Hall of Fame de Cinema (Film Hall of Fame) – Public Choice Awards Now Open

Following the final selections by the jury, of which I am proud to be part of, the Hall of Fame de Cinema – Public Choice Awards are now open to the public!

This year, the jury included 123 film enthusiasts and professionals, who carefully shortlisted films, directors, actors, and actresses. The site is run by Bruno Fernandes, together with Jay (Luís Sá), Joana Oliveira, João Santiago & Lisa Ferreira, Miguel Ferreira, and Raquel Sampaio. Genre categories include Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Terror, Action/Thriller, Comedy, and two special categories for the year.

Now it’s your turn to have a say. The public voting allows film lovers everywhere to participate in celebrating cinema and honoring standout performances and works from this year’s jury selections.

Visit the Hall of Fame de Cinema site to cast your vote and explore all the curated films and profiles chosen by the jury.

Creative Practice in Men’s Work in The Listening Room HQ

Ralf Peters, Sweets edition, 2025

My latest post in The Listening Room HQ is about what happens when creative practice enters the space of men’s work.

Creative practice has a way of loosening what words alone can’t reach. It’s not about art as product, but about opening. A way men can meet themselves, each other, and others differently.

It’s not theory or performance, it’s a way of grounding, disarming, and opening what’s otherwise hard to reach.

In spirit, it sits not far from Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files, a place where correspondence becomes a kind of soul map. The Listening Room HQ works in a similar way though with men’s practice: gathering fragments, gestures, and creative practice into a field of shared soul work.

You can read it here: Creative Practice in Men’s Work.

Wave-Gotik-Treffen, Leipzig 2025 – photolog 1

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

We’ll be bringing you the 2025 Wave-Gotik-Treffen photologs over the next few weeks. As usual, Gustavo Hochman captured the festival for us.Wave-Gotik-Treffen is the world’s largest gothic festival, celebrating gothic, Victoriana, steampunk, and related subcultures. The festival happens yearly in Leipzig, Germany.We will return to cover the festival next year.

© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
Totentanz Strumpfsockig © Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman
© Mondo Bizarre Magazine/Gustavo Hochman

2025 photolog 2

2025 photolog 3

2025 photolog 4

Other Years:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2024 coverage connection

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2023 coverage connection:

Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2019 coverage connection