Workshop | 24 Nov; 12:30 | Upstairs at the Ritzy
Come and join us for an afternoon of crafting, community and creativity at B!TCH & STITCH where we'll knit, natter and get to know each other!
Textile work and fabric arts are a medium through which the different cultural and social experiences of immigrant communities, as well as colonial and extractionist histories, can be explored, unpacked and/or celebrated.
So, whether you're a knitting novice or a crochet connoisseur, feel inspired to explore a new creative hobby.
Workshop led by Maryam Rimi
Films + Music + Q&A | 24 Nov; 3.30pm | Upstairs at the Ritzy
Intersectional Diasporic Experience of Koryo-Saram, the (post-)Soviet Koreans.
In 1937, Koryo-saram were forcibly displaced from the Far East of the Russian SFSR to Central Asia as part of a secret racist operation launched by Stalin’s government, which was rearranging multiple populations and indigenous peoples due to perceived “anti-Soviet activities”. Over a century of their existence, Koryo-saram have developed their own cuisine, literature, fashion, music, and cinema, often far from the limelight.
In collaboration with Misha Zakharov, a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick and curator at Screening Rights Film Festival, and Goethe-Institut UK
Film | 24 Nov; 3:30pm | Bertha DocHouse
The seemingly quiet and largely indigenous town of El Alberto is becoming a ghost town, as many have suffered the loss of loved ones who died trying to enter, or can’t return from, the US. To survive this, they start simulating an experience they all know: crossing the border to the US illegally. The residents of the village slip into the roles of border guards, human traffickers, and narcos to reenact the crossing for paying tourists so they can put themselves into the shoes of a migrant for one night.
But is this a story of empowerment or a people stuck in a loop of their traumatic experiences?
Dir: Clara Trischler | Length: 1h 18m
The Wolves Always Come at Night (Чоно үүр шөнөөр ирдэг)
Film + Q&A | 24 Nov; 6:00pm | Bertha DocHouse
Davaa and Zaya (co-writers of the film) live with their children and flock in the Bayankhongor region of Mongolia. But the titular wolf is never far from the door; the climate is changing, which forces the family into an urban centre and a new way of life.
A breathtaking and heartbreaking blend of documentary and fiction, this film is a timely reminder of the sometimes tenuous foundations of the places we call home, and of the imminence of climate emergency.
Dir: Gabrielle Brady | Length: 1h 35m
*Preview Screening*
Film + Q&A | 24 Nov; 6:10pm | Genesis Cinema
Prabha, Anu and Parvaty moved to Mumbai to work at a hospital. Here, they grapple daily with the opportunities and hardships of existence in the city.
Balancing an immersive verité style with a touch of the surreal, Payal Kapadia’s Cannes Grand Prix-winning drama captures the many shades of working-class life in Mumbai. The result is a profound and deeply humanist meditation on urban migration and dislocation.
Dir: Payal Kapadia | Length: 1h 55 min
Workshop | 23 Nov, 5pm | Upstairs at the Ritzy
How do we create home in new spaces? What does it mean to belong when borders - both physical and psychological - shape our daily experiences? This two-part event - intimate panel discussion and innovative performative drawing workshop - examines how migrants craft spaces of belonging through everyday practices of care, connection, and creative resistance, and it invites participants to explore their own relationship with space, belonging, and embodiment.
This is a safe space to examine, explore and express the complex tensions migrants feel between rootedness and displacement, tradition and transformation, memory and presence.