Bani Abidi emphatically presents scenes from the daily lives of the Hazara community in Quetta, Pakistan, alongside narratives of persecution and exodus. This Shia Muslim ethnic minority in today’s predominantly Sunni Pakistan has sought refuge in Germany, where the artist is based. She collaborates with Quetta-based photographer Asef, who is working on assembling a book of photographs that offer a glimpse into private moments in Hazara homes: images that reveal personal stories of loss and resilience.
Also in this combined programme
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Look Then Below
It’s happening beneath our feet. Ben Rivers’ latest film is about a lost civilisation in the hollow earth, basking in a subterranean gl
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A Bright Summer Diary
An old family photograph triggers artist Lei Lei’s journey into the melancholy of memory and the muddled nature of nostalgia.
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Progressive Touch
Can you make love to an irregular beat? Sex as dance and comedy, in this film about the relationship between sex, choreography and composing music.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Germany, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 17"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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