students' program IV - resounding resistance

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. 

LOSING GROUND

anonymous
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 … read more

PERFECT HARMONY
(ما كانَ لنا )

Sabah Jalloul
Lebanon 2024 | 19 Min. | DCP, EN subs

Thu, 29-May-25 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Sabah Jalloul
The Lebanese film­mak­er makes sev­er­al trips from Ger­many back to her home city of Beirut over the course of the three years fol­low­ing the onset of a cat­a­stroph­ic eco­nom­ic col­lapse … read more

THE NAKBA ACROSS GENERATIONS

Nour
Germany 2024 | 11 Min. | EN subs, mp4

Thu, 29-May-25 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Nour

Through the story of a single family, THE NAKBA ACROSS GENERATIONS explores the last­ing impact of the Nakba and the inher­it­ed trauma of exile. Blend­ing per­son­al nar­ra­tives, his­tor­i­cal events, and evoca­tive ele­ments like food, music, and archival mate­r­i­al, the film exam­ines how mem­bers of the Pales­tin­ian dias­po­ra nav­i­gate iden­ti­ty and try to recon­nect with their roots.

Nour is a Lib­er­al Arts stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty Col­lege in Freiburg. Born in France, she grew up between there and Jordan, shaped by a mul­ti­cul­tur­al and mul­ti­lin­gual envi­ron­ment that equipped her with valu­able tools for adult life. Deeply pas­sion­ate about art and pho­tog­ra­phy, she chose to blend her cul­tur­al her­itage with cre­ative expres­sion, result­ing in an archival, per­son­al film on the Nakba and the ques­tion of exile.