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Shorts: Joyful Lands, Joyful Bodies (15*) + Q&A

Chronic Youth Film Festival

,Cinema 2
An oil spill interacts with a hand nad a seascape in a warped image.

A collection of shorts exploring transgressive acts of reclamation, from land to gazes, followed by a live Q&A with Laisul Hoque and Maz Murray.

Through lucid and experimental narratives, filmmakers capture life in motion as they navigate the complex reflections between echoes of history, narrative control, and the human capacity for joy. Discover the surreal within the intricate negotiation of autonomy and conformity, revealing the delicate balance of modern existence. 

Followed by a live Q&A session with some of the filmmakers.

 

Tagged with: Cinema Chronic Youth Film Festival 2024

Length: 63 min + live Q&A

Content Warnings: References to strong language, traumatic and violent histories, gun weaponry and dangerous behaviours, such as self-harm. 

Intro and Q&A will have BSL interpretation and films where possible will be HoH captioned

Programme

A Boy, A Wall and A Donkey

Palestine, 2008, Hany Abu-Assad, 5min

Three boys search for a camera to shoot their action movie. A seriocomic tale about the youthful impulse to create fiction while under surveillance.

 

If the Sun Drowned into an Ocean of Clouds 

France & Lebanon, 2023, Wissam Charaf, 20min

Set in Beirut, this comedic tale portrays a security guard preventing pedestrians from entering the waterfront while it is being built, all for what reason? 

 

The Purpose was to Document the Other Side

Bangladesh & United Kingdom, 2023, Laisul Hoque, 15min

A personal account of film as a means of mediating between generations through sharing memory and authorship.

Poppets

United Kingdom, 2022, Maz Murray, 16min

Camp, absurd, and melodramatic, Maz Murray presents a surreal soap opera set in Basildon that depicts the looming threat of urbanisation and malpractice in a local housing development in East London.

 

Sunflower Siege Engine

United States, 2022, Sky Hopinka, 12min

Archival footage and dreamscapes are woven together to explore the reclamation of land, self and agency. Past histories of colonisation, abolition and repatriation are documented through personal narratives and reflections on the Indigenous Occupation of Alcatraz.

Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.