Time is never a straight line – it loops, folds, and repeats. The present is shaped by echoes of the past that continue to reverberate, often colliding with dreams of a future yet to arrive. We exist within this shared sea of memory and aspiration, which together define our coexistence.

Photography is deeply entangled in this dance of past and present. In every image, we find the past, resurfacing through moments and gestures. At the same time, photographs create spaces to imagine and dream of worlds to come. 

Entitled Time Machine, this edition of the festival explores how we inhabit layered time. It focuses on overlooked histories, shared rituals and imagined futures. Throughout the programme photography will become a space where memory, fiction, and possibility coexist, allowing multiple timelines to unfold within each frame.