Barbara Zecchi (University of Massachusetts Amherst) –  04:35

This video essay explores two adaptations of Elena Ferrante, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter, and the TV series My Brilliant Friend, that delve into the intricate and often conflicting mother-daughter relationship. The spiral motion in the multiscreen, coupled with the lyrics of the song ‘La bambola,’ and my mother’s voice, conveys the cyclical nature of the emotional struggles. The constant spinning and turning of the images underscore the fluctuating and intricate nature of this complex bond.

Keywords: Adaptations, deformative criticism, Ferrante, spiral, motherhood

Kathleen Loock (Universidad Leibniz de Hannover) – 07:30

This video essay creatively explores the interplay between individual and collective memory, combining the maker’s personal recollections with social and historical analysis. It reflects on the haunting power of the 1990 film adaptation of Stephen King’s horror novel It and how it resonates with the maker’s memories of the German Reunification, which she comes to recognize as a shared historical experience of her generation.

Palabras clave: cultural memory, videographic memory work, film remake, generation, German reunification

Luis Cemillán (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) – 14:23

Through various studies on family memory, this video essay analyzes the work that professionals such as Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Pilar, Mónica, and María Bardem carry out in the preservation and legitimization of their family saga, conceptualizing it as film legacy. 

Palabras clave: Family memory, collective memory, heritage, Spanish cinema. 

Javier Acevedo Nieto (Universidad de Salamanca) – 17:04

The performances of Pedro Lemebel and the cinema of João Pedro Rodrigues offer identity-based looks at the queer body and the idea of illness. This video essay seeks to establish a genealogy between both works based on concepts such as glitch identity, crippled theory and the work of Montserrat Roig.

Palabras clave: film analysis, crip theory, illness, glitch identity, queer identity

Kevin L. Ferguson (College, City University of New York) – Duración: 09:41

This video essay explores the affective aesthetics of the contemporary cyclorama: a curved, cornerless background used in advertising, music videos, and cinema. While 19th-century cycloramas featured realistically painted, historical panoramic scenes, their use in 20th-century moving images often has the opposite effect, isolating characters in void-like white backgrounds not unlike the blankness of an unprojected cinema screen.

Palabras clave: cyclorama, music video, science fiction, void, whiteness

Violeta Alarcón Zayas (UDIMA) – 14:19

This video essay analyzes the discursive elements in three contemporary Mexican films. The protagonists of these films are women who play rebellious and empowered roles against “gore capitalism” (Valencia, 2010) and “femi-genocides” (Segato, 2016).

Palabras clave: Self-defense, Mexican cinema, feminicides, underage, feminism.