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Join us for a collection of short films, curated in collaboration with Guardian Documentaries.
Telling urgent contemporary stories from around the world through a distinctive artistic lens, this collection of short documentaries explores a range of compelling personal perspectives that have the power to provoke, surprise, and engage us emotionally. United by themes of care, resistance and moral responsibility, these films ask what it means to hold on to humanity when the world is under pressure.
This screening will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the filmmakers behind the work.
The programme:
When the Revolution Doesn’t Come | dir: Aurora Brachman | US | 25′
Born into the revolutionary movement of the Black Panther Party, the children of its leaders reflect on an extraordinary upbringing shaped by pride, love and loss. Fifty years on, they wrestle with the unfulfilled promise of radical change and what its legacy means for America today.
The Oath | dir: Liane Aviram and Louis Hollis | Israel & Palestine | 22′
Dr Lina Qasem-Hassan, a Palestinian physician living and working in Israel, teaches medical ethics while caring for both Israel and Palestinian patients. As political violence escalates, she finds the ethics of medical care increasingly at odds with the realities of the healthcare system in the midst of brutality.
Give Me Shelter | dir: Tom Silverstone | US | 19′
Tina Frundt is one of Washington DC’s most experienced specialists in protecting children from sex trafficking. Many of the youths she supports are targeted and exploited on social media platforms, which give traffickers unprecedented levels of access to their victims. Fighting to break this cycle, Tina works closely with law enforcement, social workers and parents to create an environment where some of America’s most vulnerable children can feel safe again.
No Time to Heal | dir: Ksenia Savoskina | Ukraine | 16 mins’
After more than three years in Russian captivity, 25-year-old Ukrainian soldier Kyrylo arrives at a rehabilitation centre outside Kyiv with just three weeks to recover before returning to the front. Through moments of care and quiet ritual, the film reveals the psychological cost of a war that continues to grind on.