IV. Shaky Ground
Here we reveal the ecological and societal impact of the global fashion industry. It accentuates how the poetic and philosophical power of cinema can act as a corrective to narratives around human labour and climate change.
Tuesday 20 May, 18:30 | Central Saint Martins, LVMH TheatreTokyo-based designer Yuima Nakazato is lost for words as he meanders through Nairobi’s Gikomba Market, the world’s largest hub for discarded clothes.
Alex Musembi, co-founder of Africa Collect Textile (ACT) will be in conversation with festival co-curator Dal Chodha and others after the screening.
Wednesday 21 May, 20:30 | Genesis CinemaAs the rain tears down on rippled metal roofs, the Cameroonian city of Douala is in the throes of preparation for the start of the new school year. Our protagonist – the stoic, hardworking Mambar Pierette – is a dressmaker and as such becomes the local confidant, therapist and mother.
Sunday 25 May, 20:00 | Garden Cinema, Screen 3Set in the arid Bolivian Altiplano, Utama portrays an elderly Quechua couple who embody an ancestral bond to their land.
Dust to Dust + Panel
Tuesday 20 May, 18:30 | Central Saint Martins, LVMH Theatre Tokyo-based designer Yuima Nakazato is lost for words as he meanders through Nairobi’s Gikomba Market, the world’s largest hub for discarded clothes.
UK Premiere
Mambar Pierrette
Wednesday 21 May, 20:30 | Genesis CinemaAs the rain tears down on rippled metal roofs, the Cameroonian city of Douala is in the throes of preparation for the start of the new school year. Our protagonist – the stoic, hardworking Mambar Pierette – is a dressmaker and as such becomes the local confidant, therapist and mother.
Utama
Sunday 25 May, 20:00 | Garden Cinema, Screen 3Set in the arid Bolivian Altiplano, Utama portrays an elderly Quechua couple who embody an ancestral bond to their land.
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