XISTO LAB 16MM
2026
The 16mm Immersive Laboratory offers participants the opportunity to explore traditional 16mm filmmaking techniques, including both colour and black-and-white reversal processes, while creating collaboratively in an immersive environment, making the most of a residency in the rural setting of Casa do Xisto, located in the village of Macieira de Rates, Barcelos.
OPEN CALL WILL OPEN SOON!
THE SOUND FEATURE
This year introduces a sonic exploration component: participants will work with a range of different microphones, a biofeedback sensor, and a MIDI synthesizer connected to any chosen plant, allowing the generation and modulation of sound in real time.
These tools will be used to capture and interpret signals from the living environment of Casa do Xisto, expanding the dialogue between cinema, ecology, and expanded sound practices.
Report on the 16mm Immersive Laboratory
Reporting by Pedro Manuel Magalhães and Photography by Adriano Moreira
“I wanted the world to come to the village, and the village to mark the world”
– Catarina de Sousa
Located in the village of Macieira de Rates, Barcelos, Minho region of Portugal, is an artistic residence dedicated to cinema and visual arts.
A laboratory of free expression that crosses artistic languages, privileging the preservation of cinematographic arts and fostering social inclusion through filmmaking.
We facilitate access to cinema and culture in a low population density environment, combining nature and the rural environment with the creative and communal role of art.
Catarina de Sousa
Founder of Casa do Xisto
Filmmaker, journalist and producer of cinema and visual arts
Ricardo Leite
Responsible for the Lab
Filmmaker and director
Juliana Julieta
Responsible for the Lab
Visual artist and filmmaker
Deborah Stratman
Makes films and artworks that question power, control and belief, considering how places, ideas, and society are intertwined
Theo Cuthand
Since 1995 she has been making short experimental narrative videos and films about sexuality, madness, Queer identity and love, and Indigeneity, which have screened in festivals internationally.
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