Dr Dr Gerard Ortín Castellví

Profile

My practice and research explore the intersection of moving images, emerging technologies, and critical ecologies. Drawing on filmmaking and theory, my work is informed by discussions from film and media studies, environmental humanities, contemporary art and philosophy.

My most recent project, The Cinematic Food Regime, is a long-term, practice-led research project investigating industrial agro-food systems and their intersection with scopic regimes. It consists of a trilogy of films: Future Foods (2021), which parallels the production of new microbial proteins with that of hyperrealistic food props for film and advertising; Agrilogistics (2022), which looks at imaging technologies in industrial agriculture and considers the greenhouse as a cinematic device; and Bliss Point (2023), which focuses on how the scopic informs new food supply processes. The project was presented at a dedicated screening titled 'Politics of Food' at Tate Modern in 2024.

My films have been screened at festivals such as Berlinale, Karlovy Vary, Visions du Réel, Cinéma du Réel, Málaga Film Festival, and Hong Kong IFF, as well as institutions like Tate Modern, the Whitechapel Gallery, Eye Film Museum, Museum of Moving Image New York, Anthology Film Archives, and Nottingham Contemporary. In 2023-24, I contributed to the Foodscapes project for the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, producing a film and writing an essay for the official catalogue (Fundación Arquia FQ, MITMA, 2024). My work has been mentioned in publications including Art and Climate Change (Thames & Hudson, 2022), Compost Reader (Cthulhu Books, Institute for Postnatural Studies, 2022), and magazines such as Art Review, Flash Art, and E-flux. I have published two artist books, Agrilogistics (La Capella-BCNProducció, 2022), and Four Walks (ICUB, 2017).

In 2026 I completed a PhD in Art at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Teaching

FLM501 Documentary Theory and Practice

FLM5206 Digital Filmmaking

FLM6211 Research Project by Film Practice

FLM7200 Final Film Project

FLM7202 Creative Documentary

Research

Publications

Filmography:

Bliss Point, 2023. 26 min

Cold Route, 2023. 13 min

Agrilogistics, 2022. 21 min

Future Foods, 2021. 20 min

Reserve, 2020. 27 min

Perrolobo (Lycisca), 2017. 45 min

Videography:

Natura, 2020. 6 min. Collaboration with Bruno Latour for the series “A vocabulary for the future” CCCB.
Nueva Sonora, 2014. 17 min

Tu:aiz, 2013. 13 min

Sima, 2011. 7 min

Tanca, 2010. Loop.

Budellera, 2011. 7 min

S/T (Quijada), 2010. 7 min

Books:

Agrilogistics. Gerard Ortín Castellví. Ed. Ajuntament de Barcelona. ICUB, 2022

Four Walks. Gerard Ortín Castellví. Ed. Ajuntament de Barcelona. ICUB, 2017

Articles and book chapters:

CCCBLab. Curated articles on the Future of Food. With Julie Guthman, Louisa Prause, Dinesh Wadiwel, Hannah Landecker and Cooking Sections, 2026

Tras la cámara. Imágenes militantes de Solidari@s con Itoiz. With Maddi Barber and Mirari Echávarri Big Dumb Object, 2025

Reviews:

VISIO: Moving Images in Europe Since the 2010s. Ed. Bigazzi, Leonardo. Lenz Press, 2024 (Mention), 2024

Foodscapes: Venice Biennale 2023. 18th International Architecture Exhibition. Spanish Pavilion. Ed. MIVAU, 360–61. In Collaboration with Pol Esteve Castelló. (Contribution), 2024

E-Flux.‘Notes On Culinary Geoengineering’. Future Foodscapes Research Unit. May 2024

Art and Climate Change. Fowkes, Maja, and Reuben Fowkes. Thames & Hudson, 2022

Awards:

Márgenes Futura Award, Madrid, 2024

Agrilogistics wins Best Film at Documenta Madrid, 2023

Future Foods wins Best national film, Penínsulas award at Curtocircuíto, 2021

Reserve receives Special Mention for Best International Short at Cinéma du Réel, 2020

Reserve wins Best International Film at Black Canvas, México DF, MX, 2020

ArtNou Award, ICUB, Barcelona, 2016.

Film Festivals (selection):

Berlinale (Berlin, GE) – Official Selection

Cinéma du Réel (Paris, FR) – International Selection

Visions du Réel (Nyon, CH) – Official Selection

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Karlovy Vary, CZ) – Imagina

Málaga Film Festival (Málaga, ES) – Official Selection Documentary

HKIFF (Hong Kong, HK) – Short Film Competition

RIFF (Reykjavík, IS) –  International Shorts

Open City Documentary Film Festival (London, UK) – Official Selection

IndieLisboa (Lisbon, PT) –  Silvestre Focus

Curtas Vila do Conde (Vila do Conde, PT) – Official Selection

First Look (New York, USA) –  Science on screen

Punto de Vista (Iruñea, ES) – Official Selection

Lo Schermo dell'Arte (Florence, IT) – Official Selection

Curtocircuíto (Santiago, CL) – Official Selection

Transmutación (Mexico City, MX) – Competencia Más Allá del Canvas

Syncro (Buenos Aires, AR) – Competencia Universos Paralelos

Watch Docs International Film Festival (Warsaw, PL) – Official Selection

GoShort (Neijmegen, NL) – International Selection

PlayDoc (Tui, ES) – International Selection

D'A (Barcelona, ES) – Un Impulso Colectivo

L’Alternativa (Barcelona, ES) – Official Selection

Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt (Frankfurt, GE) – International Short Selection

Leiden Shorts (Leiden, NL) – Official Selection

Sarajevo Film Festival (Sarajevo, B&H) – European Short Film

Film Festival Heceg Novi (Montenegro, MNE) –  International Selection

Interaction: Short Docs Festival (Požega, CS) –  Competition

Film Fest Ghent (Ghent, BE) – International Short Film Competition

BIEFF (Bucharest, RO) –  International Short Film Competition

AFFR (Rotterdam, NL) –  Shorts

HIFF (Helsinki, FI) –  Oficial Selection

Kasseler Dokfest (Kassel, GE) – Kurzfilmprogramme

FICX (Xixon, ES) – Selección Oficial de Cortometrajes

dokART Zukunftstreff (Neubrandenburg, GE) –  Shorts

Filmer le travail (Poitiers, FR) –  Official Selection

Exhibitions and Screenings (selection):

VISIO - Artists’ Moving Image in Europe, Kunsthalle Zurich and Migros Museum (Zurich, CH), 2026

Industrial Art Biennial (Istria, HR), 2026

Eye on art: VISIO - Artists’ Moving Image in Europe, Eye Museum (Amsterdam, NL), 2026

John Hansard Gallery’s Digital Array (Southampton, UK), 2025

Politics of Food, Tate Modern (London, UK) in collaboration with Delfina Foundation, 2024

Edible Images, TBA21 Ocean Space (Venice, IT), 2023

Terra Libera, Rijksmuseum Twente (Twente, NL), 2023

The Glass City, Radius CCA (Delft, NL), 2023

Foodscapes, Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (Venice, IT), 2023

Seed Index, Eastside Projects (Birmingham, UK), 2023

OpenLab02 – Matadero (Madrid, ES), 2023

The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery (London, UK), 2022

Chapter 5ive, Het Hem (Zaandam, NL), 2022

Potential Agrarianisms, KHB Kunsthalle Bratislava (SK), 2021

The legacy of Lynn Margulis, CCCB (Barcelona, ES). With Marta Segarra. Humanimal, 2021

BCN Producció - La Capella (Barcelona, ES), 2021

OFF-Biennale (Budapest, HU), 2021

Ecologies of the Ghost Landscape,Tranzit (Bratislava, SK), 2021

Loop Fair (Barcelona, ES), 2021

LUX (London, UK), 2019

Open (Reykjavík, IS), 2019

Seager Gallery (London, UK), 2019

Centre Carme (Valencia, ES), 2019

Khalil Sakakini Center (Ramallah, PS), 2017

Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona, ES), 2017

Eremuak, Harriak (Markina-Xemein, ES), 2017

Anthology Film Archives (New York, US), 2016

The Agency of Living Organisms, Tabakalera (Donostia-San Sebastián, ES), 2016

Galeria Estrany-de la Mota (Barcelona, ES), 2016

Arts Santa Mònica, 2016

Curatorlab (Stockholm, SE), 2016

Tofu Absorbs flavour, Galeria Sabot (Cluj-Napoca, RO), 2015

La Publika, Consonni (Bilbao, ES). 2015

Lost&Found, Oude Kerk (Amsterdam, NL), 2015

Fictions. Caves/Cascades. Blindness of love. Stedelijk Museum Buro Amsterdam (NL), 2015

Love letter to mars, OCA Office for Contemporary Art (Oslo, NO). In collaboration with Yazan Khalili & Lara Khaldi, 2014

Love Letter to Mars performance-lecture by Lara Khaldi AND Yazan Khalili at Medrar for Contemporary Art (Cairo, EG), 2014

Mercat de les Flors – Secció Irregular, 2014