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Films of Resistance

From stories of imperial struggle to rejecting the gender-binary, women and non-binary people fight against systems attempting to quash their power.

Rated LFF15

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Burul

  • Director

    Adilet Karzhoev

  • Kyrgyzstan 2022. 14min

  • Languages

    English, Kyrgyz
    With English subtitles

A teenage girl wrestles against a society trying to rob her of a fighting chance.

Shattered Memory

  • Director

    Hayat Laban

  • Palestine 2024. 14min

  • Language

    Arabic
    With English subtitles

Documenting the first Intifada of 1987 and beyond, photojournalist Mahfouz Abu Turk defiantly examines images the world wants to forget.

Holy Curse

  • Director

    Snigdha Kapoor

  • India 2024. 15min

  • Languages

    Hindi, English
    With English subtitles

A non-binary child on a visit to India is forced into an orthodox ritual to rid them of their identity.

A Move

  • Director

    Elahe Esmaili

  • Iran 2024. 26min

  • Language

    Persian
    With English subtitles

Refusing to wear a headscarf on a journey home to Iran – an intimate and deeply personal narrative of resistance emerges.

How to book

This screening is free and open to those aged 15 and over.

Booking opens at 10am on Thursday 3 October.

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