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SUMMARY:After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the latest PopChange Film Club – Counterpoints‘ monthly programme at RichMix showcasing films from filmmakers from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The latest instalment is the London premiere of After Eight: The Story of Satpal Ram\, a black & brown film\, supported by Doc Society. \nFull details and booking via RichMix \nThis powerful and insightful documentary uncovers the darker side of Britain’s post-pub curry culture. Telling the story of Satpal Ram\, the film unveils a major miscarriage of justice in British history and sparks reflection on the ongoing struggle for racial equality. \nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/editor Mos Hannan and director/producer Usayd Younis. \n6.45PM – Doors \n7.00PM – Introduction & After Eight Screening \n7.30PM – Q&A with Directors and Guests \n8.15PM – Exhibition and Drinks \nAbout After Eight\nDespite Britain’s curry houses serving the nation’s favourite cuisine\, they have often served as backdrops for racism and violence. \nIn 1986 Satpal Ram was assaulted in a racially motivated attack at an Indian restaurant. Stabbed in the face with a glass bottle\, he defended himself\, sparking a chain of events that would shape his life. \nAfter Eight delves into the injustices of his trial\, exposing biases and systemic shortcomings that led to a murder conviction despite clear evidence of self-defence. Through interviews\, archival footage\, and personal accounts\, the documentary chronicles a decades-long global campaign for Satpal Ram’s freedom.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/after-eight-the-story-of-satpal-ram/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Our Shared Futures – Climate & Migration Community Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the Our Shared Futures: Climate & Migration Community Film Festival 2025\, curated by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Earth Refuge\, CMJ (Climate & Migrant Justice Organising Group)\, and City of Sanctuary. \nTaking place 21-30 November 2025\, to coincide with COP30 and Climate & Migrant Justice Day (22 Nov)\, this free\, new community-powered film festival shares powerful stories at the intersection of climate and migration. \nThe festival features a curated selection of feature-length and short films from around the world. These films explore themes of climate crisis\, displacement\, colonialism\, conflict\, resilience\, and hope – creating accessible entry points into urgent conversations that affect us all. \nHow it works\nAnyone in the UK can take part by hosting a screening—whether in a community centre\, library\, cinema\, school\, workplace\, outdoors\, or even at home. \n\n\nFilms are available free of charge via UK online streaming during the festival dates (21–30 November). \n\n\nYou don’t need to worry about rights or licensing – we’ve arranged these for everyone. \n\n\nWe have created resources and discussion prompts to help spark reflection\, dialogue\, and action – strengthening solidarity across communities and movements. (See below under “Free Resources”) \n\nFind a screening near you at the bottom of this page & social media.\n\nSo all you need to do is pick a film\, invite people\, and press play. \nThe Films\nFEATURE FILMS\n\nUtama (2022) dir. Alejandro Loayza Grisi\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Hv7HFDIOc\nRun time: 1hr 27 mins\nWhere available to screen: UK\nAge Certification: 12A (PG)\n \nSynopsis: An elderly Quechua couple in Bolivia confronts a devastating drought that threatens their traditional way of life. The film reckons with the grief that individual families contend with in the face of climate change\, as well as intergenerational reactions to climate change. How do the younger and older generations respond to climate change and the need to move? \n\nThank You For The Rain (2017) dir. Julia Dahr and Kisilu Musya\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO1-Z7kEyzo\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Feature documentary\nAge Guidance: 12A (PG)\nRun time: 1hr 27 mins \nSynopsis: This powerful documentary follows Kisilu Musya\, a Kenyan farmer who begins filming his daily life to show the real impacts of climate change on his community. Over five years\, his story evolves from local struggle to global activism as he journeys to the UN climate talks in Paris. The film captures the personal toll of changing weather patterns while exposing the deep inequalities that shape who is heard (and who is not) in global climate debates. \nYou can support Kisilu’s campaign here: https://www.mchanga.africa/fundraiser/36981 \nSHORT FILMS\n\nAnd Still\, It Remains (2023) dir. Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EEgh08ch1I\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Short documentary\nAge Guidance: 12+ (*please note this film is not certified\, this is a guidance- please watch films in advance to assess suitability to your audience)\nRun time: 28 mins  \nSynopsis: A poetic and unsettling reflection on the long shadows cast by French nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara. Combining archival footage\, testimony\, and striking imagery\, the film explores how radioactive contamination and environmental damage continue to affect local communities decades after colonial powers left. It asks what justice means when the land itself remembers violence. \n\nDead As A Dodo (2022) dir. Leena Habiballa\nTrailer: no trailer available\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Short experimental\nAge Guidance: 12+ (*please note this film is not certified\, this is a guidance- please watch films in advance to assess suitability to your audience)\nRun time: 5 mins 9 seconds \nSynopsis: An experimental short film that reimagines the extinction of the dodo to examine how colonialism\, science\, and ecological loss intertwine. Through sound and image collage\, it questions how stories of extinction are told\, and who gets to tell them; exposing how ideas of dominance over nature are rooted in colonial histories. This work is inspired by and is in conversation with a book of poems titled A Theory of Birds by the Palestinian-American poet Zaina Alsous. \n \nUntil The Last Drop (2020) dir. Tim Webster & Ernesto Cabellos\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSQpIsQAnOU\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Short documentary\nAge Guidance: 12+ (*please note this film is not certified\, this is a guidance- please watch films in advance to assess suitability to your audience)\nRun time: 20 mins 20 seconds\n\nSynopsis: Set in the occupied West Bank\, this documentary portrays the lives of two farmers struggling under an unequal\, apartheid system of water access. Their story reveals how control over natural resources becomes a tool of oppression\, linking environmental injustice with political conflict. The film makes visible the intimate\, everyday impacts of global debates about rights\, scarcity\, and survival. \nInterested in Watching or Hosting a Screening?\nRegister here. \n\n\nIndividuals: Watch at home\, by yourself or with friends and family. \n\n\nOrganisers: Host a community screening in your chosen venue. \n\n\nCost: Free. All rights and licenses have been secured. \n\n\nRegister to receive access to the films and resources ahead of the festival. \nFree Resources & Packs\nAccess the film guide here (covers how to organise a screening and helpful top tips e.g. staying safe\, ideas for venues\, equipments etc!) \nAccess our education pack here (lots of great information on language\, discussion prompts related to the films and more!) \nYou are welcome to use materials from the public marketing folder (photos\, posters\, social media assets\, holding slide etc.) \nFind a Screening Near You!\nOver 300 screenings are happening across the country! Below are just a few public events – with many more coming soon. \nEngland\n\nArnside\nBath\nBirmingham\nBradford\nBrighton\nBournemouth\nBristol (21 Nov)\nBristol (22 Nov)\nBristol (30 Nov)\nCambridge\nChichester\nColchester\nCheltenham\nExeter\nHove\nLeeds\nLincoln\nLondon\, Bethnal Green/ Tower Hamlets\nLondon\, Bloomsbury\nLondon\, Brixton\nLondon\, Dalston\nLondon\, Hackney\nLondon\, Holborn\nLondon\, Islington\nLondon\, Kensington and Chelsea\nLondon\, Maida Vale\nLondon\, Stoke Newington\nLondon\, Westminster (24 Nov)\nLondon\, Westminster (26 Nov)\nLondon\, Westminster (27 Nov)\nReading (21 Nov)\nReading (25 Nov)\nStockport\nTynemouth\nWorcester\n\nWales\n\nAbergavenny \nCardiff\n\nScotland\n\nAberdeen (14 Nov)\nAberdeen (28 Nov)\nGlasgow\n\nHosting a screening?📩 Share your event link with us: hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nFAQs\nHow do I take part?\n \n\nJust complete this short google form here. Everyone is welcome to take part!\nOptional: watch this 30min recording of Information Sharing and Q&A\n\nDo I need to pay for rights or licensing?\nNo. All rights and licenses have been paid & secured by Counterpoints Arts and partners. There is no charge to you to screen any of the films. \nCan I charge tickets to my events?\nNo\, you cannot charge for tickets\, but optional donations are fine (you can collect donations for any cause/ charity/ venue/ project of your choice) \nCan I host in a cinema\, community venue\, or outdoors etc?\nYes! Screenings can take place in cinemas\, community centres\, schools\, libraries\, churches\, faith spaces\, pubs\, outdoor spaces etc. Absolutely everywhere and anywhere! Private or public screenings is fine. \nCan I download the films?No. The films are only available via a secure online streaming platform during the festival dates only. \nCan I watch the films in advance?\nWe apologise the films are not available to watch beforehand\, only during 21-30th November 2025. Check the film synopsis and age range for their suitability to your audience. Some of the films are available to hire on different streaming platforms if you need to watch in advance. \nWhen will I receive the link to the films?\nAll registered organisers will receive a link the week before the festival on Monday 17th Nov to test tech etc. \nHow do I promote my event?\nYou are welcome to use materials from the public marketing folder (photos\, posters\, social media assets\, holding slide etc.) You are welcome to promote your event in any platform e.g. eventbrite\, your website\, social media etc. Registered organisers will also be contacted if they want to promote their screenings on our website. \nHow do I access the free resources & discussion prompts?\nAccess the film guide here (covers how to organise a screening and helpful top tips e.g. staying safe\, ideas for venues\, equipments\, how to have good post-screening conversations etc!). Access our education pack here (lots of great information on climate & migration language\, discussion prompts related to the films and more!). Plus\, you are welcome to use materials from the public marketing folder \nAre there subtitles?Where provided by the filmmakers\, English subtitles will be available. \nI’m not based in the UK\, can I take part?\nNo\, this year the films are only available in the UK. \nI’m not available 21-30 Nov\, can I watch the films before or after?\nNo\, we only have rights & licenses for the films 21st-30th November 2025. \nIs there a selection process?\nNo\, everyone is welcome to organise a screening. No selection process. \nI am a filmmaker\, can you add my film to the programme?\nUnfortunately the programme is finalised but please do introduce your work to us for future opportunities. \nAny other questions please email hello@counterpoints.org.uk
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/our-shared-futures-climate-migration-film-festival/
CATEGORIES:Film,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:Gateway Film Festival Programme
DESCRIPTION:Gateway Film Festival presents a series of free screenings of shorts and feature films\, in partnership with 62 Gladstone Street.\nCo-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025)\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nProgramme listings: \n4 October 18:00: Britain & Refugees: Return to Life + Hostile \n11 October 16:00: Stories of Migration- Short Films \n11 October 18:00: Io Capitano (2024) \n18 October 16:00: Child Migrant Stories – Films of Home\, Sanctuary & War\n18 October 18:00: Focus on Women’s Experiences – Films & Director Q&A \n25 October 16:00: Lyd (2023) \n25 October 18:00; No Other Land (2024) \nBringing together venues and organisations in the Peterborough area\, the Gateway Film Festival launched in November 2019. Gateway aims to celebrate local history\, community as well as being Peterborough’s gateway to film culture from the past and around the world. \nAbout Platforma in Peterborough \nPlatforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street\, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions\, residencies\, and public programmes\, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community. \nPartners: Counterpoints Arts\, Landmark Theatres\, Peterborough Cultural Alliance\, Metal Peterborough\, Peterborough Presents\, Peterborough Museum\, HELP Charity & the Aziz Foundation \nDedication: “Our programme is dedicated to the innocent men\, women\, and children who have lost their lives\, those who have been displaced by war\, and all those seeking a safe place to call home.” \n62 Gladstone Street’s Platforma programme is supported by Arts Council England as and presented as part of the wider Platforma Festival across the East of England\, produced by Counterpoints Arts.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/gateway-film-festival-programme/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery\, 51 Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250630T210000
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SUMMARY:Sudan\, Remember Us
DESCRIPTION:Join PopChange Film Club for the next edition of our monthly programme featuring filmmakers from migrant and refugee backgrounds. \nIn 2019\, documentary filmmaker Hind Meddab flew to Sudan to film a sit-in protest at the Army headquarters in Khartoum. The people of Sudan were assembling\, demanding reform after decades of military dictatorship. There she met a selection of young activists that she would continue to film over the course of 4 years\, from the swell of hope and accomplishment following dictator Omar al-Bashir’s fall\, to the oppression of the military crackdown and subsequent civil war\, which today\, leaves Sudan in ruins. Standing in front of a powerful army\, how could the civilian movement find the strength to persist? \nIn conversations\, in demonstrations and on walls – the Sudanese tradition of poetry becomes a powerful tool for activism. Art\, music and poetry bolster every stage of the Sudanese fight for freedom. This extraordinary documentary bears witness to a lost revolution and within it unearths a tribute to the power of creativity as a tool of survival and resistance. \nThis screening will be introduced by Hind Meddab and followed by a Q&A. The film is in arabic w/ English language subtitles – descriptive subtitles for HoH audiences are available. \nFull details and tickets
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/sudan-remember-us/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film,Pop Culture
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250629T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T124237
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SUMMARY:Arab Film Club: An Evening of Shorts and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a programme of exceptional short films curated by actress and writer Sarah Agha\, exploring stories of migration and refugee narratives. \nThe Arab Film Club returns this June for a special screening for Refugee Week\, which this year has the central theme of ‘Community as Superpower’. \nEach title has been written and directed by a refugee filmmaker or draws on real life experience. These films demonstrate the power of cinema and humanise struggle and injustice through art. Full programme to be announced soon. \nThe screening is followed by a Q&A hosted by Sarah Agha with the filmmakers on stage. \nTickets £10. 25% concessions. \nBOOK HERE \nThis event is part of our London Refugee Week programme and presented in partnership with Southbank Centre.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/arab-film-club-an-evening-of-shorts-and-qa/
LOCATION:Purcell Room\, Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Film,London Refugee Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250621T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250621T211500
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SUMMARY:Is it OK to Laugh?
DESCRIPTION:Sheffield Doc Fest presents an evening of comedy and conversation with the Palestine Comedy Club exploring how humour can challenge power\, shift narratives\, and hold space for difficult truths. \nBooking \nJoin us for a unique look at the making of Palestine Comedy Club\, a documentary that follows six Palestinian comedians as they journey across borders\, checkpoints\, and cultural divides to bring laughter to packed theatres in Palestine. \nThrough a mix of film clips\, live reflections\, and a taste of their comedy\, we explores the challenges of earning comic license in complex environments and connecting with audiences across vastly different backgrounds. \nMeet the team behind the film as they share insights on the creative process\, the resilience required to tour under difficult circumstances\, and the power of humour as a form of resistance\, connection\, and storytelling. \nSpeakers:\nAlaa ‘Regash’ Aliabdallah (Director\, Palestine Comedy Club)\nCharlotte Knowles (Producer\, Palestine Comedy Club and Founder\, Tough Crowd)\nAlaa Shehada (Comedian\, Storyteller & Co-Founder\, Palestine Comedy Club) \nModerator: Laith Elzubaidi (Pop Culture and Social Change Producer\, Counterpoints Arts) \nThis event is this age restricted to 16+\nSupported by Counterpoints Arts and Tough Crowd
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/is-it-ok-to-laugh/
LOCATION:Crucible Playhouse\, 55 Norfolk St\, Sheffield\, S1 1DA
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250620T193000
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SUMMARY:Bread & Roses - Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Bread & Roses\, a searing portrayal of three women fighting to recover their autonomy after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul in 2021. Directed by Sahra Mani\, the film captures the spirit and resilience of Afghan women through the depiction of their harrowing plight and struggle for their rights and freedom. \nThe screening is at 18:10 on Friday 20 June\, followed by a Q&A with Sahra. Get your tickets here. \n\nBFI Southbank is presenting this film in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Counterpoints as part of Refugee Week 2025.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/bread-and-roses-screening/
LOCATION:BFI\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film,London Refugee Week,Refugee Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250618T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250618T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T124237
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SUMMARY:Haiyu - Screening & Screentalk
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of documentary film Haiyu\, intertwining the life narrative of Mariem Hassan with her relentless quest for Western Sahara’s liberation. Mariem’s life and music have been deeply affected by the ongoing tragedy committed to the Sahrawis throughout the colonial era continuing up to this very day. Her songs have been given comfort and hope and have been used as a tool in the fight for independence in Africa’s last colony\, Western Sahara. \nThis year marks 50 years since the Sahrawis people were forced into exile. Winner of the Sheffield Doc Fest Youth Jury Prize\, Haiyu will be followed up by a Q&A with the filmmakers and Danielle Smith\, founder of Sandblast\, an organisation dedicated to building awareness and solidarity for the indigenous Saharawis of Western Sahara. \nGet your tickets here. This film is presented at the Barbican in partnership with Counterpoints.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/haiyu-the-barbican/
LOCATION:The Barbican\, Silk St\, Barbican\, London\, EC2Y 8DS
CATEGORIES:Film,London Refugee Week,Refugee Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250617T181500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250617T201500
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SUMMARY:Quo Vadis\, Aida?
DESCRIPTION:Join Counterpoint Arts for this special screening as part of Refugee Week\, to mark 30 years since the beginning of the Srebrenica Genocide. \nJasmila Žbanić’s Quo Vadis\, Aida? is Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entry for the 2021 International Feature Oscar. It premiered in competition at the 2020 Venice Film Festival\, and later won the BankGiro Loterij Audience Award at the 2021 Rotterdam International Film Festival. \nThe film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature\, and nominated for the Best Director and Best Film Not in the English Language BAFTAs. \nQuo Vadis\, Aida? chronicles the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica\, Bosnia. The film follows the fictional character Aida (Jasna Đuričić)\, a schoolteacher from Srebrenica who is employed by the UN as a translator during wartime. Over the course of a few days\, Serbian troops invade Srebrenica\, led by General Ratko Mladić. The townspeople are evacuated to a nearby UN shelter\, where Aida aids the UN officials while trying to secure safety for her husband and two sons. \nThe screening will be introduced by Almir Koldzic and followed by a Q&A. \nBook your tickets here.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/quo-vadis-aida/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film,London Refugee Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250530T194500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250530T213000
DTSTAMP:20260430T124237
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SUMMARY:The Man Who Sold His Skin
DESCRIPTION:Sam Ali\, a young sensitive and impulsive Syrian\, left his country for Lebanon to escape the war. To be able to travel to Europe and live with the love of his life\, he accepts to have his back tattooed by one of by the World’s most sulphurous contemporary artist. Turning his own body into a prestigious piece of art\, Sam will however come to realize that his decision might actually mean anything but freedom. \nA special screening followed by a Q&A with director Kaouther Ben Hania and producer Nadim Cheikhrouha. \nDirector: Kaouther Ben Hania \nFeaturing: Yahya Mahayni \, Dea Liane \, Koen de Bouw \, Darina Al Joundi and Christian Vadim \nNominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. 2021. \nFREE. BOOK HERE \nEvent produced by Rambourg Foundation. Supported by Counterpoints.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-man-who-sold-his-skin/
LOCATION:Ciné Lumière\, Institut Français\, 17 Queensberry Place London SW7 2DT
CATEGORIES:Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250521T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250521T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T124237
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SUMMARY:The Things We Don't Say - Online Screening and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:SYNOPSIS\nA group of young adults born during or just after the 1994 genocide against Rwanda’s Tutsi people gather to find the courage to break a powerful taboo. Rwanda is one of the few nations in the world providing specialist counselling for children conceived through rape\, who number 10\,000 across the country. Here\, course leader Emilienne\, a mother\, therapist and genocide survivor\, helps the group to imagine a future free from family secrets and societal stigma. In a circle of supportive peers\, they tell their individual stories and face their struggles together\, in the hope their participation will advocate for others facing similar trauma \n  \nABOUT ORNELLA\n“I escaped the Rwanda genocide as a baby. I returned to find many of my generation have buried their pain.”  Learn more about filmmaker Ornella Mutoni here \n  \nThe screening and Q&A will be facilitated by Community Mental Health professional Nzinga Mascall as part of Creativity & Wellbeing week. \nIf you’d like to attend this event please fill in this short form and you’ll receive a calendar invite with link.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-things-we-dont-say-online-screening-and-qa/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Creativity & Wellbeing Week,Film,Mental Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250428T204500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250428T223000
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SUMMARY:Queer Arab Short Films
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the fifth edition of our PopChange Film Club\, including a Q&A with Syrian-Swiss filmmaker Julie-Yara Atz. \nJoin us for the Preview screenings of Sometimes I Lie The Way I Breathe\, What If We Were Happy? and Distance. \nBooking via RichMix \nCertificate 18. \nSometimes I Lie The Way I Breathe \nDir. Julie-Yara Atz\nAfter a violent conflict and years of silence\, two twin sisters meet again\, only to find themselves facing their old relational wounds. \nWhat If We Were Happy? \nDir. Julie-Yara Atz\nDo events unfold in cycles? Does history inevitably repeat itself? Through the director’s lens\, we follow Lebanese photographer Nadim\, street artist Roula\, and the director’s Syrian flatmate Haifa as they navigate life in contemporary Lebanon\, reflecting on what it means to be alive in a place where the past seems to echo endlessly into the present. \nDistance\nDir. Sami Kali\nA young Swiss-Tunisian tries to reconnect with his parents\, despite the tensions and taboos linked to his homosexuality. \nThis screening is followed by a Q&A with Julie-Yara Atz. \nThis films are in Arabic\, French and English with English subtitles. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/queer-arab-short-films/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Coconut Head Generation
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the fourth edition of PopChange Film Club\, including a Q&A with director Alain Kassanda. \n6.15pm: RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA \nBooking \nPopChange Film Club is Counterpoints‘ new monthly programme featuring filmmakers from migrant and refugee backgrounds for the screening of Alain Kassanda‘s award winning feature documentary Coconut Head Generation. \nThis observational documentary captures the words and emotions of students at the University of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria\, presenting spirited debates over power imbalances and heated discussions around ethnicity\, feminism\, and gender. \nThis screening is followed by a Q&A with the director. \nThis film is in Pidgin\, Yoruba\, French and English with English subtitles.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/coconut-head-generation/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Black Godfather of Scuba
DESCRIPTION:PopChange Film Club presents a new film by director Matt Kay. \nBooking details \nBLACK GODFATHER OF SCUBA\nDir. Matt Kay\nBlack Godfather of Scuba follows the extraordinary life and mission of Dr. Albert Jose “Doc” Jones\, co-founder of the National Association of Black Scuba Divers. After diving at the wreck of the Henrietta Marie\, the first lost slave ship ever to be recovered\, he dedicated himself to finding and recovering the remains of others\, and to making sure those lost souls would never be forgotten. \nQUEEN OF THE SEA\nDir. Kate Cox\nSeventeen-year-old surfer\, Deguene\, blazes a trail for women in Senegal while nurturing her relationship to her family\, and to the water. \n+ More to be announced! \nThis screening is followed by a Q&A with the director of Black Godfather of Scuba\, Matt Kay + more panelists TBC. \nPopChange Film Club is a new film club presented by Counterpoints Arts that will feature a monthly film programme from filmmakers from migrant and refugee backgrounds followed by a panel discussion.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/black-godfather-of-scuba/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:PopChange Film Club: Other Cinemas Shorts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second edition of PopChange Film Club – Counterpoints’ new monthly programme at RichMix London. \nThis month we’re teaming up with Other Cinemas to showcase some of our favourite short films from the Other Cinemas Film School – a free\, year-long film school which provides new and emerging filmmakers from diverse backgrounds with mentorship and guidance to create confident\, imaginative\, and curious filmmakers who are interested in the transformative potential of filmmaking. \nThis screening is followed by a Q&A with some of the directors of the films\, chaired by PopChange producer Laith Elzubaidi. \nFeaturing: \n– Red Jeep by Chanthila Phaophanit\n– A Swing In Atayfiyah by Bediah\n– Do Not Dream of Wonderful World by Leena Habiballa\n– Out Of Place by Ruweyda Sheik-Ali\n– We Have Only What We Remember by Chanthila Phaophanit\n– An Archive Of Flowers by Siufan Adey\n– Still House by Chanthila Phaophanit\n– Dead As A Dodo by Leena Habiballa\n– Bladi – My Country by Leila Gamaz\n– I’ve Perfected Sleep Travel by Nia Fekri\n– Moon Rising by Bediah \nOther Cinemas is a Brent-based project established by the filmmaking duo Turab Shah and Arwa Aburawa who saw the need for better and more equitable ways of film-making\, sharing\, and education. Seeing these three strands as inseparable\, their work attempts to create a vital and holistic alternative to the industry that addresses its racial and class biases. Their work is rooted in our diverse neighbourhoods in northwest London\, some of the most racially diverse in the country but chronically underserved in terms of cultural provisions. \nFull details and booking: https://richmix.org.uk/cinema/other-cinemas-short-film-showcase/
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/popchange-film-club-other-cinemas-shorts/
LOCATION:RichMix\, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road\, London\, E1 6LA
CATEGORIES:Film,Pop Culture
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