How and where we belong in this noisy and complicated world are the fundamental questions of our turbulent times.
From India, Nigeria, China, Rwanda and the Southwest of England, the films in this programme tell stories that explore facets and contradictions of belonging: how we relate to our culture; who we identify as outliers from the mainstream; intergenerational trauma and how it defines us; sub-cultures and our perceptions of them. These short but perfectly formed docs question the diverse ways in which we belong.
Programme details:
Ndagukunda déjà (I Love You, Already) │ dir. David Findlay, Sébastien Desrosiers │ Rwanda │ 21 mins │ 2023
After meeting his Rwandan father in Montreal for the first time at 28 years old, Québécois journalist Sébastien Desrosiers sets off, in this 25th year anniversary of the genocide, on an existential quest to his ancestral land in search of answers.
Umbilical │ dir. Danski Tang │ USA, China │ 7 mins │ 2023
A daughter explores her mother’s abusive relationship with her father and how it shaped her experiences in a boarding school in China.
The Circlemakers │ dir. Matthew Sterling │ UK │ 9 mins │ 2024
Meet the Circlemakers, a small group of artists predominantly residing in the South West of England who create jaw-dropping pieces of land art in crops every year.
Elephant Food is for the Strongest Teeth │ dir. Michael Kinsella Perks, Will McBain │ Nigeria │ 14 mins │ 2023
An exploration of the Hausa martial art of Dambe – a subject seldom before represented in the west, and never in a way that has brought the nuance, emotion and spirituality of the sport fully to life.
Holy Cowboys │ dir. Varun Chopra │ India │ 24 mins │ 2023
In small-town India, where cows are considered sacred, a teenaged boy and his group of friends set off on a quest to become saviours of the holy cow only to be caught in the web of extremism.
This programme was available on our custom-built online streaming site to watch from 21/11/24 until 24/11/24.