Selected 16, UK tour
Selected 16, UK tour at Barbican Centre, London
About the show
A screening of bold new artists’ moving image works from across the UK
Selected 16 presents a vibrant collection of new short films by some of the most exciting early-career artists working today, nominated by artists shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award 2025 – Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah, Morgan Quaintance, George Finlay Ramsay and Hope Strickland. Curated by videoclub and Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), this compelling programme tours leading arts venues across the UK.
Bringing together nine distinctive artists’ films, Selected 16 offers a snapshot of emerging artists’ moving image practice today. Across documentary, essay film, experimental cinema and analogue filmmaking, the programme explores themes of memory, identity, ecology, migration, community and belonging.
Selected 16 artists are: Chanthila Phaophanit, Che Applewhaite, Chiemi Shimada, Jack Guariento, Leena Habiballa, Rhiana Bonterre, Rosanna Lee and Viviana Almas.
Films in the programme
– Chanthila Phaophanit, Beneath the Shell of Sound, 2025, 8:12 mins
– Che Applewhaite, I AM THE WORLD, 2022, 9:00 mins
– Chiemi Shimada, mmm, 2023, 7:06 mins
– Jack Guariento, Bellsmyre Caledonia, 2024, 6:34 mins
– Leena Habiballa, Dead as a Dodo, 2022, 5:18 mins
– Rhiana Bonterre, A Story, An Invocation, An Opening, 2025, 7:42 mins
– Rosanna Lee, Heart of the Lion 赤子獅心, 2026, 19 mins
– Viviana Almas, In Silence Seeds Weep, 2025, 1:48 mins
– Viviana Almas, Solus, 2025, 2:46 mins