021, Halves Through Night at Fantasia IFF 2022, and Shinigami at Imagine Fantastic Film Festival 2023, among others. She was the recipient of the Casciani prize and was awarded the Best Director prize and Best VFX at the South African Horror Film Festival in 2023.

Lourenço Ventura Trindade is an audio-visual artist, photographer and multimedia designer.
Born in Lisbon, with firm roots in Alto Alentejo, he now dedicates to exploring topics such as the decadence of spaces and objects, and he is a gleaner of shards and bits in the digital realm (Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse, Agnés Varda, 2000) that he incorporates in his work in performance, video, sound and installations. Presently she is frequenting the Full Programme on Cinema / Moving Image at Ar.Co.

Luís Miranda is a film and video director/producer, screenwriter and instructor. Director of 135 films and videos (short and long form). Holds more than 800 credits in film and video production. Founder of the film production companies Miranda Filmes and Hiperfocal Filmes.

Luís Palma examines social and political issues, such as tensions occurring in the urban environments, industrial archeology or the occupation of territory, as well as portrait and landscape. Being one of the Portuguese photographers who have worked most intensely on these themes relating to territory, inequalities and the paradoxes associated with it. His work has been featured in several monographs and exhibitions, including Peripheral Landscapes, at Serralves Chapel, in 1998.

Luís P Brum is a landscape architect, artist, and cultural producer based on São Miguel Island. He was born in Biscoitos, on the island of Terceira in the Azores, in 1985. He holds a degree in Architecture from the Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon, and he studied and worked in Barcelona in 2009 and 2010. Upon his return to Portugal, he continued his research in urban intervention, which led him to engage with eco-sociological themes. In 2011, he presented his first solo exhibition at CCC in Angra do Heroísmo and was selected to exhibit at the Interpolos project in Lisbon. In 2014, he participated in the Walk&Talk - Arts Festival, creating a series of murals and holding an exhibition at ARCO 8. In 2016, he became a part of the Anda&Fala team, taking on roles as a producer and artistic director. His short film ‘O Despertar do Melro Preto’ (The Awakening of the Blackbird) was screened at the 5th Mostra LabJovem in 2016. In 2020, he directed a collection of video-essays titled “Um Balanço Sobre Pedro” (A Balance About Peter), which explored different aspects of the exhibition “We Never Say Never na vaga” (We Never Say Never in the wave) (2020) and Fendaatelier (2023). Currently, he is involved in the development of various artistic and architectural projects related to the secondary and tertiary interactions of military personnel at the Lajes Air Base.

Marianne Fahmy is a visual artist based in Egypt. She has a bachelor’s degree in Painting from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Alexandria University, before joining the MASS Alexandria Independent Art Program in 2016. She currently works with film and installations, focusing on the history of people, architecture, and language. Her projects address the dream of new land and alternative spaces, tackling notions of nationalism and identity while also questioning the functionality of existing cities. Through her practice, she reexamines history and proposes possibilities for new beginnings.
Marianne’s work has been extensively featured both locally and internationally, at places such as the 7th Yokohama Triennale (2020), Manifesta 13 (2020), Sharjah Biennale (2023), MUCEM, Marseille, Bozar, Brussles (2023), and Dakar Biennale (2018), among others.

Marin is an art director, designer and writer. He is the author of the books Reinventando Marias (Reinventing Marias) and Antes do Sol Nascer (Before the Sunrise), both published on a digital platform. A trans non-binary person, he was ‘born and raised’ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and presently lives in Lisbon. He is frequenting the Full Programme on Cinema / Moving Image at Ar.Co.

Born in Lisbon in 1995, studied piano at the Gregorian Institute of Lisbon. In 2010 Espada joined the António Arroio Artistic School and continued his film studies at E.S.T.C., where he specialized in editing. Since 2018 he works at Kintop as an editor [Rising Sun Blues (2022) by Renata Ferraz; Journey to the Sun (2021) by Ansgar Schaefer and Susana de Sousa Dias (IDFA)]. Other editing works include Paradise (2021) by Sérgio Tréfaut and Ciguatera (20229 by Diana Policarpo (Venice Biennale).

Marwa Arsanios is an artist, filmmaker and researcher whose work can take the form of installation, performance and moving image. She reconsiders the political development of the second half of the twentieth century from a contemporary perspective, focusing on gender relations, collectivism, urbanism and industrialization. Her research work includes many disciplines and is deployed in numerous collaborative projects.

1. Did the Photography course from the Gulbenkian Programme for Creativity and Artistic Creation. Was a member of the [Kameraphoto] collective. Has published several books and films. In 2015, received the Visual Arts Award from SPA. In 2016, was nominated for the NOVO BANCO Prize. Collaborates with international galleries. Her work is held in private and institutional collections, notably the Calouste Gulbenkian and EDP Foundation, MAAT, Novo Banco, and the Portuguese State Collection.

Born in 1983, Majdal Shams, occupied Syrian Golan. After finishing courses in painting and sculpture at Adham Ismail Center, Damascus in 2003, she graduated from Damascus University, the faculty of fine arts, department of sculpture, 2005. In 2007, Randa also took etching courses at the Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. In 2020, she obtained her masters’ degree in arts at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Randa Maddah among fellow young artists, is a founding member of Fateh Al Mudarris Center for Arts and Culture, occupied Golan Heights.

Renata Bueno has lived in São Paulo - Brazil, Weesp - Holland and currently resides in Montemor-o-Novo - Portugal. She regularly participates in solo and group exhibitions and has published more than 50 books. The artist makes videos, drawings, performances and stone sculptures. Coexistence with others is a characteristic of her work, which seeks to relate in a poetic way. In Brazil, Holland and Portugal, she has created projects featuring portraits and life stories of older people.

Ricardo Grelha was born in 1995 in Faro, the capital of southern Portugal Algarve Region. He graduated in History from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Lisbon (NOVA FCSH). However, he decided to change course to pursue his passion for Cinema. He is frequenting the 2nd year of the Full Programme on Cinema / Moving Image at Ar.Co.

Rita Ruivo was born in Faro in 2002, Portugal, currently based in Lisbon. Ruivo hold a HND (Higher National Diploma) in Photography from Escola de Tecnologias Inovação e Criação (ETIC). Her practice in image making embodies the use of photography darkroom procedures to approach fashion in loud colorful manners.

Sarah Mounia Kachiri is a filmmaker and cultural worker whose work mainly takes the form of documentaries that explore notions of identity-building and the boundaries of transmission. She co-founded the ESAV Doc Lab during her studies at ESAV Marrakech, a laboratory for reflection on the documentary form. Since 2022 Sarah Mounia has been coordinating the programme at the Dar Bellarj Foundation and curating the Sulima Fel Medina film club.

Tiago Correia was born in Ponta Delgada, on the Island of São Miguel. His love for dance began at an early age, prompting him to commence studies at the Escola de Dança Paz in 2008. Over the years, Tiago Correia has solidified his trajectory as a dancer, collaborating with the Ballet Teatro Paz company and other dance groups. In 2011, he enrolled in the Higher School of Dance (ESD), in Lisbon. He co-founded, along with eight dancers from the Azores, the 37.25 - Núcleo de Artes Performativas, resulting in the creation of numerous shows, performances, videos, and festivals. Tiago Correia is also an actor and has appeared in films such as “Azores: A Dream Journey.” Currently, he is actively involved in several dance projects, including the choreographic project “Açorada,” inspired by the book “A Escrava Açoriana” (The Azorean Slave) by Pedro Almeida Maia. His dedication and passion for dance continue to shape his career in the worlds of film and the performing arts.

Tatiana Costa Nunes, born in 2000 at São Miguel island, Azores.

Adopting the tongue-in-cheek appellation Top Value Television, the influential video collective TVTV defined the radical video documentary movement of the 1970s that was known as “guerrilla television.” TVTV subverted conventions of television news and documentary reportage with its alternative journalistic techniques, countercultural principles and pioneering use of portable, low-tech video equipment.

With its roots in the Vietnam-era climate of political revolt, TVTV’s philosophy was articulated in founding member Michael Shamberg’s 1971 manifesto Guerrilla Television, a treatise that advocated video and public-access cable systems as tools of opposition and activism.

Guerrilla television was envisioned as a radical break from the ideology and technocratic control of broadcast television, a means to “demonstrate the potential of decentralized video technology.”