Alexandra Gelis Movies

  • 2016
    Illegal_its Impact on the Body

    Illegal_its Impact on the Body

    Illegal_its Impact on the Body

    02016HD

    A compilation from histories of illegal immigrants in Canada, nomadic friends who quickly disappeared into new identities or were forcibly...

    Illegal_its Impact on the Body
  • 2024
    Fields of Presence

    Fields of Presence

    Fields of Presence

    02024HD

    This poetic experimental documentary is a tribute to the multifaceted life of Brianna, Jorge Lozano's daughter, a collaborative reflection...

    Fields of Presence
  • 2019
    Language, not territory

    Language, not territory

    Language, not territory

    02019HD

    In a number of interlocking episodes, five women weigh in on growing up in capitalism. Poetries of survival are interwoven with an adaptation of Mary...

    Language, not territory
  • 2020
    ALERTA . ALERTA . ALERTA

    ALERTA . ALERTA . ALERTA

    ALERTA . ALERTA . ALERTA

    02020HD

    Marching politics: a tribute to the feminist struggle in Latin America. Recorded at the Women’s March in Lima, Peru, 2019.

    ALERTA . ALERTA . ALERTA
  • 2014
    Rhizomatic Directed Simulation

    Rhizomatic Directed Simulation

    Rhizomatic Directed Simulation

    02014HD

    The movie opens with a quote from Borges: "The best imitation consists of the original's destruction and the creation of a self referential text."...

    Rhizomatic Directed Simulation
  • 2021
    Exits and Entries

    Exits and Entries

    Exits and Entries

    02021HD

    Entries are Exit points to more complex Entries. It is a visual exploration, an assemblage of forces. The doing an undoing's of my mother: a warrior....

    Exits and Entries
  • 2018
    The Island

    The Island

    The Island

    02018HD

    A garden between Oakland and Berkley where its inhabitants, marginalized by gentrification, plant fruit trees and flowers to pay homage to their...

    The Island
  • 2015
    Stratigraphies

    Stratigraphies

    Stratigraphies

    02015HD

    Sytratigraphies is a hyper kinetic masterpiece of a travelogue offering glimpses of scenes shot in your native Columbia, New York, Toronto and...

    Stratigraphies
  • 2020
    Doing and Undoing: Poems from within at Oboro

    Doing and Undoing: Poems from within at Oboro

    Doing and Undoing: Poems from within at Oboro

    02020HD

    Hacer y Deshacer: Poems from Within (2019) is an interactive video installation. Most of the video sequences show Gelis’s mother undressing,...

    Doing and Undoing: Poems from within at Oboro
  • 2009
    Borders

    Borders

    Borders

    02009HD

    An intimate exploration of the bodies belonging to six queer individuals. This animation, made up of hundreds of high-resolution photographs,...

    Borders