The world premieres of three newly commissioned artists’ films inspired by boundary-pushing experimental filmmaker Stephen Dwoskin (1939–2012).

Saturday 15 January 2022, 7pm
Up Yours! Post Punk & Feminism Revisited
Focused on feminism and the experimental post-punk scene, this shorts programme is supplemented by live sets from Shade Ray and Es, plus a DJ set from Gabi.
Saturday 15 January 2022, 9pm
New Shorts: Animation Variety ShowA heart murmur, a graffiti artist and an animator’s experience of racism are among the subjects explored in this selection of international films.
Sunday 16 January 2022, 1pm
Experiments: Void MirrorExploring the rules and paradoxes of the online wellness movement, these short films confront our interaction with and perception of new technologies.
Sunday 16 January 2022, 5pm
Friday 21 January, 3pm
International Competition: And What Remains is the MazeOne young girl ponders her sexuality, another faces an arranged marriage, a woman is drawn to religion and a garden comes alive in this beguiling international selection.
Wednesday 19 January 2022, 7pm
Documentary: Hostile Environments Building context from testimony, these films consider expanded notions of a hostile environment, starting with but going far beyond the context of Theresa May’s policy.
Thursday 20 January 2022, 7pm
Documentary: KinshipFocusing on direct and mediated interactions between families and friends, these films reflect on lost and recovered relationships, honesty and dreams of immortality.
Friday 21 January 2022, 7pm
Documentary: The Promise Of Happiness?From queer clubs to bingo halls via psychic readings and the ecstatic outcomes of divorce, these seven films reveal the instability of happiness.
A retrospective of three short films by Palestinian-British filmmaker and human rights advocate Farah Nabulsi, who will also be in conversation with Elhum Shakerifar.
Saturday 22 January 2022, 5pm
New Shorts: Anthropocene's DeitiesExploring spiritual practices and self-reflection by acknowledging other beings, these films are an invitation to contemplate the richness and fragility of ecosystems.
Sunday 23 January 2022, 3pm
New Shorts: Deracination These character-led shorts investigate the embodied experience of displacement in relation to migration and queer identities.
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