at the lab - Program
Cinematic Transformations from the Global South
Projects At The Lab: The Cinematheque

February – April 2026

This second part of the All That We Witness program entitled Cinematic Transformations from the Global South holds a series of events that engage the concept of cinema and its role through film practices and productions from the Global South. The program seeks to revisit the meanings and forms of cinematic expression from a perspective that moves beyond the dominant global system shaping film production and circulation, and the formal and thematic frameworks they often impose. The program includes talks and study sessions, alongside a film screening program and collective discussions.

In Search of Liberatory Frames: Audiovisual Preservation Practices, a talk by Selma Shaban

A Manifesto for Liberatory Images, a study group facilitated by Selma Shaban

Chronicle of The Years of Fire: The Restored Version, a screening of a film directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, 1975, Algeria

Cinematic Transformations from the Global South, a film screening and discussion program facilitated by Saleem Albeik

Adieu Bonaparte, a film screening of Egyptian director Youssef Chahine’s film from 1985

Header image of Youssef Chahine on the set of Adieu Bonaparte.

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