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Eva Giolo’s latest work takes us to Val Gardena, where people still speak Ladin, a Rhaeto-Romance language. Giolo subverts the usual representation of mountain communities to deliver a portrait of a precious cultural heritage in constant evolution. Here, the inhabitants preserve and nurture their culture for future generations with awareness of the world and creativity. Shot on 16mm film sensitive to the grandeur and fragility of nature, Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths is an exquisite essay on the vital importance of linguistic diversity.

Eva GIOLO (1991, Belgium) is an artist working in film, video and installation. Her work places particular focus on the female experience, employing experimental and documentary strategies to explore themes of intimacy, permanence and memory, along with the analysis of language and semiotics. Her films, installations and other projects have been widely exhibited internationally at festivals, museums and galleries, including Sadie Coles HQ, Viennale, FIDMarseille, IFFR, New York Film Festival and many others. Her film Flowers blooming in our throats (2020) was nominated for The European Film Award and awarded the Top Prize at THIS IS SHORT 2021. She also received the National Award Special Mention at Lago Film Fest 2021, the Jury Special Mention at First Crossings Festival and the Critics’s Jury Award at 25FPS Festival. She is a laureate from HISK (2018-2020) and a former art resident at SeMA NANJI (2020), the year-long film–writing residency Conversation #4 (CVB, GSARA and Beursschouwburg), CASTRO studio program (2021), WIELS (2021), RU Unlimited New York and Fogo Island Arts (2022). Her films are distributed by elephy and Light Cone.