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like moths to light
like moths to light is a hybrid essay film premiering at IFFR Tiger Shorts competition 2026.
26’ – Colour, black & white – 1.85:1 – 5.1
Spain, France, Italy – 2026
O.V. English – with French & Spanish subtitles
Cast: Susan O’Doherty, Eric Wollberg
Direction, screenplay: Gala Hernández López
Production: Gala Hernández López (6980 Films, SP / After Social Networks, FR), Leonardo Bigazzi (Lo Schermo dell’arte, IT)
Director of photography: A. Pol Camprubí
Editing: Dinah Ekchajzer
3D images: Nathan Gali
Machine vision & upscaling: Felipe Elgueta
Digital effects: Silvia Clotet
Sound design & sound re-recording mixer: Laura Tomás
Color: Martí Somoza
Original music: Hara Alonso
Graphic design: Esteve Padilla
Festivals distribution: Square Eyes
SYNOPSIS
A woman talks to us from inside a machine that records her brain activity. She describes a mental labyrinth composed of an old amusement park called Dreamland, 19th-century dream photography, contemporary experiments in mental decoding using AI, and Prophetic, a start-up whose goal is to control dreams. But what do our dreams see when they look at us?
like moths to light is a meditation on the future of our dream worlds in the age of neurocapitalism.
FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS
International Film Festival Rotterdam – Tiger Shorts competition, The Netherlands, 2026
GRANTS AND SUPPORTS
Leonardo Fine Arts Grant, BBVA Foundation, Spain.
Science New Wave Fund, USA.
VISIO Production Grant – Lo Schermo dell’arte – Fondazione in Between Art Film, Italy.
Production Grant, “La Caixa” Foundation, Spain.
Aide Individuelle à la Création – DRAC Région Ile-de-France, France.
Le Nouveau Printemps, Festival de création contemporaine, France.
Human Company, Italy.
RESIDENCIES
La Friche Residency, Palais de Tokyo, France, 2024.
Connected Minds Residency, York University, Canada, 2025.
Schloss Wiepersdorf Residency, Germany, 2025.
