Mateo Vega is a filmmaker and artist from Peru raised in Amsterdam, and a graduate of Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam University College and The New School. The starting point of their work is the subjective experience of (urban) space, and the politics, histories and futures embedded in landscapes, architecture and infrastructure. Their films and installations have been shown at festivals and venues including MoMA, Film at Lincoln Center (US), International Film Festival Rotterdam, Go Short, Framer Framed, Amsterdam Museum, Theater Rotterdam (NL), DMZ Docs (KR), Glasgow Short Film Festival (GB), Guanajuato International Film Festival (MX), Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (CA), and many others.
