Life Bytes is a five-part series of intimate short films that explore identity, memory, and self-representation through various modes of autobiographical cinema. Conceived as a fragmented self-portrait in motion, the series oscillates between essay, diary, archive, and performance—each piece experimenting with form to capture different facets of lived experience.
The title plays on the digital nature of the medium and the fragmented, byte-sized glimpses into personal life that each film offers. Though distinct in style and structure, the works are united by a commitment to vulnerability, formal experimentation, and the desire to understand the self through the act of filming.
The series includes:
Mood Elevator — I follow my friend Angela over the course of a single day, blending observational documentary with performative gesture. The film weaves together intimate, cinéma vérité-style footage of her daily routine with fragments of a performance she conceived: having dinner alone, ceremoniously, in the small elevator of her apartment building.
Memento Mori — A contemplative portrait of the Almudena Cemetery in Madrid, filmed across two visits in the ominous chill of autumn dusk. Through lingering, observational shots and a sonic landscape that moves between ambient city noise and near-silence, the film invokes a space that is at once monumental and intimate, physical and metaphysical.
My Own Private Christmas Carol — An ironic and self-aware account of the filmmaker’s life during the holiday season, structured around three themes: family, love, and celebration.
The Silent Legacy — A photo-based documentary constructed entirely from family archives and voiceover, confronting the intergenerational impact of a silenced death from AIDS and the filmmaker’s own identity.
Greatest Hits — A video diary of one week in the filmmaker’s life, capturing fleeting moments of connection, routine, and introspection in a style that merges everyday intimacy with poetic montage.