Artist Talk | "Representation and Performativity in Hybrid Filmmaking" by Nicolás Pereda

Pereda's fiction/documentary hybrid films are deeply rooted in Mexican society. During the talk he will discuss mechanisms for representation of various social classes and the processes for shaping performances of professional and non-professional actors.

Nicolás Pereda is a filmmaker whose work explores the everyday through fractured and elliptical narratives using fiction and documentary tools. His films have been exhibited in festivals around the world like Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam, Toronto, San Sebastian and New York Film Festivals and have been awarded over twenty five international prizes. He has had more than twenty retrospectives in various festivals, cinematheques and archives around the world including Anthology Film Archives, Harvard Film Archive and the Jeonju International Film Festival. Currently he serves as Director of the Rutgers Filmmaking Center.

Monday, October 17, 2016 5-7 pm

Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics
20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003