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Spain / 2026 / 2'
Plot
I love you (2026) draws on Eadweard Muybridge’s study Animals in Motion, conducted between 1872 and 1885. The image is entirely reconstructed through the repetition of the character sequence «i LØV€€€ y•U» in ASCII format, proposing the human gaze as a categorical construction of signs to be deconstructed. This parallel highlights the urgency of questioning the boundaries of our relationship with the non-human and the need to develop new ways of seeing and relating to animals.
Full Cast and Crew
Director:
Petra Montoro Portales
Film Editing:
Mario Klingemann
Cinematography:
Petra Montoro Portales
Jaime Munárriz Ortiz
Sound:
Miranda July
Póster Oficial
Director
Petra Montoro Portales
Petra Montoro (Toledo, 1999) is a visual artist and researcher whose practice explores sculpture as a means of expanding the possibilities of digital imagery. Her current research examines the relationships we establish with the non-human at the intersection of ethology and industrial infrastructure.
She holds a degree in Fine Arts (UCM, 2021), a Master’s degree in Contemporary Film and Audiovisual Studies (UPF, 2023), and a Master’s degree in Art and Creation Research (UCM, 2026). She is currently exhibiting Acabar de romper el jarrón (2026) at Navel Art (Madrid, 2026), developed during her production residency at Galería Cruce (Madrid, 2026). Her video work Work! (2025), presented at Galería Nueva/OBLIQUO (Madrid, 2025), received the 18th VERTICAL <25 Award at PROYECTOR Festival (Madrid, 2025). She has participated in numerous exhibitions and festivals, including La cuestión palpitante III at Centro de Arte Complutense (Madrid, 2026), (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico at Filmoteca de Galicia (A Coruña, 2026), Alquimias at Galería Nueva/Permanente Arts (Madrid, 2026), Estado Hover at Espacio Plomo (Madrid, Spain), Neo-afloramientos at Espacio Nenúfar (Madrid, 2025), PROYECTOR Festival (Madrid, 2025), Drift Echoes at Parque de la España Industrial (Barcelona, 2024), and Festival Íntima at La Casa Encendida (Madrid, 2023).
Festivals and Awards
S8 Mostra de Cinema Periférico 2026
Kunstfabrik 2026
You are warmly invited
Espacio Plomo 2026
Estado Hover


