IV INTERNATIONAL ECOPERFORMANCE FILM FESTIVAL
The International Ecoperformance Film Festival (IEFF) is an artistic response to the eco-political challenges of the 21st century.
At the intersection of cinema, performing arts, and ecology, the festival promotes films of established and emerging interdisciplinary artists investigating the tensions between environment, body, and ancestry in natural, urban, and virtual landscapes. The festival incentivizes films striving for less anthropocentric forms of dramaturgy and cinematography.
Conceived by the Brazilian choreographer Maura Baiocchi and inaugurated in 2021, the festival achieved global resonance adopting both an online and in-person format.
The upcoming festival edition received 770 submissions from 81 countries on 6 continents. Among this impressive array of proposals, the curator team selected 60 works from 34 countries [1]. Beyond the already existing genre of ecopoet[h]ics, the new festival edition will exhibit eco-documentaries and eco-animations.
In pursuit of a flourishing intercontinental presence, the 4th International Ecoperformance Film Festival will occur from May 30 to June 30, 2024, in cinemas, universities, theaters, and culture centers of Brazil, Australia, the US, Romania, Argentina, and Germany.
In addition to the 4th IEFF's film program, the Rhode Island Edition, a festival offshoot organized in cooperation with the Brown Arts Institute, will feature Rhode Island and Massachusetts films curated especially for the Brown Arts Ecoperformance - IGNITE Selection.
In 2024, the 4th International Ecoperformance Film Festival invites you again to an intercontinental diversity expedition of encounters with geographies, ethnicities, cultures, languages, bodies, genders and ages.
Enjoy the festival!
2024 Festival Venues
Cine Satyros Bijou – São Paulo, Brazil - May 30 to June 02
Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane, Australia - May 30 to 31
Brown Arts Institute - Granoff Center for the Creative Arts - Providence, USA - June 4 to 6
Montfleuri sur Mer - Pinamar, Argentina - June 7 to 9
Espacio Tole Tole Teatro - Buenos Aires - June 14 to 16
National Center for Dance Bucharest - Bucharest, Romania - June 11 to 14
Studio 7 - Schwerte, Germany - June 20 & 21
Teatro La Luna - Córdoba, Argentina - June 28 and 30
Online Broadcast (starting May 30): www.youtube.com/c/InternationalEcoperformanceFestival
AWARDS
In 2024, the festival concedes the following awards: Best Ecoperformance Award and Brown Arts Ecoperformance - IGNITE Selection Awards. As well as the Environmental Dance Prize, awarded by the Berlin-based Company Christoph Winkler and the Environmental Dance project.
THE ECOPERFORMANCE FESTIVAL TEAM
Artistic director: Maura Baiocchi
Production director: Wolfgang Pannek
Executive director: Mônica Bernardes
IEFF CURATORS
Maura Baiocchi and Mônica Bernardes
IGNITE SELECTION CURATOR
Maura Baiocchi
INTERNATIONAL CO-ORGANIZERS
Julie Dind, Rolf Gerstlauer, and Inga Chinilina (Providence), in collaboration with Brown Arts Institute as part of the inaugural Brown Arts IGNITE Series. Providence, US.
Shane Pike. Brisbane, Australia.
Alina Tofan. Bucharest, Romania.
Rodrigo Marco del Pont, Daniel Deybe. Pinamar, Argentina.
Martín Marcou, Gonzalo Pérez. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Victoria Fraticelli. Córdoba, Argentina.
Patricia Marioli, Schwerte, Germany
COOPERATING INSTITUTIONS & COMPANIES
Cine Satyros Bijou. São Paulo, Brazil.
Queensland University of Technology. Brisbane, Australia.
Brown Arts Institute,Providence, US.
National Center for Dance Bucharest. Bucharest, Argentina.
Montfleury sur Mer. Pinamar, Argentina.
Espacio Tole Tole Teatro. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Teatro La Luna. Córdoba, Argentina.
Studio 7, Schwerte, Germany.
AHO. The Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Oslo, Norway.
Plastic Arts Performance Collective. Bucharest, Romania.
Macaia Cultural Association. Bucharest, Romania.
Victoria Fraticelli Producciones, Córdoba, Argentina.
FESTIVAL JURY
Alina Tofan. Actress and performer, Romania.
Nabil Chahhed. Actor and director, Tunisia.
Candelaria Silvestro. Painter and performer, Argentina.
Jorge Ndlozy. Dancer, Mozambique.
Rolf Gerstlauer. Architect and film director, Switzerland.
IGNITE SELECTION JURY
Macarena Gómez-Barris. Professor of Modern Culture and Media.
Rolf Gerstlauer. Architect and film director, Switzerland.
Wolfgang Pannek, theater and film director, Germany
ENVIRONMENTAL DANCE PRIZE JURY
Christoph Winkler Company - Environmental Dance Project
INTERNATIONAL ECOPERFORMANCE FILM FESTIVAL
[1] Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Congo, Ecuador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Guiné-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgistan, Mongolia, Netherlands, Philipines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA.