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Saturday 17 August, 14:00
The Straw Yard
Still from 'Wild Relatives' (2018) by Jumana Manna

The Burr of Berwick presents ‘Wild Relatives’ @ Berwick Food & Beer Festival

Credit: Jumana Manna • Wild Relatives • 2018

In collaboration with the Berwick Food and Beer Festival, The Burr of Berwick will host a film screening of Wild Relatives directed by Jumana Manna followed by a discussion at The Straw Yard. The event features a community film screening in a relaxed cinema setting, followed by an informal discussion co-hosted by Sustainable Food Berwick.

Come and enjoy a film & conversation together in the new Straw Yard Theatre during the Food & Beer Festival!

The 2018 film Wild Relatives by Jumana Manna explores simple seeds – how they illuminate biodiversity and international politics from Lebanon to Svalbard. This original film brings perspectives on sustainable food that reach far beyond the future of humanity.

Director

Jumana Manna

Countries

Germany Lebanon

Run Time

64 mins

Year

2018
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10 March 2024
Maltings Main House

Renée’s Room • Capital • Monelle

The second of two screening programmes animating the work of Basma al-Sharif, BFMAF24 Filmmaker in Focus.

Born stateless and of Palestinian heritage, her work explores cyclical political histories and conflicts. In films and installations that move backward and forward in history, between place and non-place, she confronts the legacy of colonialism through satirical, immersive, and lyrical works.

Run Time

58 mins
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9 March 2024
Maltings Henry Travers

Ouroboros

Basma al-Sharif’s first feature film is an experimental homage to the Gaza Strip and to the possibility of hope against hopelessness. Departing from the ancient symbol of the ouroboros – a snake eating its own tail – the film follows a man moving through different landscapes in search of a past lover. A multilingual journey through time and space reflecting on recurrent patterns of destruction and regeneration, representation and erasure.

Director

Basma al-Sharif

Run Time

77 mins

Year

2017
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Friday 8 March, 14:00 • Sunday 10 March, 10:45
Maltings Henry Travers

We Began By Measuring Distance • The Story of Milk and Honey • Home Movies Gaza • Wawa

The first of two screening programmes animating the work of Basma al-Sharif, BFMAF24 Filmmaker in Focus.

Born stateless and of Palestinian heritage, her work explores cyclical political histories and conflicts. In films and installations that move backward and forward in history, between place and non-place, she confronts the legacy of colonialism through satirical, immersive, and lyrical works.

Run Time

89 mins
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7 March 2024  •  Free Entry
The Gymnasium

Reality or Not

Reality or Not narrates the intriguing tale of a group of high school students nestled in the northern suburbs of Paris. They embark on a daring experiment, one that seeks to seize control of the reality enveloping them and reshape it according to their own vision. The project marks the latest milestone in the extensive research journey undertaken by the artist Cécile B. Evans, spanning the entirety of their career.

Director

Cécile B Evans

Country

France

Run Time

34 mins

Year

2023
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