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SCREENINGS, EXHIBITIONS & ONLINE PUBLICATION
• November 2024. FilmHaus Festival, Berlin. Songs of the Chambermaids (Semi-Finalist).
• October 2024.
Cinescape Lisbon Online FilmFest. Songs of the Chambermaids (Nominee).
• September 2024.
Beyond the Screen Festival, Antwerp. Les Coffrets / Excuses (Honorable Mention) and Premium (Official Selection).
• August 2024.
Golden Swan Zurich Film Festival. Songs of the Chambermaids (Official Selection).
• August 2024.
Lonely Wolf International Film Festival. Songs of the Chambermaids (Finalist).
• July 2024.
Planet Cinema. Songs of the Chambermaids (Nominee).
• June 2024.
Palma Film Festival (Palma de Mallorca). Les Coffrets / Excuses (Official Sélection).
• June 2024.
Dialog Film Festival (Köln). Les Coffrets / Excuses (Official Selection).
• March 2024.
Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria). Les Coffrets / Excuses (Honorable Mention).
• April 2024.
CLIMAX Festival Internacional de Cinema Independiente (Madrid). Songs of the Chambermaids (Semi-Finalist).
• March 2024.
YETI FilmFest (Reykjavik, Iceland). Songs of the Chambermaids (Nominee, Best Experimental Film).
• March 2024.
Nocturna Online Brooklyn Film Festival. Songs of the Chambermaids (Nominee, Best Original Concept).
• March 2024.
Swiss Screenwriting & Cinematic Summit. Songs of the Chambermaids (Official Selection).
• March 2024.
Sofia International Film Festival (Bulgaria). Les Coffrets / Excuses (Honorable Mention).
• February 2024.
Snow Leopard International Film Festival (Stockholm). Songs of the Chambermaids (Quarter Finalist).
• February 2024.
We Art Open 2024 finalists exhibition, Venice. Les Coffrets / Bamboo.
• January 2024.
Black Owl Film Festival (Bodrum, Turkey). Les Coffrets / Excuses (Official Selection).
• December 2023.
Your Way International Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Excuses (WINNER, Best Micro Short Film) / Songs of the Chambermaids (Honorable Mention).
• December 2023.
Belgrade International Film Festival. Songs of the Chambermaids (Quarter Finalist).
• November 2023.
Odyssey Script & Film Festival (Lisbon). Songs of the Chambermaids (Official Selection).
• November 2023.
Bestlov Film Festival. Songs of the Chambermaids (WINNER, Best Experimental Film).
• October 2023.
ARFF Amsterdam. Songs of the Chambermaids (Finalist).
• September 2023.
Edinburgh Film Awards. Les Coffrets / Premium (Quarter Finalist).
• September 2023.
Edinburgh Film Awards. Songs of the Chambermaids (Quarter Finalist).
• August 2023.
Star International Film Festival, Firenze. Songs of the Chambermaids (Honorable Mention).
• June 2023.
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival. Songs of the Chambermaids (WINNER, Best Experimental Film).
• May 2023.
Star International Film Festival, Firenze. Les Coffrets / Premium (Official Selection).
• April-May 2023.
Art Nova 100 Annual Exhibition Les Coffrets / Premium (as Arte Laguna Prize Finalist).
• March 2023.
BBA Gallery Artist Prize, Berlin. Les Coffrets / Premium (Longlisted).
• March-April 2023.
Arte Laguna Prize finalists exhibition, Venice. Les Coffrets / Premium.
• January 2023.
Venice Indie Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• November 2022.
Prague Underground Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• October 2022.
Cult Critic Movie Awards (Calcutta). Les Coffrets / Premium nominated for a Jean Luc Godard Award.
• October 2022.
Japan International Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Apprenticeship (Honorable Mention).
• September 2022.
Montreal Arthouse Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• July 2022.
Dublin World Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• July 2022.
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Excuses & Apprenticeship (Finalists).
• June 2022.
Haus-a-Rest (online magazine / Issue 26 - Dada to Surrealism). Les Coffrets / Boobs.
• April 2022.
Hastings Rocks International Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Boobs (WINNER, Best Micro Movie) and Camp (Official Selection).
• Winter 2022.
Rio de Janeiro World Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Quarter-Finalist).
• February 2022.
Palm Springs Movie Awards. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• February 2022.
Dublin World Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Excuses (Semi-Finalist).
• January - April 2022.
The Living Record Festival 2022. Songs of the Chambermaids (first edit).
• December 2021.
London Super Shorts Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Official Selection).
• November 2021.
Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition. Les Coffrets / Excuses (Shortlisted).
• October 2021.
Madrid International Short Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Nominee).
• July 2021.
Stockholm Short Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• July 2021.
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Finalist).
• July 2021.
Short Shot Fest, Moscow. Les Coffrets / Premium (Finalist).
• June 2021.
Paris International Short Festival. Les Coffrets / Limelight (Finalist).
• June 2021.
Florida Shorts. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• June 2021.
Madrid Arthouse Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• May 2021.
Phoenix Shorts (Canada). Les Coffrets / Premium (Semi-Finalist).
• April 2021.
Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift. Les Coffrets / Bamboo (Finalist).
• April 2021.
Rotterdam Independent Film Festival. Premium & Premium sans musique accessoire (Finalists).
• April 2021.
Berlin Shorts Award. Les Coffrets / Premium (Finalist).
• April 2021.
Paris International Short Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (sans musique accessoire) & Camp (Finalists).
• April 2021.
Berlin Flash Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Apprenticeship (Honorable Mention).
• April 2021.
Hong Kong Indie Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Bamboo & Premium (Official Selections).
• April 2021.
Sydney Indie Short Festival. Les Coffrets / Excuses (alternative version) & Boobs (Official Selections).
• April 2021.
Tokyo International Short Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Finalist).
• April 2021.
Roma Short Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Apprenticeship (Finalist).
• April 2021.
Vancouver Independent Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Excuses (Finalist).
• March 2021.
New Wave Short Film Festival, Munich. Les Coffrets / Premium (WINNER, Best Microfilm) & Excuses (Official Selection).
• March 2021.
New York City Independent Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Official Selection).
• March 2021.
London Indie Film Festival of 24 Frames. Les Coffrets / Premium (Official Selection).
• March 2021.
Vienna Indie Short Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Official Selection).
• March 2021.
New York Tri-State Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (WINNER, Micro Film category).
• March 2021.
Seoul International Short Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Excuses (Finalist).
• March 2021.
San Francisco Indie Short Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Official Selection).
• March 2021.
Toronto Independent Film Festival of CIft. Les Coffrets / Premium (Finalist).
• February 2021.
Sweden Film Awards. Les Coffrets: Premium / Bamboo (Finalists) / White / Limelight / Camp / Boobs / Excuses / Apprenticeship (Semi-Finalists).
• February 2021.
New York Flash Film Festival. From Les Coffrets: Boobs (Finalist) / Premium / Excuses / Camp (Official Selections).
• February 2021.
Paris International Short Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Official Selection).
• February 2021.
Roma Short Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Finalist) & Excuses (Official Selection).
• February 2021.
Screener Short Films, London. Les Coffrets / Boobs (Official Selection).
• January 2021.
Berlin Flash Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Excuses (Outstanding Achievement award) / Boobs / Bamboo / Limelight (Honorable Mentions).
• December 2020.
Berlin Flash Film Festival. Les Coffrets / Premium (Outstanding Achievement award) / Camp (Honorable Mention).
• December 2020.
Night of Comedy Shorts, Milan. Les Coffrets / Boobs (Semi-Finalist).
• December 2020.
Cult Critic Movie Awards, Calcutta. Les Coffrets / Premium (WINNER, One Minute Film category, October 2020).
• November 2020.
Under the Floorboards (London). Les Coffrets / Apprenticeship (Official Selection).
• October 2020.
Personal Space. Online group exhibition of international performance art, curated by Surface Gallery, Nottingham. 9 impromptu videos from the poem sequence, Scrublands, filmed on a mobile during early days of first Covid lockdown.

ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS
2023. Interview about 'Songs of the Chambermaids' on Rocks Blog
2022. Interview about 'Les Coffrets' on Rocks Blog
2017. "Should I stay or should I go?" - Arts Professional (online)
2014. “A Dream Fund” - Arts Professional (online)
2013. "Pointing the Right Way" - Arts Professional (online)
2008. ”Artists Don’t Bite” - A-N (Artists’ Newsletter) (2008)
2007. “Directing Live Literature” - National Association of Literature Development (website article)
2005. “Taking up Residence” - Arts Professional, issue 104 (2005)
2003. “Architexts” - Art & Architecture No.58 (2003)