Pedro Maia

November 20th I will present a live cinema performance in collaboration with Shxcxchcxsh at Serralves Museum in Porto. The show will be part of COLOR SOUND FRAMES, a program dedicated to the intersections between experimental cinema and music.
“Following their world premiere in October, in the 2015 edition of the renowned festival UNSOUND Festival, in Krakow, Pedro Maia and the Swedish duo Shxcxchcxsh are bringing their newly formed collaboration to Serralves. Known for his exploration of analogue film, Maia will present the project, “Imperfect Film”, that pays tribute to celluloid film – the main raw material used by cinema during its first century of existence – offering an exploration of both its qualities and limitations. Based on images collected in 16mm films, damaged by the passage of time, the experience of cinema is brought back to its essentials: light and movement.”

My film PLANT IN MY HEAD will be in competition at The Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival​ (SLIFF)​, part of “Narrative Shorts: Experimental” program. 05 – 15/11/2015, St. Louis USA.

Plant in My Head will be in compettion at Curta 8 – 11th International Super 8 Film Festival, from 01 to 04 October 2015 in Curitiba Brazil.

Next months I will present Vessel live A/V in a few places: 24.09 ELEKTRICITY FESTIVAL Reims FR / 25.09 FESTIVAL MARSATAC Marseille FR / 21.10 Supporting These New Puritans London UK / 23.10 LUNCHMEAT 2015 FESTIVAL Prague CZ / 28.10 RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY 2015 Paris FR / 31.10 SEMIBREVE FESTIVAL Braga PT / 28.11 UNIT Tokyo JP / 05.12 PAF FESTIVAL Olomouc CZ and more…

And like in the past 4 yearst this year I will be back to Unsound Festival with some visual collaborations – 10/10 with Max Loderbauer & Jacek Sienkiewicz, 16/10 with Shackleton & Nisennenmondai plus a surprise non announced show.

My works Plant in My Head and Memory – Super 8 Series will be screened at Festival F, September 5 in Faro/PT.

I will be part of Berlin Atonal Festival with 2 new works. “Wasteland“, a new film installation for 5x 16mm projectors (19-23.08.2015) and a live A/V for the commissioned collaboration that unites German synthesiser genius Max Loderbauer and Polish experimentalist Jacek Sienkiewicz (19.08.2015).

My music video “You and I“ for Gala Drop will be part of Music Video Competition of 23th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, from 4 to 12 July 2015, Vila do Conde PT.

I will present Vessel live AV at Sonar Barcelona on 19.06.2015 and “Bird On The Wire presents…” at Rich Mix in London on 02.07.2015.

My film Plant in My Head will part of Short Film Competition of 69th EIFF – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015, from 17 to 28 June, Edinburgh UK.

My works Plant in My Head and Sleepless will be screened at “A Thousand Things to Frame: Films by Portuguese Filmmakers” curated by Pedro Ferreira and presented by Regional Support Network. June 15 at Videofag, Toronto CA.

Screening 7 of my films at Doshisha University in Kyoto next June 02, followed by a talk with the filmmaker Takashi Makino.

I will present a special live cinema in collaboration with Svreca (Semantica Records) and the Japanese painter Yuriko Shimamura at UNIT Tokyo next June 1st – FRUE ~Night on the Planet~.

I will present Vessel live AV at Nijmegen NL on 09.50.2015 and at Tri Angle Records 5th anniversary in New York next May 15th, along with The Haxan Cloak, Holy Other, Evian Christ, Forest Swords, along others.

My work “Drowned in Water and Light” will be part of the Animation and Music Video competition of VIS VIENNA INDEPENDENT SHORTS – 12th International Festival for Short Film, from 26th to 31st of May 2015 in Viena, Austria.

My works “Arise” (Zona)”, “Drowned in water and light”, “Sleepless” and “Super 8 Series #1“ will be screened at SILVER LINING IV event at LaVallée – Modern Art Museum in Brussels, 3/4/5 April 2015.

I will present a special live cinema in collaboration with Svreca (Semantica Records) and the Japanese painter Yuriko Shimamura at next TaicoClub Festival in Japan in May 30th. Live cinema in the deep forest in the middle of Japanese mountains.

I will present a special live A/V set in collaboration with Gala Drop at Berghain Berlin on March 10th (opening act for Panda Bear concert) and the visual work will be the outtakes from “You and I” video.

And on March 13th will present Vessel live A/V at Sonar Copenhagen.

I will present 2 live A/V sets at Sonic Acts Festival. On Feb 26th in collaboration with Vessel at OT301 and on Feb 28th (program organised in cooperation with Rewire Festival) in collaboration with Jacaszek & Kwartludium at Paradiso, Amsterdam.

New commission works, Drowned in Water Light video, a collaboration with the musician Vessel and made from the live A/V that we are touring. And Sleepless, a collaboration with the musician Svreca and Japanese painter Yuriko Shimamura that will be also present as live A/V in Japan in May 2015.

My last film PLANT IN MY HEAD will be screened on 31st January at Delphi (an old silent cinema in Berlin). Part of LaborBerlin event DIFFRAKTION, an annual showcase of new works and performances by members and friends plus a selection of Japanese experimental film from 1975/1980.