Five 30-min. one-on-one appointments / studio visit slots are available with Brooklyn-based Latinx/Trans curator and artist Anto(n) Astudillo.
Astudillo is currently Festival Director of TRANS|Lations, Seattle Trans Film Festival and Programmer at NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival.
As an independent curator, Astudillo has programmed in collaboration with Balagan Films, MoMA Fortnight, Anthology Film Archives, Colectivo Ceis8, The Root Cellar Gallery, Laboratorio Experimental de Cine en Mexico, Pix Film Gallery in Toronto, AgX Film Collective, Maysles Documentary Center, Millennium Film Workshop and others. Astudillo has additionally served as guest curator for film festivals such as Go Shorts FIlm Festival in Netherlands and Uppsala Kort Film Festival in Sweden.
These appointments are ideal for emerging and mid-career filmmakers seeking to understand how to better position their works within an international distribution landscape.
TO APPLY FOR AN APPOINTMENT:
- Submit a one-page letter of intent, including links to prior works (up to 10 images / 10 minutes max.), describing what you hope to gain from this one-on-one appointment
- Appointment slots are available Thur Oct 3, from 2 pm to 5:30 pm, however there is a degree of flexibility if needed; please indicate a your preferred appointment time or range in your letter of intent
- In a separate document, include a 1-2 paragraph summary of your background and of your trajectory in film and/or art
Submissions should be sent to info@wndx.org by Sept 20, 2024
ABOUT ANTO(N) ASTUDILLO
Anto(n) Astudillo (they/he) is a filmmaker, performance artist and curator of trans experience from Wallmapu (Santiago, Chile), currently living in Brooklyn. They work with 16mm film, video and performance to create moving portraits of personal and political themes, navigating interconnections between embodied practices and experimental cinema.
Astudillo’s work has screened at festivals such as Film Diary NYC, Ann Arbor Film Festival, IX Festival Dobra, Frontera Sur, Ouray Film Festival, DocMontevideo, Montreal Underground and spaces such as Mills Gallery BCA, NADA, WhiteBox, Bullet Space, ATA Gallery, MoMA PS1, Anthology Film Archives among other venues.
Astudillo is currently Festival Director of TRANS|Lations, Seattle Trans Film Festival and Programmer at NewWest, New York’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival. As an independent curator, Astudillo has programmed in collaboration with Balagan Films, MoMA Fortnight, Anthology Film Archives, Colectivo Ceis8, The Root Cellar Gallery, Laboratorio Experimental de Cine en Mexico, Pix Film Gallery in Toronto, AgX Film Collective, Maysles Documentary Center, Millennium Film Workshop and others. Astudillo has additionally served as guest curator for film festivals such as Go Shorts FIlm Festival in Netherlands and Uppsala Kort Film Festival in Sweden.
Photo Credit: Fernando Prado B. @fdopradob