Artists’ Film International 2025
Crawford Art Gallery present’s Artists’ Film International 2025 (AFI) under the theme of Dream States. Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.
Curated by sixteen cultural institutions across four continents, this year’s edition showcases a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in diverse formats, including exhibitions, festivals, and screenings, AFI’25 unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding global audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian landscapes, fractured memories, and speculative possibilities.
At the intersection of personal consciousness and external realities, the program explores the emancipatory potential of dreams, altered states, and cinematic illusion. Reflecting upon shared histories, the artists’ eclectic and surreal dreamscapes – utopian and dystopian, intimate and collective – position cinema as the crucible of dream-making and a vehicle for changemaking.
This year Crawford Art Gallery selected Irish artist Elinor O’Donovan to present her short film Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese. All films will be shown in the Arc Cinema throughout the month of October. See full dates, line-up and ticket links below.
Please note that some of the films in AFI ’25 have adult themes and content.
18:30 Monday 6 October (66 mins)
Elinor O’Donovan
Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese (2023)
Selected by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Mykolas Valantinas
Lullaby’s Fault (2023)
Selected by Sapieha Palace, branch of the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania
Ahmet Rüstem Ekici and Hakan Sorar
The Pond (2023)
Selected by Istanbul Modern, Türkiye
Cocoy Lumbao
Untitled (2020)
Selected by Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila, Philippines
Isabelle Nouzha
Dystopian Patterns (2019)
Selected by argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels, Belgium
Dalia Al Kury
Levitations (2024)
Selected by mmag foundation, Amman, Jordan
Abdul Hamid Mandgar
Colorless (2020)
Selected by Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan in eXiLe e.V., (CCAA in EXiLe), Frankfurt, Germany
+ Elinor O’Donovan – Artist’s Q&A
with Dawn Williams, curator, Crawford Art Gallery
18:30 Monday 13 October (70 mins)
Babu Eshwar Prasad
Dear Chalam (2024)
Selected by Project 88, Mumbai, India
Raffaela Naldi Rossano
Serpentina (2024)
Selected by Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo (GAMeC), Bergamo, Italy
Heesoo Kwon
Leymusoom Garden: New Sun (2024)
Selected by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, USA
Elinor O’Donovan
Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese (2023)
Selected by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Sin Wai Kin
The Fortress (2024)
Selected by Forma and Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK
Melisa Zulberti
Sobre si mismo (About itself) (2023)
Selected by Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
18:30 Monday 20 October (69 mins)
Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan
Rehearsals for Peace (2023)
Selected by Video-Forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k), Berlin, Germany
Anette Gellein
Dyke Dreams (2024)
Selected by Tromsø Kunstforening,Tromsø, Norway
Kialy Tihngang
Neyinka and the Silver Gong (2024)
Selected by Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Elinor O’Donovan
Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese (2023)
Selected by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Sanja Andelković
Look up! I’m No Canopy – I’m a Messenger (2022)
Selected by Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Cork City