Initially trained in urban geography, and then visual arts, Emanuel Licha is an artist and filmmaker. His films focus on specific spatial and architectural objects, leading to a reading of the features of the urban landscape as so many social, historical, and political signs. His film installations featured in major art institutions worldwide, and his short films Mirages (2009) and How Do We Know What We Know? (2011) were screened internationally in film festivals. His first feature-length documentary, Hotel Machine (2016), premiered at Cinéma du réel at the Centre Pompidou and won various prizes, including les Étoiles de la SCAM, at the FiDLAb and at DokLeipzig. zo reken is his second feature-length documentary film.
zo reken, 86 min, Documentaire, 2021
Hotel Machine, 67 min, Documentaire, 2016
How Do We Know What We Know?, 18 min, Documentaire, 2011
Mirages, 20 min, Documentaire, 2010
Preparing for Serious Events, 3 min, Expérimental, 2007
Memorial, 4 min, Expérimental, 2006
Tlatelolco (Same Old Story), 3 min, Expérimental, 2005
War Tourist, 98 min, Expérimental, 2004–2008
In & Out, 4 min, Expérimental, 2003
Green, Green Grass of Home, 19 min, Expérimental, 2002
R for Real, 9 min, Expérimental, 2008