Between 2005 and 2015, YouTube and other digital platforms replaced MTV as the main channel for music videos, promising a new era of access and creativity. With few resources, DIY works emerged with enormous cultural impact, reinventing the language of the music video. But this freedom comes with new costs: creators become hostage to algorithms, volatile attention and the constant need to go viral. Without the support of structures that previously guaranteed continuity and shared risk, the dream of a creative and democratic internet proves fragile. This exhibition looks at this pivotal moment and asks: what was left unfulfilled?

In collaboration with Canal180, the festival curates an exploratory selection of cinema that exists in music through works by directors such as Vincent Moon, Brook Linder, Yoonha Park, Saman Kesh and Tom Haines for artists Bon Iver, Grizzly Bear, Deerhoof, White Denim, Beach House, among others.

Three films will also be screened in special selection by directors Elisa Mishto & Alexandre Powelz, Katharina Pichler, David Matias & Vasco Gil.