Emanuel Licha
Initially trained in urban geography, and then visual arts, Emanuel Licha is a visual artist and documentary filmmaker based in Tiohtià:ke / Montréal. His work in film, video installation and photography focuses on the role of spatial objects in the representation and the understanding of geopolitical events, leading to a reading of the features of the urban landscape as so many social, historical, and political signs. His most recent projects explore ways to give voice to those who are absent from historical representations and to envision cinema as a “medium” capable of connecting us with the missing. He is currently Professor in the department of art history, cinema and audiovisual media at Université de Montréal.
Emanuel Licha’s films have been shown in numerous international film festivals and his projects exhibited in institutions such as nGbK (Berlin), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Parsons School of Design (New York), Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, MACBA (Barcelona), Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan), Frac Franche-Comté (Besançon), Kunstinstituut Melly (Rotterdam), and Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris. [Source: VOX, 2026]