Circulo Roto presents: More Heat Than Light

Círculo Roto is a quarterly film night highlighting works by independent makers. For this edition, we present a program of short films that draw an analogy between film and writing.

For our 6th edition, we are presenting the program More Heat than Light.

Exploring urgency as both sensation and condition, this program bridges global tensions with intimate passions and grievances. The selected works foreground heat as a force that unsettles, transforms, and demands response, evoking states of intensity that exceed clarity. From external conflicts to personal fever dreams, the films reflect a world on fire and the burning sensations within the individual body; reminding us that, whether internal or external, a fire is impossible to ignore.

‘More heat than light’ is an idiom used to describe discourse that generates more commotion, emotion, or controversy than immediate understanding. This open call seeks films that push the cinematic form to provoke new commotions, reflecting the urgency of subjects at a boiling point. Circulo Roto aims to give space to filmmakers with different levels of experience and to create a dialogue between works, makers, and audiences that would otherwise exist apart. This program will be hosted at the Kapel, and offer Q&A conversations with the participating makers.

Submissions form Submissions closed by 29 April.

PROGRAM OF THE NIGHT

Doors open 19:30 / start 20:00

Introduction by Sebastian Vasquez Cipriani & Delfin Lev

Followed by a short film program:
Shared Airs – Lea Giordano
I HEAR YOU ON MY SKIN – Melis Menkuer
Not Gonna Get Us – Margarita Kosareva
After a room – Naomi Pacifique
A wellness nightmare – Hanneke Klaver
HOW TO DANCE – Aileen Ye
Hors Saison – Riwa Phillips

Q&A session with the makers