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Ksenia Popova

Heinali

The Distant Mirror

Born in Kyiv, Heinali gained international recognition with Madrigals (2020), which blends period-instrument improvisations with quasi-Renaissance polyphony generated on modular synthesizer. His 2023 album Kyiv Eternal, described by The New York Times as “a ravishing audioscape,” is a hauntological portrait of his home city under attack, layering prewar field recordings with ambient memory loops from →

Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa

Playing With Risk

“If I were to describe what I do, I’d say it’s a form of memoir to some extent,” he says. “I care a lot about applying the craft of stand-up to the things I have to say.” As a mentor, Bandara Rajapaksa is looking for applicants who engage with the challenge of “properly expressing a →

Mentors Lucy McRae, Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa, Tom Cassani, Keren Cytter, Almagul Menlibayeva, Heinali.

Forecast 11

Our Call for Ideas for Forecast's 2026-27 Edition Is Open!

We’re delighted to announce the new mentors and open call for applications for the 11th Forecast Festival. Send us your project ideas by Monday, February 16, at 11:59pm CET. →

Lucy McRae

Introspective Futurism

McRae pioneers new narratives about how future technologies may transform human intimacy, reproduction, biology, and health, while foregrounding the ethical implications of genetic engineering. Through speculative, world-building approaches, her work uses hypothesis as a tool to question who we are, how we relate to our bodies, and where we may be headed.   Based in →

Almagul Menlibayeva

Unruly Images

Menlibayeva has exhibited internationally at major biennials including, among others, at Venice, Sydney, South Korea, Thailand, and Ulaanbaatar. She held the solo exhibition Transformation at the Grand Palais, Paris (2016). Recent projects include a major multi-channel video installation on the Kazakh Famine at the 2023 Sharjah Biennale, and participation in the 2025 Digital Biennale Hamburg →

Tom Cassani

Authentic Deception

Tom Cassani is an award-winning performance maker working with magic and the body. His ongoing artistic explorations draw on an expanded approach to magic, using strategies of Live Art, techniques of circus sideshow, and methods of illusion to create almost impossible performance art. Cassani is known for illusory texts, imagery, and physical skills that expose →

Keren Cytter

Constructing Delusions

Stylistically, Cytter embraces constraint and apparent simplicity: sparse settings, minimal props, frontal staging, and economical editing. These decisions heighten attention to rhythm, timing, and repetition, allowing subtle formal shifts to generate significant emotional and conceptual impact. Her films often resist narrative closure, instead exposing the mechanics of filmmaking—editing, scripting, acting—as active forces shaping perception.

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