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Explore Fringe of Colour Films 2020
Submissions
good dog
Arinzé Kene and tiata fahodzi's film explores the everyday injustices, people and places that make us who we are, in this film adaptation of a play.
Submission · 19:11
Where Are You From?
Sophie Gresswell, a young woman of mixed heritage searches for an answer by looking back over three generations of her family.
Submission · 05:08
Beautiful Blue
A poetry film inspired by creator Gold Maria Akanbi's value for her neurodiversity - freedom in her intersectionality in a binary world.
Submission · 02:39
Stories of Colour
Performers from The Tell Tales and Bedtime Stories Collective performing a variety of traditional and original tales, and poems.
Submission · 34:50
Washing Lemon Puff
This short by Sheyamali Sudesh is about the price of immigrants' assimilation into a Western country: idolisation and brainwashing.
Submission · 01:03
UBILIC
The beginnings of a lyrical and/or audio essay by Natasha Ruwona, on Hydrofeminism through the lens of a Black Feminist Geography.
Submission · 09:23
4 Survival 4 Pleasure
A video artwork that follows creator Emily Mulenga's avatar on a journey through a succession of luxurious digital landscapes.
Submission · 07:19
PR 4 US
Christian Noelle Charles and Matthew Arthur Williams focus on the Black female experience in nightclub spaces in this P.S.A. spoof.
Submission · 03:51
SKAAP
Mzonke Maloney/Brown Flamingo's quiet allegory on fragility and power shows a new South Africa that is too similar to the old.
Submission · 05:04
EUphoria
An Afrofuturist musical following African descendants struggling to survive in a bleak future Europe, by Black Speaks Back.
Submission · 24:01
The Toussaint Douglass Show
Brand new sketch comedy show from the lockdown-addled mind of comedian Toussaint Douglass.
Submission · 06:32
plant portals: breath
Nicky Chue presents an experimental meditation on the concept of “rest” and asks: “Can nature heal us?”
Submission · 03:47
Legal Regal
The adventures of Princess Poynt, who uses her spare time to study constitutional law.
Submission · 03:41
Somebody's Child
Tim Lo's solo dance x spoken word film exploring illness, inspired by his mother’s cancer treatment.
Submission · 04:16
FORTUNE online
sean wai keung adapts his stage performance about navigating Western and Eastern identities.
Submission · 23:24
Denial
Courtney Stoddart’s poem on the collective denial of racism, colonialism and the ramifications of that today.
Submission · 04:30
End Austerity
Haneefah Muhammad uses spoken word to explore the struggle to get care for her mother, animated by Sophie Gresswell.
Submission · 06:09
MASS
Nadeem Din-Gabisi examines the intangible “spirit” that characterises Black experiences in this production.
Submission · 13:27
Home Soon Come
Hope Strickland uses archival footage of the Caribbean islands, domestic spaces and scenes shot in a day centre for the Caribbean elderly.
Submission · 20:10
Celebrating 50 Years of Diversity in Wester Hailes
Aboodi Taha's documentary celebrates SCOREscotland's work and uncovers stories about ethnic minorities in the Wester Hailes community.
Submission · 15:39
Mohan: A Partition Story
A work in progress retelling Niall Moorjani’s grandfather's experiences of the partitioning of India and how it drove him to move to Britain.
Submission · 29:52
One Day Summer Collapses Into Autumn
Cognitive neuroscientist Lee relocates to Scotland, facing inevitable changes in his personal life and an uncertain future. A film by Jinling Wu.
Submission · 12:17
A Moment In My Cosmic Narrative
Nicole Cyrus presents an experimental poetry film with women discussing what ideas of mental health represented on screen means to them.
Submission · 11:41
BLACK WOMEN DATING WHITE MEN
A Zoom support group featuring a collection of Black women who are in long-term relationships with white men, written by Somebody Jones.
Submission · 40:00
Empirical Sleepwalks
An essay film revolving around the story of Mahenderpal Sorya’s Grandmother, who was part of a group that set up the first Mandir in Southall, London.
Submission · 26:47
Don’t Take Harlem
Marshall Wayne Cooper presents a visual love letter to Harlem which, through making it, has allowed him to understand his hometown and its stories.
Submission · 02:52
Shrouds Apart
Tim Lo and Jen Lim present a snapshot into the lives of a lesbian couple when confronted with death. How will they navigate their relationship through grief?
Submission · 14:56
Mind Tricks
Robert Hatton presents a short film of a man, with extra time on his hands due to the lockdown situation, learning a new skill.
Submission · 01:10
Cooking with Rhonda
Rhonda is back in the kitchen to cook up some simple, cheap dishes - today the Englishman's delicacies. Created by Sapphire McIntosh.
Submission · 02:50
Mint
A moving image by Sheyamali Sudesh, with a dialogue discussing what the parameters of control over another being look like.
Submission · 01:33
A Fairie Tale
Written and performed by the storyteller Niall Moorjani, A Fairie Tale is an exploration of Scottish-Indian mixed race identity.
Submission · 37:00
Bitter Earth
This film by Nile Price used metaphor to explore depression - a man sitting at the edge of a pier, defeated and looking for a way out.
Submission · 03:11
Movement in Progress
Lucas Chih-Peng Kao's hybrid of documentary and dance, about choreographer Kai-Wen's experience of constantly moving home.
Submission · 03:00
there is rice at home
Welcome to the world of There Is Rice At Home, created by Alegría Adedeji. Jump into an irreverent shitposting zeitgeist media machine.
Submission · 17:24
Sorry I Was On Mute
Nemidoonam
Nasim Asl's poetry film reveals a longing to belong to her family and to a remembered place. Part of the series Sorry I Was On Mute.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 04:21
Tomb-Sweeping Day, Glasgow, 2020
sean wai keung seeks the safety and belonging that exists in a home where you are known and understood.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 02:05
Burial Plot
Alycia Pirmohamed's epic poem is as personal as the names listed in the family record. Part of the series Sorry I Was On Mute.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 03:20
They Want
Marjorie Lofti Gill’s poem speaks to the way in which we are asked to serve up our trauma on demand. Part of the series Sorry I Was On Mute.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 04:26
On Luing
Clementine Burnley’s poem is a beautifully tender meditation on the overlooked work of home and love. Part of Sorry I Was On Mute.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 01:42
Silk
A manifesto of defiant beauty by Martha Williams - a growing fire which shows itself in sparks. Part of the series Sorry I Was on Mute.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 01:45
Mother Rests
Andrés N. Ordorica’s poem about his mother, who even in an inflatable at the pool is a Queen to be honoured. Part of Sorry I Was On Mute.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 01:53
In Wolf's Skin
Titilayo Farukuoye offers a beautifully tender study of the dislocating experience of being in and of two places. Part of Sorry I Was On Mute.
Sorry I Was On Mute · 03:23
Fringe of Colour Commissions
The Drift
Hannah Lavery's poetic journey through history, through Scottishness, through belonging, and through grief. An extract of a stage production.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 14:01
Nish Kumar In Trouserless Conversation
In a series of socially distant interviews, comedian Nish Kumar chats to Sanjeev Bhaskar, Desiree Burch and Rose Matafeo.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 41:10
Race Cards
An immersive performance of a constantly growing installation and archive containing 1,000 questions about race, written by Selina Thompson and edited for Fringe of Colour Films.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 03:43:18
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Bloom
A.T. [@JournalduPole] presents a queer African pole dancer’s surreal adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 05:26
WPAU
Comedian Athena Kugblenu explains why she didn't attend the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 and offers up an alternative acronym.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 03:57
Category Mistake
Mandla Rae attempts to reconcile their guilt for “choosing a life of sin” by exploring language and looking for Zimbabwe’s queer history.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 20:14
Consequence
A young woman fleeing a plantation questions whether she has made the right choice. Performed by storyteller Mara Menzies.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 22:45
A Service in Committing to Love…
Mele Broomes combines bright luscious colours, music and movement to create this stunning dance film - manifestations of love and solidarity.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 02:52
CLUB
Esme Allman presents a vibrant exploration of how queer black women forge space for themselves in London's nightlife.
Fringe of Colour Commission · 09:58