Shorts program: Continuous Struggles

From These Roots
William Greaves, USA, 1974, 28 min. English

Last May in Theaters
Arief Budiman, Indonesia, 2025, 22 min. Indonesian with English subtitles

Bilge and Her Apprentice
Belmin Söylemez, Turkey, 2014, 21 min. Turkish with English subtitles

I Got My Things and Left
Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo, Rwanda, France, 2018, 22 min. Kinyarwanda with English subtitles

A selection of shorts nominated by the CoC 2026 partners that look at the intersections between collective space and cinema-making. From Black oral histories in a Harlem neighbourhood to the struggle of occupying space across Bali, forgotten histories of female directors in Turkish cinema and modes of gathering in Rwanda, this program frames cinematic space as a place of commonality.