Blog

  • February 6, 2026

    We are excited to share the new website for Counterpoints Productions – working with filmmakers to create powerful TV and cinema that moves audiences, challenges perceptions, and drives cultural and systemic change.

  • July 3, 2023

    My organisation, Origins Untold, puts on creative and cultural events centering and celebrating people of African and Caribbean heritage in Folkestone.

  • May 18, 2022

    We have commissioned illustrator Nima Javan to create a special image for this year's Refugee Week.

  • February 8, 2022

    Emily from Counterpoints Arts talks about what Refugee Week is and how you can get involved. Refugee Week 2022 is 20-26 June and the theme is ‘Healing’.

  • November 16, 2021

    This Refugee Week, we’re inviting you to explore the theme of ‘Healing’. Through creativity and conversations, Refugee Week 2022 will be a celebration of community, mutual care, and the [...]

  • November 6, 2020

    Onjali Q Raúf © Pål Hansen, Refugee Week 2020 Bringing people together from across the UK and the world, Refugee Week 2020 was a festival 're-imagined'. Refugee Week is [...]

  • June 7, 2018

    This year marks the 20th anniversary of Refugee Week, co-ordinated by Counterpoints Arts with a range of national partners. It's the biggest national festival celebrating the contributions, resilience and creativity of [...]

  • June 8, 2014

    We are delighted to announce that our collaborative project with Royal Holloway, University of London - (Better) Believe It: Big Journeys, Untold Stories - has been awarded a creative [...]