SCREENING#3
WEDNESDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2023
20:00-22:00
This screening session features 5 films. All films are in English and/or have English subtitles.
Address
Velvet Room, Alpacastraat 29, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Tickets
Entry is free and includes a drink! Reservations are not required, but optional. Reserve your seats here.
The Seven Cults (Netherlands) by Jerom Fischer
Super short experimental films that give us a glimpse into the world of seven fictitious cults. Each with their own system of belief, rituals and objects of worship.
Running time: 00:01:00
Fragments (Iran) by Babak Parham
An Iranian-Swedish mother reflecting on the why her family's exile to Sweden. When her 5 year old son who was born in Sweden asks her why we live here.
In light of the events happening in Iran, the film pictures fragments of Irans contemporary history through the family's memory of what happened back home.
Running time: 00:19:23
On mothers and daughters in times of injustice (South Africa) by Talia Jawitz
Through old letters, Merle revisits her past as an anti-Apartheid activist, which fractured her relationship with her mother forever. At the same time, she faces her privilege in today's South Africa and her relationship with her own daughter.
Running time: 00:28:48
The Seven Cults (Netherlands) by Jerom Fischer
Super short experimental films that give us a glimpse into the world of seven fictitious cults. Each with their own system of belief, rituals and objects of worship.
Running time: 00:01:00
Destiny (Iran) by Yaser Talebi
A motherless young woman in Iran is torn between her desire to take care of her mentally disabled father and her desire to go to university. This documentary is observational, letting the people and emotions reveal themselves. A thicket of relationships and expectations are at work here involving family, clergy, friends, religion, social expectations. And Instagram. This is a window on contemporary Iran that everyone should see.
Running time: 00:53:00