Resistance(s) III

To celebrate the release of RESISTANCE[S] III the third volume of a DVD collection of experimental film and video art from the Middle East and North Africa by French DVD label Lowave, we are thrilled to present a programme curated by Silke Schmickl and Christine Sehnaoui. The programme will feature films by artists from a variety of cultural and disciplinary backgrounds, showing challenging works that witness the region's complexity, vitality and diversity of creative energies.

The programme will be introduced by Silke Schmickl and we hope to have some of the artists present for a Q&A after the screening. DVD launch reception at the Filmstore after the programme.

Full screening programme:

Fabian Astore & Mireille Astore
3494 Houses + 1 Fence
Australia/Lebanon / 2006 / 6'

Basma Alsharif
We began by measuring distance
Palestine / 2009 / 19'

Larissa Sansour
Run Lara Run
Palestine / 2'

Ismail Bahri
Résonances
Tunisia / 2008 / 7'

Halida Boughriet
Les illuminés
Algeria / 2007 / 1'37

Danielle Arbid
This smell of sex
Liban-France / 2008 / 20'

Waheeda Malullah
Play
Bahrein / 2005 / 2'40

Khaled Hafez
Revolution
Egypte / 2006 / 4'

Nazim DjemaÏ
La parade de Taos
France/Algeria / 2009 / 19'