Films by Strands

All Films / Nourish

Nourish

To nourish is to give, and to be nourished is to be watered, held, and carefully sustained. The first strand of our programme is an invitation to allow our audiences to be nourished through this collection of films and those to come. The films here reveal the nourishment that comes from tracing our histories, spending moments in nature, and connecting with our ancestors through food. Nourishing ourselves, our bodies, our communities and minds.

In-Person: Sat 24 June / 14:30 BST /  Summerhall: Red Lecture Theatre (CC/BSL) and Cairns Lecture Theatre (AD)

Online: 23 - 29 June / In your own time, in your chosen space

  • A still from the film Back on Home Soil, shows a Black woman facing away from the camera and instead looking at a photograph hanging on a washing line, outside the home of the filmmaker.

    Back On Home Soil

    Nigeria / 2023 / 15m / English

    Poems become photographs that become moving images in this poignant exploration of family, memory and loss, as an artist finally returns home. LEARN MORE

  • A still from the film Dear Omolere, shows the filmmaker Mojere dressed in all white and moving through a forest clearing on crutches, her back to the camera.

    Dear Omolere

    England / 2022 / 2m / English

    A visual poem inspired by Akwaeke Emezi’s memoir Dear Senthuran, tracing stories of elders through a present-day journey across the British countryside. LEARN MORE

  • A still from the film "maud." Two Black femme artists - one light skinned person and one dark skinned woman, are sitting next to each other in an artist's studio, talking.

    maud.

    Scotland / 2022 / 16m / English

    A meditation on the work of the trailblazing Scottish-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter and an interrogation of the politics of artistic memory. LEARN MORE

  • A still from the film Pagpapa(-)alam: To Wish You Well, So You Know, shows a woman and a young girl, both Latinas, standing in front of a beautiful community mural. The young girl appears to be wiping something off the wall with a cloth.

    Pagpapa(-)alam: To Wish You Well, So You Know

    USA / 2022 / 3m / World Premier / English, Bangla & Spanish

    Throughout the borough of Queens, New York, Women and Femmes of Colour practice reciprocity in support of their communities. LEARN MORE

  • A still from the film The Spring, shows a Black woman sitting with her back to the camera, resting on some rocks in front of the sea which are covered in moss.

    The Spring

    England / 2022 / 12m / Scottish Premier / English

    Human and non-human bodies are brought together to explore and celebrate the complexity of the natural world and our place in it. LEARN MORE

  • A still from the film Violeta & Sofia, shows two women sitting at a dinner table chopping vegetables. Their faces have been cut out of the shot, forcing us to focus instead on their hands and the vegetables on the table.

    Violeta & Sofia

    Belgium / 2021 / 8m / Scottish Premier / Dutch & Spanish

    Two friends prepare the dishes of their grandmothers and consider how, as generational migrants, they stay connected to their cultures. LEARN MORE

Browse the other Film Strands