will screen on June 23rd as part of the Sabbart Festival in Kairo. Thanks Austrian Cultural Forum for presenting the film!
The Great Thaw
has been invited to the Ecoframes Filmfestival in Greece: Utilizing the Solar Cinema Van , EcoFrames and Kalamata creative Documentary Center bring environmental films directly to communities, transforming public squares, natural landscapes, forests, and beaches into captivating, open-air cinematic venues during the summer. Sounds very intriguing and I love this approach!
When Fire Turns to Ash
will be in the competition of FICA 27th International Environmental Film Festival in Goiás, Brazil. I will be there for the Q&A and participate in all kinds of festival activities. I’m beyond exited!
When Fire Turns to Ash
is part of DocOnly in Copenhagen tomorrow. I’m very grateful that the film can shine a light on the genocide of the Yaghan and Selk’nam peoples in so many different places.
When Fire Turns to Ash
has been selected for the International Cultural Journal Award in Lviv, Ukraine. Thanks!
When Fire Turns to Ash
has received an Honorable Mention at Experimental Brasil! I couldn’t be more thrilled, thanks.
The Great Thaw Redux
Tomorrow a very interesting and fun collaboration with The Vienna Reed Quintet will have its premiere at Kaleidophon Ulrichsberg. The Quintet has created a new soundtrack with the composition of Klaus Lang for The Great Thaw Redux.
More info:
What’s Up Vienna! What’s Up Montréal!
Come join us for the first day of What’s Up Vienna! What’s Up Montréal! Part 1 at echoraum Wien tomorrow April 23 at 8pm at Echoraum with
Sophie Trudeau / Michaela Grill
Stephanie Castonguay / Gabriela Golder
Mark Molnar / noid / Martin Brandlmayr
The Great Thaw
Exiting news: The Great Thaw is part of Unstable Grounds: Artistic Research Lines of Flight exhibition in Lisbon. If you are in the neighbourhood, check it out. Lots of interesting artists and activities surrounding the event. Thanks so much for including our work!
ARE 2026 Unstable Grounds: Artistic Research Lines of Flight
15 April 2026 to 25 April | Online until April 2027 | https://are.filmeu.eu/
Location BEATO INNOVATION DISTRICT – Fábrica de Moagem, Confeitaria Avenida Infante Dom Henrique, 141. 1960 – 406 Lisboa
Tuesday to Saturday: 14h30 to 18h30 FREE ENTRY
In a world rattled by ecological breakdown, algorithmic control, political extremism and deepening instability, ARE 2026 arrives with urgency. Titled Unstable Grounds: Artistic Research Lines of Flight, this year’s Artistic Research Exhibition brings together international artists and researchers whose work confronts the fractures of the present and, in doing so, refuses paralysis or retreat. Developed within the European WIRE project of FilmEU, ARE has become a major platform for transdisciplinary artistic research, presenting works that move beyond the academy to engage directly with the cultural, political and social pressures reshaping contemporary life.
Rather than treating instability solely as a crisis, ARE 2026 frames it as a volatile space of possibility: a site where dominant structures begin to crack and new forms of relation, expression and knowledge can take shape. Drawing on Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of line of flight, the exhibition brings together audiovisual and media-based works that challenge fixed narratives, expose systems of control, and imagine alternative futures in motion. The result is a bold and timely exhibition that positions artistic research not as commentary emitted from the margins, but as a vital force for navigating, resisting and rethinking an unstable world.