in hopeless silence all of our dreams are speaking
절망적인 침묵 속에서 우리의 모든 꿈이 말하고 있다
In hopeless silence, dreams become even more distinct. What cannot be seen remains as subtle vibrations, and unspoken emotions rise to the surface along the textures of the image. The title of this program comes from a sentence by the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa. The line invites us to sense silence not as a mere void, but as a state of latent utterance. This screening is also grounded in that sensibility. Films created across different cities, languages, and layers of time perceive the world within their own quietness and leave delicate tremors of perception upon the screen.
This program introduces nine films newly selected by the festival's curators from among the 170 works presented in the 2026 edition of Film Diary NYC. Spanning the United States, Portugal, France, Brazil, and South Korea, the selection begins from diary-like records and unfolds multiple densities of memory and time, body and space, loss and persistence. Film and digital media, essay and abstraction, sound and text intersect as images test the endurance of their own presence. Rather than grand declarations, these films choose low vibrations. Silence is not absence but accumulation, and dreams continue to speak from within. Works that begin from different scenes ultimately converge into a single question: what have we passed by without seeing, and what, within that quietness, has already begun to speak?
Following the screening at Sorigrim on March 24, a related lecture will be given by film critic Un-seong Yoo, opening a conversation on contemporary diary film practices. This event is not merely an invited screening, but a point of connection linking different cities and cinematic scenes. Even within hopeless silence, all of our dreams continue to speak. (Text by Kim Ji-hwan)
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Dates & Venues
March 24, 2026 — 19:00 (+ lecture)
Sorigrim
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March 27, 2026 — 19:00
Windmill
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Screening Works
The Year — Grace Mitchell (USA, 10 min)
Milwaukee Night and Day — Dick Blau (USA, 18 Min)
Gu-neon / Nine Years — Ellie Koo (USA, 10 min)
Casa Musgal — João Ramos (Portugal, 8 min)
Memory Garden — Yassmine Betioui (France, 4 min)
Snowy Train — Kim Ji-hwan (South Korea, 13 min)
PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY (Blue) — Shahkeem William (USA, 3 min)
Montreal — Bill Brown (USA, 4 min)
Dark Blue Tones Shade the Teeth — Francis de Assis Abdullah (Brazil / Portugal, 30 min)
Lecture
March 24, 2026 — after the screening
Venue: Sorigrim
Speaker: Film critic Un-seong Yoo
The lecture will explore contemporary diary film practices and provide further context for the program.
Credits
Exhibition Curator / Subtitles: Kim Ji-hwan
Translation: Kim Ji-hwan, Boram Moon
Leaflet: Kim Yesolbi
Design: Leo Estevez
Festival Curator: Sage Ó Tuama, Saint Piñero
Organizer: Film Diary NYC
Venue partners: Sorigrim, Windmill
