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Film Programme
Filme Pin
2026, Colombia, Portugal, dir. María Rojas Arias & Andrés Jurado, 7 mins
One by one, front and back, a filmmaker shares the badge collection of her late grandfather, in a tactile and intimate showcase of the relics of solidarity and organising. Badges of disparate yet intersecting causes, movements and figures unearth a genealogy of radical post- and de-colonial movements, in which synapses, curiosities and unanswered questions abound.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.
An Incomplete Calendar
2026, Canada, Venezuela, Iran, Turkey, dir. Sanaz Sohrabi, 1hr 17mins
In 1980, the Concert Choir of the Central University of Venezuela recorded Rhymes and Songs for OPEC, an album of folk songs from the states comprising the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, in commemoration of OPEC’s 20th anniversary.
Proceeding from this remarkable gesture of cultural solidarity among non-aligned nations, An Incomplete Calendar interweaves forgotten songs with an astonishing archival record to tell a story of oil not as a commodity for neoliberal domination, but rather a medium for leverage in the liberation struggle in Palestine and the creation of Pan-Arab and greater Global South solidarity.
A culmination of over six years of archival research, this film is a cartography of the dreamworld of decolonisation, of competing and contrasting political imaginaries, and utopian promises still to be realised.
In Arabic, English, Farsi and Spanish with English subtitles.
The UK premiere of An Incomplete Calendar is co-presented with Alchemy Film & Arts.
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Cinema 2
Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.
Address
Barbican Centre
Silk 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.
