EVE(S)
Angélique Kidjo

Benin is rooted in a patriarchal culture, but in moments of crisis it’s the strength and resilience of its women that comes to the fore – as musician and activist Angelique Kidjo demonstrates in this potent portrait of her home country and the women who inhabit it.

BREATHLESS PUPPETS
Akram Khan & Naaman Azhari

Forced apart in childhood by the expectations of their cultures and the disapproval of their fathers, two men with a passion for dance reconnect through the tragedy of the pandemic. Choreographed by Akram Khan and directed by Naaman Azhari, this powerful short film uses rotoscope animation, created by hand-drawing over live action footage.

DOWNLOAD AND RUN ZOOM
Lucinda Childs Meets (LA)HORDE – Building Momentum Under Lockdown

When restrictions forced Lucinda Childs to postpone a project with the Ballet national de Marseille, the choreographer began meeting the Artistic Directors – LA(HORDE) – via Zoom. Intimate, playful and relatable, this film documents their collaboration, and explores how the distances enforced by the pandemic raise unexpected possibilities.

OVE CAMPUS ABCD 2019–2021
Ibrahim Mahama

What happens when two technologies from different eras occupy the same space, and what potential does their interaction have for future generations? Connecting old aeroplanes with modern drones via workshops held within decommissioned aircraft in his native Ghana, Ibrahim Mahama explores how new technologies and imaginations can allow us to rethink life on all levels – beyond the human experience.

FAR AWAY FROM RUSSIA
Lola Arias 

The pandemic has excluded elderly people from social and political life, exposing their carers to more stressful and precarious working conditions than ever before. Everybody speaks in the names of those who are older and in the care of others – but who's really taking care of whom? In Lola Arias’s film, the daily routine of one elderly person and their carer becomes an unexpected act of love and resistance.

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