Shorts: (Re)building Worlds

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When the world around us changes beyond all recognition, how do we choose to respond? These four playful films create beauty in the face of the unknown, using dance, poetry and humour to confront change.

Hormonal
Hormonaal
Pien van Grinsven / Netherlands / 2023 / 22 / World Premiere
Three women’s experiences of hormonal birth control are weaved into one collective piece, exploring the radical effects that hormones have on the brain and body.

Following Valeria
Nicola Fegg / Germany / 2022 / 33 / International Premiere
After the Russian invasion, a young Ukrainian woman becomes an accidental TikTok star when sharing her funny takes on an awful situation.

George-Peterland
Gösta Petter-land
Christer Wahlberg / Sweden / 2023 / 15 / UK Premiere
A group of 8-year-olds invent the shared fantasy world of George-Peterland – a dreamy forest land ruled over by the chicken god.

Regard Silence
Mira el silencio
Santiago Zermeño / Mexico / 2022 / 29 / UK Premiere
A group of deaf people playfully explore the possibilities of Mexican Sign Language through theatre games and their own poetic creation.

  

In this show

Film Intro
5 mins
Hormonal
22 mins
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Following Valeria
33 mins
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George-Peterland
15 mins
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Regard Silence
29 mins
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Film Q&A
30 mins

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Shorts: (Re)building Worlds + Q&A
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Showroom - Channel 5 Screen 2
Q&A with directors Pien van Grinsven, Nicola Fegg, and protagonist Valeriia Shashenok. Moderated by Jamie Allan.
Shorts: (Re)building Worlds + Q&A
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Curzon - Screen 1
Q&A with directors Pien van Grinsven, Nicola Fegg, and protagonist Valeriia Shashenok. Moderated by Rachel Pronger.

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