Standing Still in a Moving Scene was filmed during a weekend spent exploring the coastline around Lisbon with a close friend.

The title comes from the soundtrack used in the piece, but it quickly became something more than that. It captured a feeling I had been struggling to describe.

The film was shot on a MiniDV camcorder that originally belonged to my grandparents. Over the years, it has become the camera I carry almost everywhere. It follows me on trips, hikes, weekends away and small everyday moments. Unlike modern digital cameras, every recording has to be transferred manually from tape to a computer before it can be used. The process is slower, imperfect and often inconvenient, which is probably why I've grown attached to it.

One moment from the film reflects this relationship particularly well. At one point, a friend asks me what I'm going to do with all the footage I keep recording.

The honest answer is that I usually don't know.

Most of the time, I don't start with a story. I start with a feeling.

I record moments that catch my attention without knowing exactly why. Only later, while reviewing the footage, do certain patterns begin to emerge. An idea appears. A connection forms. A story reveals itself.

Standing Still in a Moving Scene emerged in exactly that way.

The ocean never stops moving. Every wave is different. Every tide is changing. The landscape is constantly transforming, even when it appears unchanged from a distance.

Yet as humans, we have the unusual ability to do something the sea never can: stop.

To observe.

To be present.

As someone who spends a lot of time in the mountains, I've often experienced that feeling surrounded by silence and vast landscapes. This time I found it somewhere different. The sea was endlessly moving, yet somehow it created the perfect space to slow down.

The project became a reflection on stillness, not as inactivity, but as a conscious decision to pay attention.

The ability to remain grounded while everything around you continues to change.

Standing Still in a Moving Scene is a small attempt to capture that feeling.