When filmmaking is a first language spoken to protect
The One Minutes x An Deò will premiere this series of 24 one-minute films — When filmmaking is a first language spoken to protect, on 3rd May 2025, from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm at Talla Stafainn in An t-eilean Sgitheanach (Isle of Skye, UK). This short film series is curated by Shen Xin, and joined with UNEMENU — snacks made by Ali Van, two North Skye residents and life partners.
When filmmaking is a first language spoken to protect explores filmmaking as a site for co-creating language through relationships with knowledge. The series is curated from both open call submissions and The One Minutes Collection, which comprises over 18,000 video works. The selected 24 One Minutes were submitted from Argentina, China, France, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Malta, Morocco, Suriname, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The selection showcases a diverse range of perspectives and visions, highlighting the power of filmmaking as a medium for co-creating language to guide us in how we might come to know again.
to lead with one's relations in making
is to honour the aliveness of boundaries
is to express through the difference between seeing and looking
is to return juxtaposition of planes to songs of places
is to align with the ways of water through what it touches
is to celebrate while holding limitations of beauty and time
is to listen and belong to elsewhere and others
is to remain open to colours of light and dreams
is to move with those who are moving
is to write with those who are absent
is to weave patterns of restfulness
is to not fear the interiority of language
that speaks through all that we make with
and guides how we might come to know again
Participating artists: Shen Xin, Kaixin Chen, Teresa Busuttil, Adele Dipasquale, Thierry Oussou, Ali Van, Pllurral, Yanna Kok, Huiqi He, Mina Yee, Juliana Soria, Xiya Wang and Yuyue He, Guilliano Zaalman, Arturo Navarro Villacampa, Nazli Dincel, Jingyi li, Alex Olloman, Toke Juhoklee, Kejlow Nielsen, feral mimesis, Josefina Gilardi, Chao Tang, Dario Ricciardi, meng florent, Hamza Halloubi
Working with moving image, installation, sound, text, painting, and performance, Shen Xin practices co-creating language to protect an interconnectedness as an artist of placed based communities. They learn the grammar of senses, volition, techniques, and spaciousness through abiding knowing in relations. They were born in Chengdu, Sichuan, and finds home in Northern An t-eilean Sgitheanach (Isle of Skye) and Mni Sota Makoce.
An Deò is an initiative that organises events and screenings to connect place-based communities with moving images that are rooted in shared and innate belongings.
Using the forces of video, The One Minutes aims to contribute to creating spaces for free expression, collective imagination, and global solidarity in our different, yet deeply interconnected realities. Every two months, The One Minutes releases a new series of One Minutes exploring our current times through moving images. Museums and cultural organisations worldwide subscribe to these series.
The films will be played on a continuous loop, so feel free to drop in at any time during the event to enjoy them.
Staffin Community Hall has onsite parking and an accessible toilet.