The Video Essay is a joint project of MUBI and FILMADRID International Film Festival. Film analysis and criticism found a completely new and innovative path with the arrival of the video essay, a relatively recent form that has already its own masters and is becoming increasingly popular. The limits of this discipline are constantly expanding; new essayists are finding innovative ways to study the history of cinema working with images. With this non-competitive section of the festival both MUBI and FILMADRID will offer the platform and visibility the video essay deserves. The seven selected works will be premiering online from June 6 - 12, 2022 on MUBI's Notebook. The selection was made by the programmers of MUBI and FILMADRID.
Hands of the Future by Sabrina D. Marques, Mehdi Jahan, Dan Shoval / Narration by Adrian Martin
A video essay on "palm reading" in cinema. Fragments from various films interact with one another, constructing a narrative about the possible exchanges between the past and future as predicted through the present-day act of palm reading, hinting at narrative possibilities and associations across the history of cinema.
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Un vídeo ensayo sobre la “lectura de manos” en el cine. Fragmentos de varias películas interactúan entre sí, construyendo un relato sobre los posibles intercambios entre el pasado y el futuro previstos en el momento presente a través del acto de la lectura de la mano en el Cine, insinuando posibilidades narrativas y asociaciones a lo largo de la Historia del Cine.