Unstable Rocks
Polish filmmaker Ewelina Rosińska’s remarkable cinematic language weaves through rural Portugal with the attentiveness of someone responding rather than claiming.
Geology, animals and the human path flow into this subjective portrait of Portuguese landscapes. Between 2018 and 2023, the filmmaker came across different regions and places in this country, either alone or with a group of artists and eco-activists. The footage was shot on the fringes of these groups’ work and activities, reflecting and revealing themes such as nature conservation, ethnography, agriculture or actions against gentrification. The rhythm of Pedras Instáveis is determined by the Bolex camera, but it is slower and contemplative, aligning with the contemporary idea of slowing down.
DUTCH PREMIERE
Q&A with director Ewelina Rosińska
Saturday 21 March at 17:00h, De Balie Amsterdam
Programme section: Between Film and Art
Original title: Pedras Instáveis | Year: 2024 | Duration: 24′
Country: Portugal, Germany | Language: no dialogue | Subtitles: English
Director: Ewelina Rosińska | Production: Ewelina Rosińska, Nuno Barroso | Cinematography: Ewelina Rosińska, Nuno Barroso | Editing: Ewelina Rosińska | Music: Mary Jane Dunphe, Lyudska Podoba
FESTIVALS & AWARDS (SELECTION)
First Look 2023, Museum of the Moving Image, New York, 2023 | Doc Lisboa, 2024 | CPH:DOX, New:Visions Competition, 2024 | Visions du Réel, 2025 | Open City Festival, London, 2025 | FICUNAM, Mexico-City, 2024 | Exis Festival, Seoul, 2025 | Pesaro Film Festival, 2025 | Doc Alliance Award, 2025 | Cinemancia Festival, Medellin, 2025 | Dok Leipzig, Germany, 2025
DIRECTOR’S BIO
Ewelina Rosińska is an award winning film artist from a small town in South-East Poland, based between Germany, Poland, and Portugal. Through experimental film possibilities and the complexity of image and sound, she develops her own language that goes beyond words and seeks emotional directness. Her works have been shown at international festivals, museums and art institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the Museum of the Moving Image in New York, DocLisboa, CPH:DOX, Visions du Réel, and more.
