Welcome to the Lost & Found archive, featuring photographs and reports from our evenings as well as information about the participating artists. The artists’ websites are published here so they can be contacted directly. All flyers have been photographed; their materiality is visible, with corners, folds, and relief retaining their tactile quality on screen.This site takes the form of a growth model and behaves as a work in its own right: it is always, and never, finished. The site functions as an archive and is not updated regularly; if you wish for a change or update, you may submit a request.

Since 1997, over 200 sessions of stray images and sound have been organised. Artists, writers, scientists and musicians present work in progress, experiment or present work that doesn't fit into their oeuvre (yet). A specific and unique stage for diverse and hybrid works which don't fit comfortably into galleries or museums.

Mahdi Fleifel

Filmmaker and visual artist (PS), website
Fleifel was born in Dubai, and grew up in a refugee camp in Lebanon and later in Denmark. In 2009, Fleifel graduated from the British National Film and Television School and founded the production company Nakba FilmWorks with Patrick Campbell. Refugees are prominently featured in his body of work.

  1. A Man Returned

    Reda is 26 years old. His dreams of escaping the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain El-Helweh ended in failure after three years trapped in Greece. He returned with a heroin addiction to life in a camp being torn apart by internal strife and the encroachment of war from Syria.
    Against all odds he decides to marry his childhood sweetheart; a love story, bittersweet as the camp itself.

    Berlin international Film Festival – Winner Silver Bear
    Wintertur international Short Film Festival – Grand Prize
    Vienna Independent Short – Best Short Film
    European Film Awards – Best Short Film Nomination

    Watch the trailer

     

    Shown at L&F Paradiso (12–01–2018)