argos is proudly taking part in Artists’ Film International (AFI’25) — a touring film programme collectively curated and presented by fifteen international arts organisations, convened by Forma.

Dream States, the 18th edition of Artists' Film International, launches on 3 March 2025 with a visionary selection of artists’ moving image works. Exploring dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act, the films in Dream States challenge perceptions of reality and open pathways to alternative futures.

Curated by Forma with 16 cultural institutions across four continents, this edition features a remarkable cohort of artists, each selected or commissioned by an AFI’25 partner. Presented in various formats — from exhibitions and festivals to screenings — the programme unfolds across the partners’ venues throughout 2025, guiding audiences through mythic worlds, dystopian landscapes, fractured memories, and speculative possibilities.

At the intersection of personal consciousness and external realities, Dream States explores the emancipatory potential of dreams, altered states, and cinematic illusion. The programme highlights artists who disrupt linear time, blur fact and fiction, and navigate the boundaries between memory, myth, and fantasy to reimagine the world anew. Using visual strategies ranging from analogue footage and CGI animation to archival materials, special effects and AI-generated imagery, these films harness moving image to destabilise dominant perspectives.

For this edition, argos presents Dystopian Patterns by Isabelle Nouzha. Made in 2019, this city symphony reorders the rubble of a city left in ruins. It could be Beirut after one of its many disasters, or any city void of human presence. In this black-and-white time-lapse video, Nouzha reveals a ‘waking nightmare’ rather than a dream. Read the interview with Isabelle Nouzha

Dalia Al Kury, Levitations (2024)
19 minutes
Selected by mmag foundation, Jordan

Sanja Anđelković, Look up! I’m No Canopy – I’m a Messenger (2022)
17 minutes
Selected by Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Serbia

Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Rehearsals for Peace (2023)
26 minutes
Selected by Video-Forum, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)

Babu Eshwar Prasad, Dear Chalam (2024)
15 minutes
Selected by Project 88, Mumbai

Anette Gellein, Dyke Dreams (2024)
7 minutes
Selected by Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway

Abdul Hamid Mandgar, Colorless (2020)
7 minutes
Selected by Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan in Exile e.V. (CCAA in eXiLe)

Heesoo Kwon, Leymusoom Garden (2024)
14 minutes
Selected by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)

Cocoy Lumbao, Untitled (2022)
12 minutes
Selected by Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manila

Raffaela Naldi Rossano, SERPENTINA. Per un mūsēum senza tempo (2023)
9 minutes
Selected by the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GAMeC) di Bergamo

Isabelle Nouzha, Dystopian Patterns (2019)
7 minutes
Selected by argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels, Belgium

Elinor O’Donovan, Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese (2023)
4 minutes
Selected by Crawford Art Gallery

Ahmet Rüstem Ekici & Hakan Sorar, The Pond (2023)
3 minutes
Selected by Istanbul Modern, Türkiye

Sin Wai Kin, The Fortress (2024)
22 minutes
Selected for by Forma and Southwark Park Galleries

Kialy Tihngang, Neyinka and the Silver Gong (2024)
24 minutes
Selected by Tramway, Glasgow

Mykolas Valantinas, Lullaby’s Fault (2025)
16 minutes
Selected by Sapieha Palace, branch of the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius

Melisa Zulberti, Sobre si mismo (About itself) (2023)
6 minutes
Selected by Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires