Co-creation is everywhere but hard to see

Often hidden in plain sight, co-creation is at the heart of many films and projects at IDFA. In this panel, creatives at IDFA will demonstrate the many ways in which they co-create within communities, using the internet, across disciplines and even with non-human systems such as buffalo herds and artificial intelligence. Illustrated with lots of clips, this panel of artists will share a wide array of creative practices that draw on collective filmmaking, restorative justice, community-centerd philosophies and Indigenous epistemologies. While very diverse, together the panel aims to illustrate how co-creation in its multitude can offer new narratives, systems and new kinds of hope for our cinematic and collective futures.

Speakers: Mario Valero (dir. Cross Words), Tessa Ratuszynska (dir. With these Hands), Tasha Hubbard (Buffalo Song Productions) and Juanita Anderson (coauthor Collective Wisdom)

Moderator: Katerina Cizek (author, with William Uricchio and 12 coauthors, Collective Wisdom)