Thawra Archive curated programme for LSFF

Thawra Archive has curated a programme for the London Short Film Festival : The Anti-Narrative of a Finished Decolonization: The Colonial Present in Cinema and Sound.

This will take part over two days: on 24 January, at the ICA and on 2 February at ActOne, both in London. The programme will center around people, memories, and movements that continue to shape our world.

"Through film and sound, we explore the Colonial Present, and resistances against imperial violence across time and geography. A journey that takes us from the African continent and Brazil, to Turtle Island, and everlasting struggle in Palestine.

The film programme will be followed by a reflective listening soundscape exploring power of music and audio in service of political cause."

The films shown are:

Monangambé, dir. Sarah Maldoror, Angola 1968, 16 mins
Children without Childhood, dir. Khadijeh Habashneh Abu Ali, Palestine 1979, 21 mins
Há Terra!, dir. Ana Vaz, Brazil 2016, 13 mins
Beneath the Concrete, the Forest, dir. Lev Omelchenko, USA 2023, 12 mins
The Present, dir. Farah Nabulsi, Palestine, Qatar 2020, 24 mins

Tickets here!