curated by
Valentina Giraldo

double bill #6

This double bill immerses us in that delicate border between body and world, where our senses can feel things hard to put into words. In Água e Sal, Luisa Mello captures a floating body drifting between continents and consciousness. The film breathes in waves; memory moves like a current, carrying fragments of a country losing its shape. Juan Francisco Rodríguez, in Borde de nieve, listens to the slow exhale of vanishing snow in the tropics. Archival ghosts, woven between the documentary threads, search for what remains after the melting.

Both films speak of transformation. Identity is malleable, and time holds its breath. They offer no explanations—only sensations, just like salt burns the skin.

  • Availability worldwide
  • Language French, Portuguese, Spanish
  • Subtitles English, Dutch, Portuguese

yanco’s double-bill series explores private and public Belgian archives, from museums to national film schools. Guest curators pair a Belgian short film with a companion audiovisual work to create a thematic or formal dialogue. Each resulting micro programme includes curatorial notes alongside a supporting essay, article, or interview.