Malena Szlam is an artist-filmmaker working at the intersection of cinema, installation, and performance. Her practice explores the relationship between the natural world, perception, and intuitive process. Her work has been exhibited in numerous festivals and museums, including the Toronto International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Viennale, Hong Kong Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art, the Bienal de la imagen en movimiento. Szlam is the recipient of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s (LIFT) Roberto Ariganello Artist Residency Award (2018). Past collaborations include Jerusalem In My Heart (2011-2013), a live audio-visual performance project with Montreal-based musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh that toured Europe, Canada, and Lebanon; and Breaking the Frame (2012), Marielle Nitoslawsk…
