Naemi Victoria

Dubliners will know this story all too well. It’s hard to find a place, and rents are insane. Then there is the threat of eviction. As you’re reading this, people across Dublin are fighting to stay in their homes. They have nowhere to go despite many vacant buildings across town. Displace: The Battle for Dublin captures Dublin as a city that is turning into a commodity. There is no place for community, just consumers. Urban ruins, like the Iveagh Market, remind us of a time where public...

The sun is beating down on the concrete of an unnamed city. Its glaring heat condemns all life to a nocturnal rhythm that sets the scene for Jaqueline Zünd’s contemplative feature debut, Don’t Let The Sun (2025). Its narrative casts a lingering glance at the social cost of the climate crisis and dives into a world where people have withdrawn from their environment and from each other. While words have become sparse, ambient sound is a constant companion that guides us through the physical...