
Booking fees
£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
No fee when tickets are booked in person.
Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.
Programme
Further and Further Away
2022, dir. Polen Ly | 23.41 mins | Cambodia:
Before their impending departure for the capital city, two siblings must first bid farewell to the place they called home and the resting place of their family, each in their own way.
Atlantiques
2009, dir. Mati Diop | 15.39 mins | Senegal:
A group of young men gather around a fire to share the stories of their harrowing journeys on pirogues, trying to get to Europe.
now I close my eyes, the world I see is so beautiful
2020, dir. April Lin 林森 | 3.45 mins | UK
A music video for experimental rapper OHYUNG samples lines from Taiwanese New Wave film Yi Yi, in which a young girl speaks to the ghost of her grandmother. Arpil Lin responds with an imaginary encounter between them and their grandfather across space, time and digital dimensions.
T
2019, dir. Keisha Ray Witherspoon | 13.50 mins | USA:
A film crew follows three grieving participants in Miami’s annual T Ball, where folks assemble to model RIP T-shirts and innovative costumes designed in honor of their dead.
Une Forteresse
2018, dir. Miryam Charles | 6 mins | Canada/Haiti
Miryam Charles' poetic short A Fortress explores the landscapes of Haiti, as a mourning couple seek out a DNA specialist rumoured to be able to resurrect their recently deceased adoptive daughter.
Your Father was Born 100 Years Old, and So was the Nakba
2017, dir. Razan AlSalah | 7 mins | Canada/Palestine
This doc-fiction is a (re)construction, a (re)collection of the memory of returning to Haifa. It is an imaginary memory of retuning to Haifa. Razan AlSalah is imagining her grandmother was able to return to Haifa when she was still alive, through Google Streetview, which today is the only way she could see Palestine, the only way Razan can see Palestine.
Blessed Land
2019, dir Pham Ngoc Lan | 18.30 mins | Vietnam
In the dune landscape of a cemetery, or is it golf course? Past and present converge in the search for a grave.
Reading and Meditation
The event will be accompanied by an introductory reading from curator Cici Peng, a 10-minute guided meditation led by the musician and artist Rieko Whitfield, and a reading by writer and editor Suyin Haynes.
Postcards will be handed out at the end as an optional exercise for reflection and personal writing.
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.