The Video Essay is a joint project of MUBI and FILMADRID International Film Festival. Film analysis and criticism forged a new path with the arrival of the video essay. The limits of this discipline are constantly expanding; new essayists are finding innovative ways to study the history of cinema through moving images. This non-competitive section of the festival is designed to offer this format the platform and visibility it deserves.
This selection of seven video essays was programmed by the editors of Notebook and the programmers of FILMADRID. In the coming weeks, a video essay from the program will premiere each Friday on Notebook.
“Where the Sea Takes Us” by Danniella I. Posada Cazals
The currents of the contemporary coming-of-age film carry us into the waters of struggle as young adults navigate the search for their own identities, depicted through the evocative motif of the sea. Will this pursuit of the self ever end?