Program IV / Resounding Resistance Through this special program, members of the Students’ Platform wish to create and foster a space for those who find themselves in the complex conditions of threat, violence, and dislocation, yet continue to craft works under those compromised circumstances. The selected works emerge as individual reactions and narratives that position themselves within the collective and strive for the visibility of unheard voices from their specific local contexts. The films embody these principles while considering different geographical contexts, historical periods and modes of resistance and resilience. Through their lenses, they offer insights into personal, everyday struggles and the navigation of these challenges, demonstrating that resilience is practiced and expressed through various actions. Resounding Resistance aspires for the transformation of individual acts of resistance into strengthened collective responses, thereby expanding the Students’ Platform as a space of solidarity and community against exclusion, forgetting and silencing.
students' program IV - resounding resistance
LOSING GROUND
anonymous
Myanmar 2023 | 23 Min. | DCP, EN subs
Myanmar 2023 | 23 Min. | DCP, EN subs
Thu, 29-May-25 07:30 PM

I grew up in Yangon. In February 2021 my dreams came to an end. My mother said: ‘Son, wake up. The military has taken over the country’. The days got darker. The window in my narrow room and the piece of sky I watched seemed to be the only freedom I had left. I wanted to say something about this new undercurrent in my life. I wrote things down, recorded my voice, and searched for images that might reflect my feelings and those of other young people. And so now there is a film which conveys what it’s like to lose the ground beneath your feet.
Under the current political situation in Myanmar the filmmakers wish to remain anonymous.
PERFECT HARMONY
(ما كانَ لنا )
Sabah Jalloul
Lebanon 2024 | 19 Min. | DCP, EN subs
Lebanon 2024 | 19 Min. | DCP, EN subs
Thu, 29-May-25 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Sabah Jalloul
Sabah Jalloul

THE NAKBA ACROSS GENERATIONS
Nour
Germany 2024 | 11 Min. | EN subs, mp4
Germany 2024 | 11 Min. | EN subs, mp4
Thu, 29-May-25 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Nour
Nour
