This film is the product of exchanges among students and the Kaingang people from Konhun Mág retaking in Canela, a tourist city in southern Brazil. It was filmed amongst the Araucária Forest, an endemic species of pine, which is both sacred for the Kaingang and also endangered by economic exploitation. The Kaingang are fighting for […]
The Moroccan Atlantic coastline is full of histories, mobilities, and transformations. What role do artists and filmmakers have in digging up and recounting these erased memories? What are their storytelling strategies? How do they use space to document and fictionalize what is already buried by time? Intersecting their practice and research, filmmaker Tarek Bouraque and […]
When Algeria gained independence from France in 1962, French president Charles de Gaulle urgently needed to find a new home for Kourou’s space base. Thanks to its ideal coastal position near the equator, he chose the little town of Kourou in the overseas territory of French Guiana. But no one gave a thought to the […]
We’re delighted to present two screenings curated by our Associate Film Programmer Neha Apsara. Begana: Musing on Queer South Asian Stories will present rarely-screened films exploring queer South Asian life, identity and joy. The programme’s screenings will be Rooted in Glasgow and Diasporicity. Check back on the 14th and 22nd of October at 6pm for […]
