Laurence Henriquez is a writer and filmmaker whose lens-based practice explores the confusion, alienation and unknowability of existence with a sense of humor and a feel for the macabre. He believes that the progress of culture depends on the vitality of the images we produce. Each generation needs images that are appropriate for their time. If we fail to aspire to such heights our species is as dead as the dinosaurs.
2022 showreel
a 15 minute reel with segments of all the works I've made I've completed in the last 12 months. pass: cbk2022
D.E.N.I.S. - Patru Pereți
A music video for a Romanian Garage rock band that blends video with AI animation. It is one of the first music videos in the world to harness AI animation.
It also got a write up in Vice.
https://www.vice.com/ro/article/7kbg74/denis-album-viata-din-bucuresti-psihedelica
Fin. Finito. Infinto.
Straddling the liminality between documentary, satire and science fiction, Fin. finito. infinite. is a testament to the last day of light on “alien” planet whose civilization has known for 1000 years that its star would die out. Ironic detachment and poetic license are utilized to “lift the veil” off the everyday banalities of an island resort town, transforming it into a landscape of caprice and myth blissfully careening toward apocalypse.
Premier at IFFR 2023
Werner Herzog Filmmaker Accelerator
A filmmaking workshop led by legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog where we were expected to write, shoot, edit a film by ourselves.
Viata Mea
Viata Mea follows a gig worker for a popular EaaS (Empathy-as-a-Service) mobile application that allows clients to rent actors to role-play family members, partners, friends, or otherwise for any type of platonic occasion.
The Glistener
A chance encounter with mysterious a stranger on the streets of Rotterdam nudges two youths toward the path of transcendence and self-actualization.
Premier at IFFR 2023
Tale of Two Punekars
We follow a day in the life of a village and city girl from Pune, India, and their completely divergent relationships with water.
Enrico's Rooms
A young man's attempt to run away from his past is fraught with diminishing returns.
Castello
Two young girls recount the lives of the extraordinary inhabitants of an enchanted apartment building.
Per Cosí Poco
A misguided director runs around interviewing residents of the small Italian town in hopes of finding an idea for his next film.
Cinemadamare Film Festival
CinemadaMare Film Festival is the annual film festival for youth amateur short movie makers that is held in Italy.
Mas Que La Cara
After a young woman finds the courage to explore the world outside of her apartment, her twilight odyssey ends up being much more than what she bargained for.