Shorts: Spaces Between

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These films trace the emotional and physical journeys of migration, memory and identity across landscapes scarred by histories of both oppression and resistance.


Marseille, July 14th
Marseille, 14 juillet
El Mahdi Lyoubi / France / 2025 / 9 / UK Premiere
Marseille erupts in joy as Algeria wins the Africa Cup of Nations. Celebrations, urban tensions and colonial echoes shape a night of pride.

We Were the Scenery
Christopher Radcliff / USA, Vietnam, Philippines / 2025 / 15 / UK Premiere
After fleeing the Vietnam war, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che, along with 100 other refugees, are enlisted as background extras forApocalypse Now.

Oscurana
Violeta Mora / Honduras, Hungary, Portugal, Belgium / 2025 / 20 / World Premiere
When darkness falls, the walking begins in this vital, visceral evocation of the experience of migrants undertaking a hazardous journey on foot across the US border.

A History of Sadness
تاریخچه غم
Layla Tosifi / Canada / 2024 / 18 / International Premiere
Exploring a complex mother-daughter bond, this film traces three generations of Iranian women: a grandmother, mother and daughter.

Bloodline
Wojciech Węglarz / Poland / 2024 / 12 / UK Premiere
A bison, prevented from returning to its native herd by a wall on the Polish-Belarusian border, witnesses dramatic events.


Content warning: This programme contains flashing images.

In this show

Intro
5 mins
Marseille, July 14th
9 mins
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We Were The Scenery
15 mins
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Oscurana
20 mins
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A History of Sadness
18 mins
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Bloodline
12 mins
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Q&A
30 mins

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Shorts: Spaces Between + Q&A
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Showroom - Screen 1
Q&A with directors El Mahdi Lyoubi, Zineb Kharroubi, Christopher Radcliff, Violeta Mora, Layla Tosifi, Wojciech Węglarz.
Shorts: Spaces Between + Q&A
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Showroom - Bertha DocHouse Screen 3
Q&A with El Mahdi Lyoubi, Zineb Kharroubi, Christopher Radcliff, Violeta Mora, Layla Tosifi, Wojciech Węglarz.

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