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• Curated by Sofía Moisés Pizà, the programme opens with a screening dedicated to Man Ray's cinema and a panel discussion with Jaume Ripoll, María Sebastián, Edu Biurrun, and Núria Abad
• The new series brings together cinema, photography, and critical thinking in a proposal that combines film screenings, panel discussions, and industry professionals throughout May

Sa Societat theatre, in Calvià village, holds Calvià PhotoFilm since 6th May, a new series that proposes a reflection on photography through cinema. Entitled “The unsubmissive image: from materiality to politics,” the programme, curated by Sofía Moisés Pizà, combines film screenings with talks by leading professionals in the field. Calvià PhotoFilm will be held within the framework of the PHOF Mallorca PhotoFest and is supported by Filmin. 

With the support of Calvià Town Hall, the initiative is part of the “Calvià, Year of Cinema” programme, which aims to position the audiovisual sector as a key driver of economic, cultural, and tourism diversification for the municipality through collaboration with film-related events scheduled for 2026. 

Calvià PhotoFilm: Photography as a way of seeing and being in the world

The new series proposes a reflection on the relationship between photography and cinema under the premise of “The unsubmissive image: from materiality to politics,” exploring everything from the avant-garde to practices deeply linked to memory, social denouncement, and the construction of new perspectives. 

The Calvià PhotoFilm programme will open with Man Ray, a key figure in Dadaism and Surrealism, whose work understands cinema as a material extension of photography. 

A must-see event: 6th May, presentation and start of the series. 

The series will open at Teatre Sa Societat on 6th May at 6:00 p.m. with the screening of Man Ray: the return to reason (2023), which includes four cult classics from the artist's silent films of the 1920s, restored for the first time in 4K, and a roundtable discussion with leading figures from the audiovisual and cultural sectors. 

Man Ray: the return to reason (2023) 

Director: Man Ray Music: Sqürl Country: France, United States Production: Womanray, Cinenovo Running Time: 70 minutes 

Synopsis: This 4K restored anthology celebrates the centenary of the cinematic work of Man Ray, a key figure of Surrealism and Dadaism. The programme brings together his most outstanding experimental films, accompanied by a new original soundtrack by Sqürl, the group led by Jim Jarmusch. 

Titles included in the programme: 

Le Retour à la raison (1923), Man Ray's first foray into filmmaking: a radical Dadaist piece, constructed with abstract forms, plays of light and shadow, and direct experimentation on the film. 

Emak Bakia (1926), a pioneering work that explores cameraless filmmaking and alternative photographic processes, incorporating everyday objects such as needles or grains of salt onto the celluloid. 

L’Étoile de mer (1928), his best-known film, transports us to a dreamlike atmosphere reinforced by the use of filters and visual distortions.

Les Mystères du château de Dé (1929), commissioned by viscount Charles de Noailles to film his villa in Hyères, resolved by Man Ray with complete creative freedom in a work situated between architecture, play, and abstraction. 

Round table discussion with the participation of: 

• Jaume Ripoll, co-founder and editorial director of Filmin and director of the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest. A graduate of ESCAC, he has received the Enderrock Award, two Projecta Honorary Awards, and the Astarté Honorary Award; he has served on juries at festivals such as Berlin, Cannes, and Venice, and is the author of the memoir "Videoclub" (Penguin Random House, 2023). 
• María Sebastián, PhD in Art History from the UIB and architect from the UPC, specialising in tourism, architecture, and photography in the Balearic Islands. Professor and researcher at the UIB, focusing on contemporary architecture and touristification, with participation in national and international projects. She has received awards such as the Ciutat de Palma Prize (2016) and the Wiley Research Fellowship (2022) and is co-editor of Mayurqa magazine. 
• Edu Biurrun, a director of photography trained at EFTI (Madrid), began his television career as a camera technician on popular series. Since the 2000s, he has worked as a director of photography in fiction and documentary, with projects for IB3—such as “Llàgrima de sang,” “Mossèn Capellà,” and “L’anell”—independent films, and recent productions like the series “La Moderna.” 
• Núria Abad, after a long career in journalism, began her career in 2007 as a producer, director, and screenwriter of documentaries and television programmes. Co-founder of the production company and communications agency MOM Works, her most notable works include the feature-length documentaries “Dorothea and the Myotragus,” María y la película olvidada”, “Memorias de Puerto Rico” or “Torrelló ante la cámara” amongst others. She has also produced documentary series for IB3 such as “Munar” and “El Rei.”