The Gjon Mili Video Art Festival has officially announced the works and artists selected to compete in this year’s edition.
After reviewing several hundred submissions from across the globe, the selection jury has chosen 40 works by different artists, forming a program that reflects contemporary trends in video art, short film, and documentary.
This year’s edition will take place in three international locations: Korçë and Dhërmi in Albania, and New York, offering a broad platform for artists from different continents. The program is organized into four main categories: Documentary, Mixed Media, Short Film, and Video Art.
The full list of selected works for competition is as follows:
DOCUMENTARY
- Anson Sham (Hong Kong) – In That Winter, We Read and Danced in Front of The Border Wall
- Fatjet Bajrami (Albania) – Kecka
- Jan Adriaans (Netherlands) – Z van zelfredzaamheid / S for self reliance
- John Ledingham (Canada) – Violence Solves Everything
- Laura Sivakova-Passova & Patrik Lancaric (Slovakia) – DEZO HOFFMANN – PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE BEATLES
- Matty Hannon (Australia) – Haus Tumbuna
- Rebeka Bratož Gornik (Slovenia) – State of Preparedness
- Sophie Sherman & Némo Camus (Belgium) – the water was here
MIXED MEDIA
- Anne Ciecko (United States) – Out of Hand
SHORT FILM
- Enxhi Rista (Albania, Romania) – The Couch
- Erwan Le Gal (France) – HYPATIA OF ALEXANDRIA – the solitary bee
- Hye Gun Lee (South Korea) – Three Makes Unicon
- Kate Ferguson (United States) – Dear Kevin
- Lucia Catalini (Italy) – Né una né due
- Margherita Bagnara (Italy) – Shards of absence
- Patrick Doyon (Canada) – Dizzy Cavalry
- Rodrigo Pires (Brazil) – Film Noir
- Thomas Lallier (France) – Atelier Garel
- Tyler QDurden (China) – ANIMA
VIDEO ART
- Agnès Roux (Monaco) – Money or your life
- Angeliki Avgitidou (Greece) – Recipe for Utopia
- Artur Silva (Brazil, United States) – Leisure/Labor
- Beate Gördes (Germany) – Fluxions
- Daniel Weismüller (Germany) – resin
- Eleonora Manca (Italy) – From the Womb
- Eyal Segal (Israel) – LIGHTHOUSE
- Janet Lees (United Kingdom) – Blood Hounds
- Karel van Laere (Taiwan) – Calling From Work
- Małgorzata Szyszka (Poland) – The Power of stream
- Marco Balbi Dipalma (Italy) – THE ARTIST DIES IN ART | SELF PORTRAIT
- Maria Grazia Carriero (Italy) – versus
- Mattia Biondi (Italy) – Inside Lumière
- Milena Jovićević (Montenegro) – Linija Među Nama / A Line Between Us
- Mona Kasra (United States) – MicroMacro (Motorized vs Handheld)
- Natasa Prosenc Stearns (Slovenia) – Misericorde
- Thadeusz Tischbein (Germany) – Kingdom of animals
- Tom Bessoir (United States) – EQUAL
- Veronica Maria Rossi (Argentina) – Unravelling Archive
- Victor Ausländer (Italy, Switzerland) – Reconnaissances
- Wheeler Winston Dixon (United States) – Phantom Dance
These 40 works will compete for the festival’s awards and will be presented to both the public and the international jury across the three host locations. The festival aims to foster artistic dialogue and cultural exchange while highlighting new voices and innovative approaches in contemporary video art.