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The Revolution Has Its Songs: Women and Diasporic Memory in Contemporary Balkan Cinema (15*) + ScreenTalk

New East Cinema

,Cinema 2
Two women facing a sunlit valley

Personal documentations of migration, reflections on historical roots, and the power of collective memory come together in these poignant short films by women from the Balkan diaspora.

Taken from a quote found in a 1940s pamphlet written by the Women’s Antifascist Front in Yugoslavia, The Revolution Has Its Songs features a selection of contemporary short films that explore themes of displacement, hope, and womanhood.

Moving from family archives and home videos to the integral role of women in political and cultural history, these films use images of the past to honour shared memory and forge a potential for future solidarity.

The newly formed, women-led film collective Mostovi (Teodora Kosanović, Tamara Vujinović, Aleksandra Bilić and Natalie Ng Milavić) will host the event, which will include recorded introductions by the featured filmmakers and a post-screening discussion.

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Ticket prices

Standard
£13 *
* Excludes £1.50 booking fee

Booking fees

£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.

No fee when tickets are booked in person.

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Programme

Over There in the Balkans

Serbia 2019 Dir. Sofia Marincić, 5 min

A documentary made from digitised Hi-8 tapes, which explores the sudden migration of a Serb/Croat family during the Yugoslav war.

 

Beacons

Slovenia 2023 Dir. Jasmina Cibić 23 min

Beacons is a cinematographic journey portraying eight women who distill the archive of cultural workers from countries of the Non-Aligned Movement into a musical score.

 

Your Eyes and Hands Must Be Seen Everywhere

Kosovo 2023 Dir. Blerta Haziraj 14 min

The history of the Antifascist Front of Women and its literary activism come to life through women of the villages of Kosovo, who learn and read this history aloud.

 

Automatic

Croatia 2024 Dir. Gloria Perović 2 min

Personal memories, photographs, and archival material tell a story about cultural roots and the relationship between the “East” and “West”.

 

The Score

Bosnia & Herzegovina 2022 Dir. Aleksandra Bilić 25 min

Fleeing war, a pianist left her dreams behind. Thirty years later, she returns to her piano.

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
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EC2Y 8DS

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