avalanches,
bricks, buildings, and snow peaks

Soil, land and material take the center stage, carrying forward histories stretching far beyond our individual lifetimes.

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The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing
Dir: Theo Panagopoulous | 17' | 2024
When a filmmaker of Palestinian descent based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wildflowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land.

And Still It Remains
Dir: Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah |
‘And still, it remains’ tells the story of Mertoutek, a village nestled in the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria’s Southern Sahara and home to the Escamaran community of Black Algerians. Surrounded by ancient rock art, the area was also the site of French nuclear bombs between 1961-66 and continues to suffer the consequences of radioactive fallout circulating in the water and soil. Summoning the landscape as a witness and protagonist; experiences of French nuclear experiments, faith and justice are narrated by the voices of multiple residents.
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Yungay 7020
Dir: Raquel Calvo & Elena Molina | 19' | 2021
In 1970 an avalanche erased the colonial town of Yungay. A bunch of survivors fought for its rebuilding, just a kilometer away. Now they struggle with their memories, daily life and the menace of Peru’s highest peak, Huascarán, which provides them with water while threatening to crush them again.
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Okay Keskidee, Let me see Inside
Dir: Rhea Storr | 19' 30| 2025
A personal account of Black community spaces in the UK, focusing on Caribbean diaspora - visiting the site of the former Keskidee Centre that is now luxury apartments. The film explores the reasons why gathering in physical space is difficult - the cost of space, the often free labour or government funding needed, both of which are scarce. We see the architecture of surrounding developments driven by rampant capitalism. Can the digital realm replace a physical community presence and produce an accessible archive for a new generation?

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