KOLYA-ALVARO DAM DE NOGALES (B. 2000) IS A SPANISH-CANADIAN FILMMAKER AND PUBLIC ARTIST WHOSE WORK EXPLORES UNIVERSAL NARRATIVES AND THE PRIMAL ROOTS OF HUMAN CONNECTION. THROUGH INTIMATE CHARACTER STUDIES, HIS FILMS CAPTURE THE BEAUTIFUL CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN HUMAN DESIRE AND ACTION, SEEKING SIMPLICITY WITHIN THE ABSURDITY OF HOW WE OVERCOMPLICATE OUR BASIC NEEDS. MADE WITH SMALL CREWS AND A DEEPLY PERSONAL APPROACH, KOLYA’S DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION PROJECTS BYPASS RIGID CONCEPTS OF RIGHT AND WRONG TO FOCUS ON OUR SHARED, VULNERABLE STRUGGLE TO BELONG AND BE LOVED.