Detours
ABOUT
The steam whistle blows, the paddle starts rolling and the century-old boat starts from the bustling harbor of capital Dhaka to the remote coastal village of Bangladesh. The camera roams the crowded decks framing the politicians and the proletarians, privileged and the poorest, all entrapped in a never-ending conundrum. Meanwhile, the captain skillfully navigates his vessel along the busy, shallow waterway — cursing and ranting as he goes, brimming with stark contrasts, deep wisdom, and everyday concerns.
Ekaterina Selenkina is a filmmaker, artist and curator born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1992. Her work received the Bright Future Award of the Hubert Bals Fund of Rotterdam International Film Festival , Eurimages Lab Project Award at Les Arcs Film Festival, a special prize at Venice International Film Festival, best film award at FILMADRID and best national film at New Holland Island International Debut Film Festival. Her work has shown at Venice International Film Critics Week, Viennale, The Barbican Centre, FICUNAM, Jeonju IFF, Thessaloniki IFF, IndieLisboa, Garage Museum of Modern Art, Camerimage, Berlin Critics’ Week, REDCAT, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Image Forum, Beldocs, Marienbad IFF, FILMADRID, among many others. She is a member of the film collective Bahía Colectiva, as well as a co-founder and a co-curator of Adrift Residency. She received her MFA in Film/Video from California Institute of the Arts.
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Ekaterina Selenkina
Ekaterina Selenkina