AS TIME SWALLOWS TIME
As Time Swallows Time is El Ultimo Grito’s first feature-length film, commissioned for the BIO28 Ljubljana Biennale, and directed by Rosario Hurtado, Roberto Feo and Stuart Bannocks. Known for their work at the intersection of design, architecture, and media, this project extends their ongoing exploration into the boundaries of cinematic language through what they call filmoids—hybrid multimedia and spatial works that operate as films without adhering to conventional film form.
This work emerges from a dialogue with the Biennale’s curatorial theme, “Do You Speak Flower?” curated by Alexandra Midal. The theme investigates historical contexts in which women have been symbolically linked to flowers—figures of fragility, sensuality, and objectification—and how those associations have been reclaimed and subverted. Rather than interpreting this theme directly, they place it in conversation with another storyline: a speculative exploration of time and temporal perception, drawn from their ongoing metauniverse developed in previous works such as Earth: A Retrospective (Valencia, 2022–23) and Visitants (Madrid, 2024).
The result is a film constructed through the juxtaposition of narrative fragments, scenes layered in a way that invites viewers to assemble meaning through their own movement across the film. Much like a spatial installation, As Time Swallows Time resists linear progression, instead producing a kind of narrative Kuleshov Effect, where associations emerge in the gaps between stories rather than within them.
They produced this filmoid as an experiment in the expanding language of cinema—where narrative, installation, and speculative fiction collide.
Synopsis:
BE awakens in a world she does not fully recognize—only to discover she is retracing a path laid out by her future self. Along this mysterious journey, she follows cryptic clues and remnants of choices not yet made, drawing her ever closer to a moment of convergence: the instant she and her future self will merge in the present.
With that merging comes transformation—and the unlocking of strange and powerful gifts collected along the way.
But BE’s evolution may not be as accidental as it seems. Shadowy forces are watching, some determined to stop her, others desperate to control what she is becoming. For BE is destined to transform into POPPY: the embodiment of death and rebirth. A figure both feared and revered. A turning point in the balance between creation and destruction.
As timelines collapse and identities blur, BE must decide whether to embrace her fate—or redefine it entirely.
PRIVATE SCREENING
BIO28 Double Agent: Do You Speak Flower? @ Museum of Architecture and Design_MAO, Ljubljana 28.03.2025
AS TIME SWALLOWS TIME @ The Rivoli Ballroom, London 26.11.2025
2025 London Lift-Off Film Festival _ Feature Length Live Action Narratives _ Selected
2025 Tokyo International Cinema Awards _ Best Experimental _ Nominee
2025 Austin International Art Festival _ Best International Documentary Film _ semi-finalist
2025 London International Filmmakers Festival _ Experimental Shorts _ semi-finalist
2025 Art Film Spirit Awards _ Best Experimental _ nominee
2025 Palermo International Film Festival _ Experimental Short _ semi-finalist
2025 Niagara Falls International Short Festival _ Best Experimental Short _ semi-finalist
2025 Brooklyn International Short Awards _ Best Experimental Film _ semi-finalist
2025 Hong Kong Indie Film Festival _ Best Short _ semi-finalist
AS TIME SWALLOWS TIME
A film by / film avtorjev
EL ULTIMO GRITO 2025
Directed / Režija
ROSARIO HURTADO
ROBERTO FEO
STUART BANNOCKS
With / z
ZOE FROST
As “BE”
KATE HANDFORD
As / kot “THE NARRATOR”
PAULA RODRIGUEZ
As / kot “THE CURATOR”
JAMES CARRIGAN
As / kot “LE PRÉSENT”
TNAJA LAŽETIČ
As / kot “SPARTACUS”
Written / Napisala
ROSARIO HURTADO
ROBERTO FEO
Cinematography and Edition / Snemanje in montaža
STUART BANNOCKS
Soundtrack / zvočna podlaga
ALEX BRETTELL
Executive Producers / izvršni producenti
EL ULTIMO GRITO
Co-Produced / ko-produkcija
BIO28
MUZEJ ZA ARHITEKTURO IN OBLIKOVANJE (MAO)
CENTER ZA KREATIVNOST (CZK)
EVROPSKA UNIJA in REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA
Co-Produced / ko-produkcija
THE BRITISH COUNCIL
HEAD_Genève
Goldsmiths, University of London
CAST (In Order Of Appearance) / IGRALKE (po vrstnem redu pojavljanja)KATE HANDFORD “THE NARRATOR”
PAULA RODRIGUEZ “THE CURATOR”
ZOE FROST “BE”
JAMES CARRIGAN “LE PRÉSENT”
BOR ROLIH Waiter / natakar
TNAJA LAŽETIČ “SPARTACUS”
PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ
DEE HALLIGAN
DOMINIK WEBB
DANIEL CHARNY
SASHA LYCHAGINA
DOMINIC ROBSON
LISA CARDY Bar Customer / Stranke bara
NIKOLA PONGRAC
TANJA VERGLES
TOMAŠ ŠTOKA
MAŠA OGRIN
TINA VERDAOVSKA
NATALJA LAPAJNE
KRISTINA DEŠMAN
NATASJA ROŽEJ
HANA VARDJAN Flowers / rože
FILM TEAM / FILMSKA EKIPAROSARIO HURTADO
ROBERTO FEO
STUART BANNOCKS Directors / režirja
ROSARIO HURTADO
ROBERTO FEO Written / napisala
STUART BANNOCKS Edition and Cinematography / snemanje in montaža
SASHA LYCHAGINA Assistant Editor / pomočnik urednika
ALEX BRETTELL Soundtrack / zvočna podlaga
STUART BANNOCKS Additional Sounds / dodatni zvoki
ZOE FROST Poppy’s Costume Design / oblikovanje kostumov Poppy
STEPAHANIE BURRELL Choreography / koreografija
IMANI NAGHTEN Nail Art / manikura
POI Prop Design / oblikovanje rekvizitov
ANDREW WEATHERHEAD Goldsmiths Labs Props Advisor / svetovalec za rekvizite
FRANKIE PYKE Goldsmiths Labs Film Advisor / svetovalec za film
STEPHEN EGLINGTON Knife Prop / rekvizit nož
FILM LOCATIONS / LOKACIJE FILMOV
MUZEJ ZA ARHITEKTURO IN OBLIKOVANJE (MAO) Ljubljana
GALERIJA ISIS Ljubljana
MALA GALERIJA BANKE SLOVENIJE Ljubljana
ŠVICARIJA Ljubljana
KAVARNA MAO Ljubljana
RIVOLI BALLROOM London
HATCHAM SPACE GOLDSMITHS London
FILM PRODUCTION / FILMSKA PRODUKCIJA
EL ULTIMO GRITO Executive Producers / Izvršni producent
BIO28
MUZEJ ZA ARHITEKTURO IN OBLIKOVANJE (MAO)
CENTER ZA KREATIVNOST (CZK)
EVROPSKA UNIJA IN REPUBLIKA SLOVENIJA Co-Producers / Koproducenti
THE BRITISH COUNCIL
HEAD_Genève
GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Co-Producers / Koproducenti
BIO28 TEAM / EKIPA
ALEXANDRA MIDAL Curator / Kustosinja
EMMA PFLIEGER Assistant Curator / Asistentka kustosinje
HANA ČEFERIN
ANJA RADOVIĆ Heads of / Vodji BIO28
NUŠA ZUPANC PAVLIČ Editor of / Urednica BIO
MOJCA MIHAILOVIČ-ŠKRINJAR
PIA GROLEGER Heads of Production / Vodji produkcijskih platform
RAFAELA DRAŽIĆ Graphic Design / grafično oblikovanje
STUDIO SADAR Exhibition Design / oblikovalci razstave
MATJAŽ BRULC Exhibition Coordinator and Logistics / koordinacija razstave in logistika
MANCA KOŠIR Communications Officer / odnosi z javnostmi
SARA ANA VRTOVEC Grants Manager / razpisna dejavnost
LUCIJA ROSC Photography / fotografije
NELA KUHNOVÁ Intern / pripravnica
IZTOK ILC, PETER ŽARGI Translations / prevodi
JASON BLAKE
VIDA JOCIF Proofreading / lektura
GC DPI
DRUŠTVO 27 Technical Realisation / Tehnična izvedba
MICHELLE MILLAR FISHER
BARBARA PREDAN
RENATA SALECL
OLI STRATFORD Advisory Board / Svetovalni odbor
MAO and CZK TEAM / MAO in CZK EKIPA
MAJA VARDJAN MAO Director / direktorica MAO
UROŠ PANGERC Assistant Director / pomočnik direktorice
ANJA ZORKO Head of Centre for Creativity / vodja Centra za kreativnost
MAŠA OGRIN Head of BIO / Vodja BIO
ANA KANDARE
BLAŽKA KIRM Marketing
DARJA PIKOVNIK Marketing Assistant / asistentka marketinga
NIKOLA PONGRAC
CVETKA POŽAR
ŠPELA ŠUBIC Expert Collaborators / strokovni sodelavci
NATALIJA LAPAJNE
MAJA ŠUŠTARŠIČ Educational Programme / izobraževalni program
MATJAŽ ROZINA
TADEJ GOLOB Technical Support / tehnična podpora
ARTISTS / UMETNIKI BIO28
NGUVEREN AHUA, LAURÈNE ALLARD, MARC ALLÉGRET, NIKLAS ALM, RIDLER ANNA, KATARINA BABIČ DERENDA, CAROLE BAIJINGS, MAJA BAJEVIĆ, JOHN BALDESSARI, TRISTAN BARTOLLINI, MATEI BEJENARU, ZOE BELLOF, NIKA VAN BERKEL, SARA BEZOVŠEK, KARL BLOSSFELDT, REINHOLD AND ROBERT BRENDEL, LÉA CAMPOS, IVAN CANKAR, JULES CHERET, SEGUNDO DE CHOMÓN, JOE COLOMBO, ROGER CORMAN, LAURA COUTO ROSADO, MATALI CRASSET, MAŠA CVETKO, DACH&ZEPHIR, CAMILLE DANDELOT, ANES DHIF, WILLIAM KENNEDY DICKSON, RAFAELA DRAŽIĆ, RAY AND CHARLES EAMES, HARRY C. ELLIS, JEAN COMANDON AND PIERRE DE FONBRUNE, BETI FRIM, LOÏE FULLER, LAURELINE GALLIOT, MARTINO GAMPER, JOHN BINGLEY GARLAND, MAKSIM GASPARI, ARTHUR GILLET, JONATHAN GLAZER, NIA GOMBAČ, MAJA GSPAN VIČIČ, BENJAMIN GRAINDORGE, VINCENT GRANGE, EUGÈNE SAMUEL GRASSET, ROBERTO GRECO, AXELLE GRÉGOIRE, EL ÚLTIMO GRITO, JULES GRÜN, ALICE GUY, KATHERINE HERLAND, MAXIME HETA, NIKA HORVAT, MARGARET WATTS HUGHES, ANNA HULAČOVÁ , ANNA HULAČOVÁ , MARGUERITE HUMEAU, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, JANEZ JAGER, RADOVAN JENKO, ASIANA JURCA AVCI, JOŽE KARLOVŠEK, NAJA KIKELJ, KAPWANI KIWANGA, DOMEN KLINC, HILMA AF KLINT, JACOB AND JOSEF KOHN, ALENKA KORENJAK, GAŠPER KUNŠIČ, EMMA KUNZ, TANJA LAŽETIĆ, TINA LAGLER, SUNWOO LEE, MALLE LEIS, NUK - NATIONAL AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, MILJENKO LICUL, ZOJA FUNDA LIPNIK, STEFAN LORANT, POLONCA LOVŠIN, GABRIELA LUCHETTA, ROSA LUXEMBURG, ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, ANGELA MARZULLO, MATMOS, MARUŠA MAZEJ, AURORE MESOT, SARAH MEYOHAS, ANDRIJA MIHAILOVIĆ, BLAŽ MIKLIČ, CARLO MOLLINO, MARGE MONKO, ANNABELLE MOORE, OLIVIER MOURGUE, ALFONSE MUCHA, TILYEN MUCIK, SLOVENE ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM, SVEN ODERMATT, ANNA ODULIŃSKA, TONY OURSLER, BRIAN DE PALMA, M/M PARIS, PIERRE PAULIN, RÉJEAN PEYTAVIN, PFLIEGERFŒGLÉ, GRASHINA GABELMANN AND MICHELLE PHILLIPS, ANGELA PISKERNIK, EVA POPIT, MARJANA RASPOR, LOU REVEL, JURIJ RIHAR, LUCA RIZZO, MARTA CÓRDOBA RUIZ, EERO SAARINEN. ELSA SAHA, ELSA SAHAL, HELENE SCHMITZ, INES SEKAČ, DOMICIJAN SERAJNIK, ANN SHELTON, FRANCISZEK SIENKIEWICZ, MORI SIKORA, VESNA SKUBIC, MARC-ARTHUR SOHNA, PETER STACKPOLE, MARCIN RUSAK STUDIO, MAJA ŠUŠTARŠIČ, CHERYL POWER AND ANDREW SYRED, MICHAEL THONET, RIN TOGO, ANTONIJA KULČAR PRUT – TONKA, NOAM TORAN, DORA TRČEK, MARKO ŠKRBIĆ, ČRT ŠTRUBELJ, IVANKA ŠUBIC, MAJA ŠUŠTARŠIČ, ŽIVA VAUKAN, ZALA VELKAVRH, NIKA VIDNJEVIČ, GAJA VIČIČ, BOB WALTER, XENOSCAPERS KOLEKTIV, YASA KOLEKTIV ANNA ZEMÁNKOVÁ, SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK
THANK YOU HVALA VAM
ALEXANDRA MIDAL, EMMA PFLIEGER, MAJA VARDJAN, MATIJA BEVK, MOJCA MIHAILOVIČ-ŠKRINJAR, MAŠA OGRIN, JAYNE WILLIAMS, ELBA FEO, SASHA LYCHAGINA, ‘JUST’ MIKE, AK GOLDING, BETH ELLIOT, KATJUŠA KUKEC, KATARINA METELKO, ANDREW WEATHERHEAD, FRANKIE PIKE, VAS J.Z, MICO
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS MOVIE, AS WITHOUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND GENEROSITY IT WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN POSSIBLE. HVALA VSEM, KI STE SODELOVALI PRI TEM FILMU, SAJ BREZ VASEGA PRIJATELISTA IN RADODARNOSTI NE BI BILO MOŽNO.