Malena Szlam
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 Nitoslawska’s feature-length profile of Carolee Schneemann, pioneer of feminist performance art and avant-garde cinema. She is a member of Double Negative, an artist collective dedicated to the production and exhibition of experimental cinema.
| Film | Credit |
|---|---|
 Archipelago of Earthen Bones — To Bunya2024 · Director | Director |
 MAIPO2022 · Director | Director |
 Merapi2021 · Director | Director |
 Altiplano2018 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer | Director, Director of Photography, Producer |
 Morphology of a Dream2014 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography | Director, Producer, Director of Photography |
 Lunar Almanac2013 · Director | Director |
 Rhythm Trail2011 · Director | Director |
 Anagrams of Light2011 · Director | Director |
 Beneath Your Skin of Deep Hollow2010 · Director | Director |
 Chronogram of Inexistent Time2008 · Director | Director |