Experimenta

Cadences of Resistance

Resisting the enduring legacies of colonial violence and honoring those who continue to gather, speak and dream, these films transform acts of remembrance into radical forms of reclamation, solidarity and world-making.

Runtime: 88 min
More information: Official film page

Screenings

all that appears solid is built on blood

Directors
Izdihar Afyouni, Gelare Khoshgozaran
Screenwriters
Izdihar Afyouni, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Ahmad Al-Shaer
Palestine-Iran-UK 2026. 11min

Reprocessed frame by frame, journalistic footage from Gaza is transformed into a haunting reflection on grief, complicity and rage through the words of poet Ahmad Al-Shaer.

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

The Muscles Are Tense

Director-screenwriter
Mahshid Mahboubifar
Germany-Iran 2026. 16min

By reworking images of political protests in Berlin from 2024, this film essay reveals how surveillance strategies and police violence shape bodies into sites of struggle and refusal.

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury and racist violence.

Between Us and the World

Director-screenwriter
Wallace Minchong Li
UK 2026. 17min

Revisiting the site where colonial footage of Sahrawi people was filmed in the 1950s, local youth confront their past while contemplating their possible futures.

No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame

Director
Onyeka Igwe
UK 2026. 15min

Through animated text, layered sound recordings and reimagined protest songs from the 1947 Egba Market women’s revolt, this immersive work creates a sonic redress to colonial narratives of Nigeria.

Buckskin

Director
Mars Verrone
USA 2026. 17min

This intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s grandfather, pioneering African-American and Indigenous forester Carroll B. Williams, transforms his enduring legacy into a cinematic poem.

Content warning

Contains racist attitudes and language.

all that appears solid is built on blood

Directors
Izdihar Afyouni, Gelare Khoshgozaran
Screenwriters
Izdihar Afyouni, Gelare Khoshgozaran, Ahmad Al-Shaer
Palestine-Iran-UK 2026. 11min

Reprocessed frame by frame, journalistic footage from Gaza is transformed into a haunting reflection on grief, complicity and rage through the words of poet Ahmad Al-Shaer.

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury.

The Muscles Are Tense

Director-screenwriter
Mahshid Mahboubifar
Germany-Iran 2026. 16min

By reworking images of political protests in Berlin from 2024, this film essay reveals how surveillance strategies and police violence shape bodies into sites of struggle and refusal.

Content warning

Contains scenes of graphic violence or injury and racist violence.

Between Us and the World

Director-screenwriter
Wallace Minchong Li
UK 2026. 17min

Revisiting the site where colonial footage of Sahrawi people was filmed in the 1950s, local youth confront their past while contemplating their possible futures.

No Archive Can Restore this Chorus of (Diasporic) Shame

Director
Onyeka Igwe
UK 2026. 15min

Through animated text, layered sound recordings and reimagined protest songs from the 1947 Egba Market women’s revolt, this immersive work creates a sonic redress to colonial narratives of Nigeria.

Buckskin

Director
Mars Verrone
USA 2026. 17min

This intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s grandfather, pioneering African-American and Indigenous forester Carroll B. Williams, transforms his enduring legacy into a cinematic poem.

Content warning

Contains racist attitudes and language.