
Fern Silva (1982, USA/Portugal) is an artist who began working as an editor and cameraperson in NYC. His early films centered on his relationship to Portugal and have since expanded, underlining the influence of industry on culture and the environment. For over a decade, his 16mm films have been screened widely in festivals, museums, and cinematheques including the Media City, Toronto, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, New York, London, Melbourne, and Hong Kong International Film Festivals, MOMA PS1, New Museum, Anthology Film Archive, and the Harvard Film Archive. They've been awarded prizes from the Ann Arbor Film Festival (Gus Van Sant Award), 25FPS Festival (Grand Prix), and the Agora Post-Production Award from the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. His work has been featured in publications including Cinema Scope, Filmmaker Magazine, and Film Comment. He's taught filmmaking at various institutions including the University of Illinois at Chicago, Bard College, and Bennington College and has received support from the Jerome Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, MacDowell, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. He studied film at the Massachusetts College of Art and Bard College and is a fellow at the Film Study Center at Harvard University.
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Rock Bottom Riser
2021
Lore
2020
The Grand Bizarre
2018
Ride Like Lightning, Crash Like Thunder
2017
The Watchmen
2017Pants on Fire
2015Scales in the Spectrum of Space
2015Tender Feet
2014
Wayward Fronds
2014
Liahona
2013Concrete Parlay
2012In the Absence of Light, Darkness Prevails
2011
Forged Ways
2011Passage Upon the Plume
2011Peril of the Antilles
2011Imposing Disbelief
2010Servants of Mercy
2010Sahara Mosaic
2009Spinners
2008After Marks
2008Notes from a Bastard Child
2007
The Most Beautiful Smile in the World
2006Rebounds
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