Last events before festival conclusion

There are still three events left in This Is My City 2016, the last of which is scheduled for December 13.

Tomorrow, December 9, a number of conferences organized by PechaKucha, a short film screening, and a masterclass will be held at Albergue SCM from 6 p.m.

The PechaKucha concept is simple: discuss 20 images for 20 seconds each. It made its Macau debut in 2010 and has been included in every subsequent This Is My City program, making them a permanent fixture on the festival’s calendar.

Event organizers describe PechaKucha as a “viral phenomenon, one that has taken the world by storm,” which enables This Is My City and its collaborators to join a global community of creative presenters.

This year, local director Maxim Bessmertny will return to host a masterclass on cinema as well as screen a curated selection of shorts. He previously collaborated with organizers on the 2013 edition of This Is My City, where his film “The Tricycle Thief” was screened.

An “Instameet” event has been organized for Saturday, December 10. Local Instagrammers will meet up in the city for a photography walk.

Starting at noon in the Macau Design Center, the event will connect Instagrammers living in or visiting Macau as they capture scenes from around the city. The resulting pictures will be posted onto an Instagram page created for the event, “TIMC2016 Instameet”.

This session builds on the runaway success of social media network Instagram, which “This Is My City” organizers describe as a manifestation of “democratized artistic expression […] allowing people across the world to share a bit of their esthetic vision with other members of a like-minded community.”

The program concludes on December 13, with “Unidentified Acts of Design”, an eight-part documentary series screened and presented by Luisa E. Mengoni (from the Victoria & Albert Museum) and Ole Bouman. It will be held at Casa Garden between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. DB