Palestine Cinema Days: Bye Bye Tiberias
A special screening of Bye Bye Tiberias, followed by a discussion with Hekayyatna. This event is a part of Palestine Cinema Days 2025.
30 years ago, Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass left her native village Deir Hanna in Galilee to follow her acting dream in France. Camera in hand, her daughter Lina questions her mother’s bold choices and the way the women in her family – who she has left behind – have influenced her life. How do those who live on the screen of our memories define who we are today?
Milk Tea Presents: Can I Get A Witness?
A community screening for climate action of Can I Get a Witness? starring the phenomenal Sandra Oh, written & directed by Ann Marie Fleming.
Come for an eco-drama that reimagines life in a post-climate world and the price of living in true harmony with the planet and stay for a climate positive themed activity TBA.
13:45: Doors open
14:00: Intro, film
14:05: Film starts
16:00: Film ends, Q&A starts
16:30: Q&A ends, audience activities (TBC)
17:30: Event ends
Hosted by ESEA Creatives Scotland with MilkTea.
Can I Get A Witness? is distributed by T A P E in the UK and playing as part of MilkTea’s Supersize, a project supported by the BFI with funding from the National Lottery.
Milk Tea Presents: Can I Get A Witness? + Q&A
A community screening for climate action of Can I Get a Witness? starring the phenomenal Sandra Oh, written & directed by Ann Marie Fleming.
Come for an eco-drama that reimagines life in a post-climate world and the price of living in true harmony with the planet.
13:45: Doors open
14:00: Intro, film
14:05: Film starts
16:00: Film ends, Q&A starts
16:30: Q&A ends, audience activities (TBC)
17:30: Event ends
Can I Get A Witness? is distributed by T A P E in the UK and playing as part of MilkTea’s Supersize, a project supported by the BFI with funding from the National Lottery.
Milk Tea Presents: Can I Get A Witness? + Sustainability workshop
Milk Tea presents CAN I GET A WITNESS? starring the phenomenal Sandra Oh, written & directed by Ann Marie Fleming.
Come for an eco-drama that reimagines life in a post-climate world and the price of living in true harmony with the planet and stay for a sustainability workshop.
12:45: Doors open
13:00: Intro, film start
15:00: Sustainability workshop with Hathaikun Kongaunruan (object swap & letter writing)
16:00: Event ends.
** Attendees will be required to bring one unwanted item to exchange as part of the sustainability workshop **
Hosted by Voice ESEA with MilkTea.
Can I Get A Witness? is distributed by T A P E in the UK and playing as part of MilkTea’s Supersize, a project supported by the BFI with funding from the National Lottery.
Milk Tea Presents: Can I Get A Witness?
A community screening for climate action of Can I Get a Witness?
We’re proud to present CAN I GET A WITNESS? starring the phenomenal Sandra Oh, written & directed by Ann Marie Fleming.
Join MilkTea for an eco-drama that reimagines life in a post-climate world and the price of living in true harmony with the planet.
20:00: Doors open
20:05: Intro
20:10: Film starts
22:00: Film ends
Hosted by Move Midlands with MilkTea.
Can I Get A Witness? is distributed by T A P E in the UK and playing as part of MilkTea’s Supersize, a project supported by the BFI with funding from the National Lottery.
Can I Get A Witness? Screening + Q&A
In the near-future, climate change is mitigated, global poverty is eradicated, and all species on the planet can live in relative peace and equality. The world has rejected consumption and technology, and recalibrated to sustainable societies with smaller carbon footprints. People live happy, modest lives. This is made possible because the World came to an Agreement and everyone is committed to a new global expiry date - human life will end at age 50. Or are they?
Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming
Can I Get A Witness? Preview Screening + Q&A
In the near-future, climate change is mitigated, global poverty is eradicated, and all species on the planet can live in relative peace and equality. The world has rejected consumption and technology, and recalibrated to sustainable societies with smaller carbon footprints. People live happy, modest lives. This is made possible because the World came to an Agreement and everyone is committed to a new global expiry date - human life will end at age 50. Or are they?
Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Ann Marie Fleming
T A P E Shorts @ This Is For Us Festival
The Udo Collection and Hekayyatna present:
THIS IS FOR US Festival: Build. Organise. Dismantle.
Taking inspiration from Fadi Quran’s stirring call to action "like thunder on a moonless night", we gather to build ideas, organise ourselves and dismantle the system.
Film Night
Tues 9 September 7-930pm
Featuring T A P E Shorts - The Medallion, Neo Nahda & Muna
Milk Tea Presents: In The Nguyen Kitchen *Manchester*
MilkTea are partnering with Voice ESEA for a special East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month community screening of In the Nguyen Kitchen.
In the Nguyễn Kitchen is a French musical drama about aspiring musical theatre star Yvonne whose faltering career sends her back home to her disapproving mother’s suburban restaurant. The kitchen becomes a stage for the reconciliation of tradition and ambition, mother and daughter in this delightful and moving exploration of identity and family.
This ESEAHM screening comes with special treats - come along to find out!
Run of Show:
6:45PM: Doors open
7:15PM: Intro, film starts
Milk Tea Presents: In The Nguyen Kitchen *Birmingham*
MilkTea are proud to be partnering with Move Midlands for a special East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month community screening of In the Nguyen Kitchen.
In the Nguyễn Kitchen is a French musical drama about aspiring musical theatre star Yvonne whose faltering career sends her back home to her disapproving mother’s suburban restaurant. The kitchen becomes a stage for the reconciliation of tradition and ambition, mother and daughter in this delightful and moving exploration of identity and family.
This ESEAHM screening comes with special treats - join us to find out what!
Run of Show:
8PM: Doors open
8:10PM: Screening starts
Milk Tea Presents: In The Nguyen Kitchen *Edinburgh*
MilkTea are partnering with ESEA Creatives Scotland for a special East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month community screening of In the Nguyen Kitchen.
In the Nguyễn Kitchen is a French musical drama about aspiring musical theatre star Yvonne whose faltering career sends her back home to her disapproving mother’s suburban restaurant. The kitchen becomes a stage for the reconciliation of tradition and ambition, mother and daughter in this delightful and moving exploration of identity and family.
This ESEAHM screening comes with special treats - come along to find out what!
Run of Show:
6:00PM: Doors open
6:10PM: Intro, film starts
In The Nguyen Kitchen + Q&A
Yvonne Nguyen's big dreams of musical theatre stardom clash with her mum's traditional expectations . When Yvonne moves back home, they're like strangers under the same roof - until they bond in their Vietnamese restaurant kitchen over steaming bowls and simmering tensions.
As Yvonne lands a chance to audition for a major production, she must choose between chasing fame and staying true to herself. Witness this heartwarming, hilarious journey of self-discovery, served with a side of egg rolls and show tunes! Stéphane Ly-Cuong directs this first-time feature film that will leave you humming along and hungry for more.
Get ready to be served a plate of love, laughter & Vietnamese cuisine! Yvonne's chasing her musical theatre dreams, but her mum has other plans. When they're forced under the same roof, their bond grows stronger in the kitchen. Will she follow her heart or take center stage? Discover this bitter-sweet musical comedy that blends culture, food and family drama. Directed by Stéphane Ly-Cuong.
The screening on 30 August at 3.25pm at Ciné Lumière will be followed by a Q&A with director Stéphane Ly-Cuong and actor Clotilde Chevalier who plays Yvonne.
Milk Tea Presents: UK Premiere of In The Nguyen Kitchen *London*
MilkTea are proud to be hosting the UK Premiere of In the Nguyen Kitchen, in collaboration with T A P E.
In the Nguyễn Kitchen is a French musical drama about aspiring musical theatre star Yvonne whose faltering career sends her back home to her disapproving mother’s suburban restaurant. The kitchen becomes a stage for the reconciliation of tradition and ambition, mother and daughter in this delightful and moving exploration of identity and family.
After the screening, join us for a very special Q&A with the director, Stephane Ly-Cuong.
Run of Show:
6pm: doors
6.20pm: film starts
8pm: End of film, start of Q&A
8.30pm: End of event
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire + ScreenTalk
Director and writer Madeleine Hunt Ehrlich will be the Barbican to discuss her debut feature, an immersive exploration of the work of the remarkable Martinican writer and activist Suzanne Césaire. Hosted by Matthew Barrington.
Shot on 16mm and bathed in the lush greenery of tropical Martinique, The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire is a beguiling snapshot of the life Suzanne Cesaire, a feminist, anti-colonialist, pioneer of Afro-Caribbean surrealism, and co-founder of influential cultural journal Tropiques.
With her accomplishments long overshadowed by her prominent husband, Aime Césaire, and much of Suzanne’s work burned by her herself, Hunt-Ehrlich seeks to make a film about “an artist who didn’t want to be remembered.”
Described by Sight and Sound as an “anti-biopic”, the film is presented through the lens of an actress (Zita Hanrot) who is preparing to play Suzanne in the biopic film of her life. We see fragments of Suzanne’s life as a school teacher, an organiser, and the mother of six children.
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire + Q&A
6PM, 18 July screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and actor Zita Hanrot.
This fascinating film examines the life and work of Caribbean surrealist Suzanne Césaire, whose life was overshadowed by that of her husband, politician and writer Aimé Césaire.
Inspired by the structures of Césaire’s own writing, which often took a colonial convention and unravelled it, and with glimpses of the surrealist scene (André Breton), the film deconstructs the narrative period biopic genre, moving between a conventional cinema and deconstructed experimental scenes. The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire plants us firmly in the darkness and desire of its subject matter while acknowledging the impossibility of resuscitating a legacy partially lost to time.
Selly Oak Palestine Solidarity presents Sudan, Remember Us
Selly Oak Palestine Solidarity Film Night - Sunday 13th July at 7PM
Screening - Sudan, Remember Us
Followed by special guest speakers Hind Meddeb, Sudan, Remember Us writer and director (joining online) and Enaam Mahmoud from the Birmingham Sudanese Community (in-person)
Tickets cost £5.00 with all proceeds going to charity Waging Peace.
PopChange Film Club: Sudan, Remember Us - London, Rich Mix + Q&A
Join PopChange Film Club for the next edition of their monthly programme featuring filmmakers from migrant and refugee backgrounds.
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - London, ICA + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Oxford
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Glasgow
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
The film will be screened with descriptive subtitles.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Birmingham + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Manchester + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will also be a Q&A with director, Hind Meddeb which will be BSL interpreted. The film will be screened with descriptive subtitles.
SAFAR FILM FESTIVAL: Sudan, Remember Us - Cardiff
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
The film will be screened with descriptive subtitles.
Sheffield Doc Fest: Sudan, Remember Us
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will be a Q&A with editor, Gladys Joujou.
Sheffield Doc Fest: Sudan, Remember Us + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will be a Q&A with editor, Gladys Joujou.
Sheffield Doc Fest: Sudan, Remember Us + Q&A
Following Shajane, Maha, Muzamil, and Khattab: four young Sudanese activists in their twenties, these politically active and artistically creative youth are but a few of a generation fighting for freedom with their words, poems, and chants. Buoyed by courage, sheer will and collective hope, these Sudanese youth risked everything to overthrow the country’s military regime through impassioned revolution.
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan. Hind Meddeb’s documentary is a testament to the resistance and revolutionary spirit of Sudan, and in her words: ‘a cinematic chorus’.
In a time when Sudan has faced two years of a violent, counter-revolutionary war, famine, and, millions of people forced into exile, along with the indifference of the rest of the world, this film is a portrait of a nation and a people who will continue to persist and insist on a bright and just future.
After the screening there will be a Q&A with editor, Gladys Joujou.
Black Debutantes: A Collection of Early Works by Black Women - Drylongso
Cauleen Smith’s monumental coming-of-age film centres the Black teenage girl as archivist.
Cauleen Smith presents a colourful and complex portrait of Black girlhood through photography student Pica. Armed with a best friend and polaroid camera, Pica takes it upon herself to take portraits of young Black men, believing her project to serve as their record of existence in the face of increasing violence in 1990s L.A.
Digital 4K (restoration)
Black Debutantes: Exhibiting Black Cinema Discussion
Join ‘Black Debutantes’ season programmer Rógan Graham for a panel discussion on the processes and challenges in archiving, restoring and exhibiting Black-led films to audiences with industry professionals Isra Al Kassi (T A P E Collective), Ashley Clark (Criterion Collection) and Carmen Thompson (We Are Parable).
Joint ticket available with Drylongso on Thursday 22 May 20:30 NFT2 (subject to availability) £17, concessions £14 (Members pay £2.50 less). Book in person at the box office or by phone on 020 7928 3232.
One Room Film Club: Essex Girls, Muna & Neo Nahda
See T A P E shorts at ‘One Room Film Club’, a travelling film club, popping up across unexpected spaces to share fresh, bold, emotionally rich stories — especially from voices often pushed to the margins.
Join us this May as we screen three standout shorts centring Black, Arab and Muslim girlhood, told through the lenses of identity, grief, resistance, and the unshakeable power of self-discovery.
📽️ What’s Showing:
🌸 Essex Girls (dir. Yero Timi-Biu)
Bisola is trying to figure it all out — growing up as the only Black girl in a small Essex town where everyone expects her to fit a certain mould. But when she meets Ashlee, the confident, vibrant new girl in school, Bisola is invited into a new kind of sisterhood — one filled with joy, reflection, and magic.
Flipping the “Essex Girl” stereotype on its head, this nostalgic coming-of-age film is filled with BBM messages, Jane Norman bags, and warm snapshots of 2009 — but at its core, it’s about belonging and Black girl joy in unlikely places.
🌀 Neo Nahda (dir. May Ziadé)
Mona, a young Arab woman in London, stumbles across a set of archived photographs showing Arab women cross-dressing in the 1920s — a discovery that sends her into a whirlwind of imagination, desire, and self-reckoning.
Between fantasy and reality, Neo Nahda unearths hidden histories of Arab resistance and queerness. Visually stunning and politically charged, it’s a love letter to the archive — and a challenge to who gets remembered, and how.
🌙 Muna (dir. Warda Mohamed)
All Muna wants is to go on the school trip and play her perfect playlist — but when her grandfather dies in Somalia, she finds herself stuck in a house of grief for someone she never knew.
With heart, humour, and beautiful stillness, Muna tells the story of a British-Somali teen navigating loss, teenage dreams, and unexpected connection. A moving exploration of intergenerational memory, faith, and what we inherit from those we barely knew.
This Day is part of the Barking Open Studios by Bow Arts & The Boathouse Studios. This is an artist led Open Studio there where you can get a behind the scenes look at the prcatice and process of the resident artist and makers on the 17th of May.
Falastin Film Festival Scotland: Bye Bye Tiberias
Falastin Film Festival Scotland brings Palestinian cinema, culture and art to Scotland while raising awareness on zionist colonization.
T A P E’s Bye Bye Tiberias screens at Falastin Film Festival on Friday 18 May, 2025
About Bye Bye Tiberias
Leaving her native village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, Hiam Abbass also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina Soualem returns with her to journey through the vanished places among the scattered memories of four generations of daring Palestinian women.
Black Debutantes: A Collection of Early Works by Black Women - Drylongso
Cauleen Smith’s monumental coming-of-age film centres the Black teenage girl as archivist.
Cauleen Smith presents a colourful and complex portrait of Black girlhood through photography student Pica. Armed with a best friend and polaroid camera, Pica takes it upon herself to take portraits of young Black men, believing her project to serve as their record of existence in the face of increasing violence in 1990s L.A.
Audio Description and additional Descriptive Subtitles of non-dialogue audio are available for the screening of Drylongso on Sunday 11 May 18:45 NFT2.
Digital 4K (restoration)