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Audience Feedback Survey | Bucharest Photofest 2025

The goal of Bucharest Photofest is to provide a forum for encounter, introspection, and discussion about photography and visual culture. Understanding how audiences engage with…

Bucharest Photofest 2025 – Legacy as Practice, Recap

Bucharest Photofest 2025 marked the tenth edition of the festival, unfolding over ten days, from 10 to 19 October, as a platform dedicated to photography,…

Hinako Omori, an intimate performance – The Opening of the 10th edition of Bucharest Photofest

Hinako Omori is a Japanese artist based in London. Her music offers immersive sonic architectures and environments in which to process and access emotional states…

A Thread of Light, A Trembling Sound – The Closing of the 10th edition of Bucharest Photofest

A legendary figure in experimental and industrial music, Drew McDowall (ex-Coil) takes the stage with a rare and immersive live performance – a sonic ritual rooted in…

Alexandru Anghel, Sounds Like A Memory

A polaroid camera. A turntable and some records. Instant memories. “Sounds like a memory” is a collection of instant photographs of artists and people I’ve…

Drew McDowall (USA) – Live AV Performance

Alternative Culture proudly present: Drew McDowall (USA) – Live AV Performance. Guest Pedro Maia (PT) / October 19, 9 PM — Closing Night / Bucharest…

Palimpsests of the Becoming

“Palimpsests of the Becoming” invites us into a space of layered memory, where identity is not fixed but constantly rewritten. Like a palimpsest manuscript, where…

The Man I Left Behind

Larry Towell’s business card reads: ‘Human Being’. And for the past 40 years, the celebrated Magnum photographer has chronicled humankind’s deepest struggles. In The Man…

Eyes Of The Soul – Cristina Garcia Rodero

Log line:  What brings us together as humans? How do we celebrate life, love, beauty, death? With these questions in mind and a thirst for…

Anna Mariani – Photographic Notes

Anna Mariani: Photographic Notes explores the work of photographer Anna Mariani (1935-2022), focusing on the unique architecture of the Brazilian northeastern hinterland. The documentary retraces…

The Treasure of His Youth:The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo tells the story of Italian photojournalist Paolo Di Paolo, whose daughter Silvia discovered over…

Uncropped

Directed by D.W. Young (THE BOOKSELLERS) and Executive Produced by Wes Anderson, UNCROPPED rediscovers the work of James Hamilton, one of the great chroniclers of…

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December 22, 2025

Audience Feedback Survey | Bucharest Photofest 2025

The goal of Bucharest Photofest is to provide a forum for encounter, introspection, and discussion about photography and visual culture. Understanding how audiences engage…

  • Events

    44

  • Special Guests

    40

  • Countries

    21

  • Venues

    17

View Project
November 28, 2025

Bucharest Photofest 2025 – Legacy as Practice, Recap

Bucharest Photofest 2025 marked the tenth edition of the festival, unfolding over ten days, from 10 to 19 October, as a platform dedicated to…

  • Events

    44

  • Special Guests

    40

  • Countries

    21

  • Venues

    17

View Project

Hinako Omori, an intimate performance – The Opening of the 10th edition of Bucharest Photofest

Hinako Omori is a Japanese artist based in London. Her music offers immersive sonic architectures and environments in which to process and access emotional…

  • Design

    10 October

  • Client

    Control Club, Bucharest

  • Style

    Ambient, Electronic, Experimental, Classical, Synth-based

  • Partner

    Swamp Booking

View Project

A Thread of Light, A Trembling Sound – The Closing of the 10th edition of Bucharest Photofest

A legendary figure in experimental and industrial music, Drew McDowall (ex-Coil) takes the stage with a rare and immersive live performance – a sonic ritual rooted…

  • Design

    19 October

  • Client

    Control Club, Bucharest

  • Style

    Experimental, Industrial, Drone, Electroacoustic, Avant-garde

  • Partner

    Swamp Booking

View Project
October 16, 2025

Alexandru Anghel, Sounds Like A Memory

A polaroid camera. A turntable and some records. Instant memories. “Sounds like a memory” is a collection of instant photographs of artists and people…

  • Design

    OCT 16, 18:00

  • Client

    National Museum of Maps and Old Books, 39 London Street

View Project
October 10, 2025

Drew McDowall (USA) – Live AV Performance

Alternative Culture proudly present: Drew McDowall (USA) – Live AV Performance. Guest Pedro Maia (PT) / October 19, 9 PM — Closing Night /…

  • Design

    OCT 19, 22:00

  • Client

    Control Club, 4 Constantin Mille street

View Project
October 19, 2025

Palimpsests of the Becoming

“Palimpsests of the Becoming” invites us into a space of layered memory, where identity is not fixed but constantly rewritten. Like a palimpsest manuscript,…

  • Design

    OCT 19, 18:00

  • Client

    Ichigo, 3A Scaune Street

View Project
October 16, 2025

The Man I Left Behind

Larry Towell’s business card reads: ‘Human Being’. And for the past 40 years, the celebrated Magnum photographer has chronicled humankind’s deepest struggles. In The…

  • Design

    OCT 16, 20:00

  • Client

    Cinemateca Eforie, 2 Eforie Street

View Project
October 15, 2025

Eyes Of The Soul – Cristina Garcia Rodero

Log line:  What brings us together as humans? How do we celebrate life, love, beauty, death? With these questions in mind and a thirst…

  • Design

    OCT 15, 20:00

  • Client

    Cinemateca Eforie, 2 Eforie Street

View Project
October 15, 2025

Anna Mariani – Photographic Notes

Anna Mariani: Photographic Notes explores the work of photographer Anna Mariani (1935-2022), focusing on the unique architecture of the Brazilian northeastern hinterland. The documentary…

  • Design

    OCT 15, 18:00

  • Client

    Cinemateca Eforie, 2 Eforie Street

View Project
October 14, 2025

The Treasure of His Youth:The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo

The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo tells the story of Italian photojournalist Paolo Di Paolo, whose daughter Silvia discovered…

  • Design

    OCT 14, 20:00

  • Client

    Cinemateca Eforie, 2 Eforie Street

View Project
October 14, 2025

Uncropped

Directed by D.W. Young (THE BOOKSELLERS) and Executive Produced by Wes Anderson, UNCROPPED rediscovers the work of James Hamilton, one of the great chroniclers…

  • Design

    OCT 14, 18:00

  • Client

    Cinemateca Eforie, 2 Eforie Street

View Project