Geo Barcan

"Geo Barcan is a filmmaker interested in the relationship between politics, technology, identity and history. Her films are based on the experiences of marginal subjects. Political, ecological, cosmological, and technological themes come to the surface through the experiences of beings familiar to the peripheries, at the edge of the world. She thinks of her moving-image practice as a cinema of invisibility, through which she attempts to trace forces that are both unseen and hyper-present, such as the internet, memory, migration, ideology, and long-term socio-political transformations. She is drawn to changes that unfold gradually over time, becoming so embedded in everyday life that their after-effects are difficult to locate or question. She is interested in what gets to be seen and what stays hidden in the urgent, present moment and in recent histories that continue to shape it. Her work has been screened internationally in film festivals and galleries such as IFFR, Go Short, Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Eye Museum, W139, V2_, The Grey Space in the Middle, Simultan (Timisoara) and many others. Her essays and talks were presented by Institute of Network Cultures, Perdu, Amsterdam; IFFR; Revista Arta, Bucharest and Onomatopee, Eindhoven. "

A hypnotic essay film examining the arrival of the internet in the small Romanian town of Buhuși. How do the residents navigate the gap between polished online imaginaries and the post-industrial realities of everyday life?

Geo Barcan
Netherlands, Romania 2024 15' New Perspectives leff 2026
Shot from movie Surge of Transference by Geo Barcan