Current & Forthcoming Archive
Sakine Cansiz: Memoirs of a Kurdish Revolutionary
Book Launch
A special book launch to mark the release of Sara: Prison Memoir of a Kurdish Revolutionary, the second instalment of the iconic memoirs of Sakine Cansiz, one of the first female fighters of the PKK.
Resistance is Her
Discussion
Explore the power and influence of women in activism, struggle and political resistance in North Africa, from the colonial period to the present day.
The Paradox of Creative Constraints
Symposium
What constraints do filmmakers face when they make and distribute films in the Middle East? To what extent are these constraints both harmful and productive? This day of discussions and film screenings explores new insights into cinematic creativity in sites of conflict and crisis.
The Salon of Disobedience: Algorithmic Intimacies
Debate and Exchange
Hervisions presents The Disobedient Salon, an evening of collective debate and exchange focusing on peripheral voices and fostering the spirit of rebellion.
On Akka’s Shore
Part of Emerge Festival
Artist Umama Hamido performs this live art piece which combines film, text, sound and rap. On Akka’s Shore is a fictional memoir, scenes slip between Akka in Palestine, a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Hamido’s cith of birth, Beirut and London. Part of Emerge Festival.