PÁR
Co-Founder
Since 2024
PÁR is an itinerant project currently in Madrid, Spain. Founded by Pedro Mendes & Amanda Gatti, they create platforms for critical and experimental practices across cinema and contemporary art.
CINE-CIUDAD
Founder-Curator-Coordinator
Film programme
2025 - CCCQS (Madrid, Spain)
2024 - Lavapiés (Madrid, Spain)
Founded in 2024 by artist and researcher Amanda Gatti, Cine-Ciudad is a film program developed under PÁR, an itinerant platform for experimental and critical practices in cinema and contemporary art. The initiative was first launched in PÁR’s studio in Madrid’s Lavapiés neighborhood as a self-organized and non-profit space for exchange, and has since expanded to institutions such as CCCQS - Quinta del Sordo (Madrid). Cine-Ciudad is structured around three thematic axes—dérive, community, and architecture—through which it curates screenings and collective discussions, positioning cinema as a tool to reflect on urban life, spatial practices, and social dynamics. By combining curatorial experimentation with collaborative modes of engagement, Cine-Ciudad contributes to a broader ecology of independent cultural initiatives that bridge artistic research, collective learning, and critical reflection.
Project Timeline
2024
Cine-Ciudad began in January 2024 in PÁR's flat-studio in the Lavapiés neighborhood. Created, curated, and independently produced as a non-profit initiative by Amanda Gatti, it aimed to generate a collaborative space where participants could exchange ideas and interpretations about the films screened. Even in this pilot phase, the project has established valuable collaborations with filmmakers and distributors who have generously provided their films free of charge to be shown in this experimental context.
2025
Between January and March 2025, Cine-Ciudad was invited to organize three screenings at the CCCQS - Centro de Creación Contemporánea Quinta del Sordo in Madrid, as part of the parallel activities of the Casas Bajas exhibition — a show that portrays the social and architectural transformations experienced by the southern neighborhoods of Madrid between the 1960s and 1970s. Once again, the project established collaborations with filmmakers, video artists, and distributors who generously provided their films. In some cases, reciprocal arrangements were made with distributors: they granted exhibition rights, and in return, the project handled the translation and subtitling into English and Spanish. + Info
2026
Continuing with the program commissioned by the CCCQS - Centro de Creación Contemporánea Quinta del Sordo, Amanda Gatti was invited to contribute a text to a collaborative publication linked to the Barrio(s) project, which compiles and expands upon the research and activities developed within the framework of the Casas Bajas exhibition. The text, already completed, focuses on the notion of “city” from the curatorial perspective of Cine-Ciudad.
URBAN AND PERFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES
Guest Facilitator
Workshop
2022 - Póvoa de Santa Iria (Portugal)
A city exists through the stories we tell, embedded in affections and memories. It is a common territory between people, but each one has a personal and unique relationship with the space and time lived there.
A workshop facilitated by Amanda Gatti that aims to investigate the city as a performing space full of possibilities and narratives.
BECOMING ACTION -BODY & MEMORY
Facilitator
Virtual workshop in the context of Covid-19
Participants from Latin America and Europe
2021 - Moinho Cultural (Farroupilha, Brazil)
2021 - Mostra Tropé (São Paulo, Brazil)
This virtual workshop facilitated by Amanda Gatti and Gustiele Fistaról introduced some ideias around spatial urban practice, incorporating ideias such as "dérive" and sensory ethnography. It consisted of a short walk and discussion. All of the participantes were connected through a video call and during the practise they were walking in their own cities.
BORDERS -TERRITORY OF INVESTIGATION
Manager / Facilitator
Educational artistic project supported using public funding by the SEDAC-RS, Marcopolo Foundation (Brazil).
2021 - Virtual edition
An artistic programme for training and supporting young emerging artists from Rio Grande do Sul, south of Brazil. It was facilitated and managed by Amanda Gatti and Gustiele Fistaról (Território de Rupturas collective). Several actions were carried out in order to qualify artists and provoke reflections on the terms “border and difference” - six video performances (Available here) and a masterclass entitled "Becoming Border: Thinking Through Difference".
POVERA COLLAGE & ANIMATION
Facilitator
Workshop
2018 - Centro Cultural UFRGS (Brazil)
2016 - Casa Peirô (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
This workshop took place twice in the city of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. It consisted of experimenting with Arte Povera in audiovisual animation. Participants were encouraged to create their own animations and then the proposals were exhibited.
ALL WOMEN IN CINEMA
Curator / Coordinator
Film festival
2016 - Casa Peirô (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
In the 1930s, Brazilian cinema already featured the significant presence of filmmaker Cleo de Verberena. Since then, the number of women directors has steadily grown. In the 1970s, with the rise of feminist film criticism in the United States and Europe, films directed by women began to gain greater boldness and visibility. However, in Brazil, it was with the Cinema of Retomada in the mid-1990s that a new generation of female filmmakers emerged, spearheaded by the landmark film Carlota Joaquina – The Princess of Brazil, directed by Carla Camurati from Rio de Janeiro.
Despite this progress, Brazilian cinema remains predominantly led by men, often presenting a sexist perspective that objectifies women. Furthermore, the excessive emphasis on this male dominance continues to overshadow films created by women, which have the potential to offer alternative perspectives on cinematic themes and narratives.
To create a space for discussing the role of ALL women in cinema and to draw audience attention to independent productions, Casa Peirô organized the program ALL WOMEN IN CINEMA in March 2016. This initiative included screenings of feature and short films, debates, and workshops exclusively focused on women's contributions to production, direction, screenwriting, and acting.