Bouge Alexandra

I’m a filmmaker, poet and visual artist. In 2024, my films were selected to the Max Sir International Film Festival, Ukraine, to the New Wave Al Film Festival, USA, at the exhibition VILOMAH: Hidden Loss & Untold Futures, Portugal, to the VIANATUR Environmental Film Festival, Spain, to the Mostra Animal, International Film Festival for the Animals, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, to the Odyssey Global Media Blue Planet Global Grassroots Art Event, to the WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival, (Honorable Mention, Quarter-Finalist), Canada, to the Matuvu festival, in France, Re-Fest, Culture Hub’s festival, in Seoul and I was asked for a podcast on the exploration of ecological, political and social issues through art, hosted by Joana Alarcão. My poems have been published in the Swordplay Zine, issue 5, « Brave », in the review Haus-A-Rest “In Celebration of Women”, issue 47 and in Haus-A-Rest, issue 44.

In 2023, I have been nominated to the Cefalu Film Festival, I have been selected to the Bio Film festival, in Italy, to the La Sur Real Film Festival, Berlin, ONED art/experimental film festival, France, to the World Vegan Film Festival Asia, Indonesia and to the Animal International Film Festival, Italy. My poems have been published in the Art and Poetry magazine Datura n°14, in the Artist and Writers ZINE, HAUS A REST, in the Swordplay Zine, issue 3, in the “Artists Responding to... Quarterly Magazine – Contemporary art, culture and activism”, n°8, UK and by Mood Muse Collective in the HOPE catalogue.

In 2022, I have been selected to the International Short Film Festival accordi @ DISACCORDI, (Finalist), Italy, to the Black Cat Award International Film Festival, Bolivia, to the FIIN, International Nature Image Festival, Portugal, to the Festival of Electronic Music and Video, www.accompositors.com, Barcelona, to the FIVC, International Screendance Festival of Chile, (Semi-Finalist), to the Megacities, Festival du Film Documentaire Court, France, to the festival “Silence ça touille” - Movie and Food Festival, France, to the Neum underwater film festival, (Quart-Finalist), Herzegovina, to the Gaia International Film festival – Stories of Lands and Food, Italy, to the Wildlife Vaasa Festival International du film sur la Nature, Finland, to the One Earth Awards Festival in India, to the Festival del Cinema di Cefalù, Italy, to the Women’s International Film Festival Nigeria WIFFEN, (Honorable Mention), to the Independent Video Film festival of Youtube Art Club Pavlos Paraschakis, (Semi-Finalist), in Greece, to the Clapperboard Golden Festival, in Brazil and to the Rotary Short Film Festival, Rofife in Turkey. My track « Twin Vogue » composed by Vicente Saraiva (feat Bouge Alexandra) have been selected to the Rounded Radio for Going Incognito, (roundedradio.com)
The book of poetry and drawings entitled “La Peau” published by Urtica editions was republished. My poems have been published in the reviews « Dans les Brumes », « Haus a Rest », n° 30, theme « Boundaries » and POJAR, n° 19.

In 2021, I have been selected to the 34th edition of « Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques, » Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, to the 4th Multicultural Film Festival, Toronto, to the Athens Digital Arts Festival / Hybrid Edition, to the International Short Film Festival DETMOLD, Germany, to the International Ecological Film Festival TO SAVE AND PRESERVE, Russia, to the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, to the Dog Film festival, Italy.
My drawings were selected in the journal Mass, on the theme of « The Skin » and my poems published in the journal AreoPoézi, « Wam », n ° 1.

In 2020, I have been selected to the festivals « In Solidarity », Filmmakers Cooperative, New York, to the 9th FriCine - Festival Internacional de Cinema Socioambiental, Rio de Janeiro, to the IMARP - Mostra Internacional de dança - Imagens em Movimento - Video dança, Sao Paulo, Brazil, to the Ratma International Film Festival, Art Category, to the « Video Art Miden film festival », in Greece, « SVOX.TV - Film and Video Arts » in London, « Broken Screen » in Argentina, « CTL 59 Segundos » in Spain, "Just Before Midnight Film Fest" in the United States, to the « The Co19 Project ».
I've made the voices of a music composed by Vicente Saraiva, "Twin Vogue" at Ishim Records which have been selected to the “Calling Spoken Word and performance Artists: Kensington + Chelsea Art Week 2020”, and in the review MASS, July issue "Movement". My paintings have been showed in the « Haus-a-Rest Zine » in London.

In 2019 I have been selected to the festivals "MoziMotion", in Hilversum, Netherlands, "Sinevizyon", in Alsancak, Cyprus, "Aasha International Film Festival", in India, to the Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, to the "World Fest Fest", Italy, to the Music Shorts Film Festival, United States, to the Every Woman Biennial Film Festival, New-York,to the Athens International Digital Film Festival, and to the Festival Romo Côté Courts, France and I'm a finalist of The Las Vegas Global Film Festival, USA.
I received the Special Jury Prize for my poems in the context of "50 years, Campus Radio", Lille University, France. My poems have been published in the art reviews "Accents poétiques" and "Tout pour le Freak".

In 2018, I took part to the NuKhuFest festival, in New York, to the Inshort Film Festival, in Lagos, Nigeria, to the Minute Film festival of Lille, to the Muff, Marseille Underground Film Festival, to the Underground Film Festival of Winnipeg, to the Rebel Minded Festival, Brooklyn, to the Leyden Gallery in London, to the festivals Videodrome and Embobineuse and I have been published in the anthology "300K, A Poetry Anthology about the Human Race", edited by Walter Ruhlmann.