Mikela Koressi
Photography | Filmmaking
SOUFOU MAD YIWI YIWI - Cinematography
(on show at the Stedelijk museum 20-24 March 2024)
An Amazigh bride finds herself in an alternative techno universe. As a cyborg, she inhabits a space void of the white gaze. Gradually, she returns to practices and objects that have a specific meaning in the artist’s family background. Traditional practices that have been slowly disappearing during her lifetime.
SOUFOU MAD YIWI YIWI is an exploration and fantasy of Amazigh traditions in relation to a hyper-technical world. The imaginary visual language of these technologies is not neutral, but strongly determined within a Western framework. Amazigh politics are too often erased or misrecognised in the European imagination. This video work is a form of reclamation.
Director FATIMA AGOULA
DOP MIKELA KORESSI
Light TUYL VAN GRIEKEN
SFX YAEL SCHUSTER
Make up VASILISA IKRYANNIKOVA
Edit KATARINA HOLZMANN EKHOLM
Colour grading IZZY LEE
Sound MIRAY VAN DER BEND
Actress KARIMA EL FILLAI
Special thanks to XIOMARA VAN EENDENBURG, CHRISTOPER TYM, ANJA MASLING, KAROLINA WILTING, TOMAS ADOLFS, TARJA SZARANIEC, MARTIN GROOTENBOER AND TUNGSTEN STUDIO.
The Children of Nephilim - Cinematography, Color Grading
The children of Nephilim are a ufo cult who believe they are descended from angels/aliens. The cult is a metaphor for fashion addiction and the alienation of people who get caught up in conspiracy theories.
Shown at Dutch Design Week. Official Selection at Amsterdam Fashion Film Festival, Fashion Film Festival Milano and Heroes International Film Festival.
Landscapes of Sympoeisis - Cinematography
How intimate can we become with the soils beneath our feet? Can we become native to our lands again?
Promo Video for HEUTExPorno Store - Directing, Cinematography & Editing
"PORNO STORE delves into the cyber-reality of sex working in times of Covid-19, SESTA, and FOSTA while opening discussions on how to protect those who bravely sell the most consumed product of modern society: sex.
75% of the profits of this project will be donated to PROUD* (Dutch Union for Sex Workers)" - more info at https://www.allesfurheute.com
