FiB Exhibitions
December 1, 2025 - February 13, 2026
A solo film exhibition, "Film Undefined", invites us into the cinematic world of QUENTIN GUOBADIA.
Quentin Guobadia, born to Nigerian Jamaican parents and raised in America, is a graduate of Hofstra University's Film Studies and Film Production program, Quentin developed his voice through the lens of classical cinema, drawing inspiration from 1950s Hollywood’s formal rigor and the raw emotional force of 1960s Japanese New Wave.
His early thesis film, KILL, marked a pivotal moment: a commitment to directing as a primary language. Since then, Quentin has continued to refine an approach rooted in patience, precision, and a belief that cinema must honor the audience: their time, their attention, their imagination.
For Quentin, filmmaking is synthesis. Story, structure, rhythm, emotion, each component must be shaped with intentionality. He speaks often about film not only as an art, but as a craft, one that demands respect, skill, and humility.
In The Ideal, Quentin Guobadia explores the fragile boundary between reality and aspiration. When a tragic accident ends ballerina Olivia Stone’s career, she must confront the question of who she is without dance. Set against the backdrop of rigid family expectations and the haunting discipline of ballet, the film examines the formation and multiplicity of identity, as well as the search for meaning when one’s defining purpose is lost.
Visually influenced by European cinema, Guobadia employs dream-like cuts, cold exteriors, and intimate interiors to evoke a state between memory and waking life. Shot on the Alexa XT and Digital Bolex with Cooke lenses, The Ideal is both austere and tender. A meditation on selfhood, resilience, and the art of becoming.
