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"What are we looking to, when we ask about a film's heart? The intentions that fuelled its imaginary; the people who lent it their breath?"
— Elhum Shakerifar on cinemas of Palestine, and what solidarity & safety look like in filmmaking & curation

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Heartbeat Tempo by Elhum Shakerifar In her 2020-21 artwork ¿Cómo está tu corazón? – Achike’ rub’anön ak’u’x (How is your heart?) Guatemalan...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
phuonghhle.com
I contributed a response and a recipe to this lovely zine on Sarah Maldoror's A DESSERT FOR CONSTANCE (1981). Edited by Abiba Coulibaly and published by Éditions Atlas, it also features writings from Elhum Shakerifar and June Givanni! You can pre-order a copy here shop.em-dash.studio/product/a-se...
November 22, 2024 at 12:39 PM
suchmayer.northsky.social
Saw this at LUX last year with Maryam in discussion with the brilliant Elhum Shakerifar. It's a real work of art.
filmstudiesff.bsky.social Catherine Grant @filmstudiesff.bsky.social · Nov 11
One of my all time favourite video essays is on YouTube: Maryam Tafakory's 2020 work IRANI BAG.
"Collating scenes of mediated intimacy in Iranian cinema, Maryam Tafakory's 'Irani Bag' is a quietly moving instruction on 'how to touch without touching'" [Essay Film Festival]
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Irani Bag / کیف ایرانی by Maryam Tafakory
YouTube video by maryam tafakory
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November 12, 2024 at 2:10 PM
suchmayer.northsky.social
New year, new issue of NON-FICTION, the wonderful journal+ of Open City Doc Fest, edited by Elhum Shakerifar. It's called THE ELEPHANT, and it's translation, narrative, tactility & cinematic possibilities for resistance & remembrance in the face of genocides.

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Non-Fiction 07: The Elephant - Open City Documentary Festival
Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. The festival aims to challenge and expand the idea of...
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January 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
suchmayer.northsky.social
@opencitydocs.bsky.social bringing the fire w/ a VALIE EXPORT retrospective + Elhum Shakerifar & Mathilde Rouxel premiere 6 restored Jocelyn Saab films + Ricardo Matos Cabo curates a programme on Sanrikuza, inc. Ogawa footage. I'll be talking about beloved Cecilia Vicuña for NON FICTION launch.
Jocelyne Saab's Egypts, 1976-1989 consists of new restorations presented for the first time of six films made by the pioneering Lebanese director. The programme, curated by Elhum Shakerifar and Mathilde Rouxel, offers a slant insight into the evolution of Saab's political perspectives over time, and of her enduring commitment to justice and freedom. Sanrizuka - Notes on a Struggle focuses on the rural area of Sanrizuka in Japan where a community of farmers and grassroots organisations joined in resistance to preserve their commons from 1966 and oppose the construction of a new airport. Organised by Ricardo Matos Cabo, the programme explores Sanrizuka through documentaries, archival footage, and documents spanning four decades, including rushes shot between 1968 and 1977 by Ogawa Productions, a filmmaking collective immersed in the struggle.
April 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
poetrysociety.org.uk
Join us at the Free Verse gala reading (from 7pm) this Saturday 25th April after the main Fair (12noon-6.30pm)! Poets include (left to right): Christie Williamson, Rachael Li Ming Chong, Sim Pereira-Madder, Elhum Shakerifar and many more.

Full line-up at the Free Verse Fair page - see link in bio
Composite image including individual headshot photos in a mixture of indoor and outdoor settings of poets Christie Williamson (Tell it slant poetry bookshop/Luath Press), Rachael Li Ming Chong (Verve), Sim Pereira-Madder (Poetry Review), Elhum Shakerifar (Poetry Translation Centre) and the Free Verse logo with black and white text on a blue background
April 22, 2026 at 2:01 PM
poetrytranslation.bsky.social
🦅 Our final poetry workshop from our collaboration with the Aga Khan Centre is this Saturday with Elhum Shakerifar!

Give yourself the space to develop your craft in a low-barrier (but highly-aesthetic!) setting. All levels and langauges welcome.

More details and tickets here: buff.ly/1elt405
May 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM
leonardojimenez.bsky.social
Muchas gracias a Cádiz Directo por este magnífico artículo sobre mi novela “El Zumbido”, que capta perfectamente la esencia de la obra. Podéis encontrarlo en:

www.cadizdirecto.com/cadiz/el-zum...

#cadizdirecto #cadiz #elzumbido #hum #elhum @cadizdirecto.bsky.social
'El Zumbido', la inquietante novela, de Leonardo Jiménez, que plantea un sonido que hace desaparecer mujeres en Cádiz
Leonardo Jiménez, escritor gaditano (1976) y divulgador literario, ha elegido por primera vez a la ciudad Cádiz y su entorno como escenario central de una de
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June 3, 2026 at 12:16 PM
poetrytranslation.bsky.social
Watch the livestreamed video of our dual-hybrid event with Azita Ghahreman and her translators Elhum Shakerifar and Maura Dooley, chaired by George Szirtes (in partnership with the Dawit Izaak Library and Världspoesidagen Malmö) from our Norwich Showcase:

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Voices in Exile | Poetry Translation Centre at the National Centre for Writing
Join us for an evening with Azita Ghahreman and her translators Elhum Shakerifar and Maura Dooley, chaired by George Szirtes (in partnership with the Dawit I...
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March 24, 2026 at 6:17 PM
poetrytranslation.bsky.social
🦅 Join us this May for three poetry translation workshops at the Aga Khan Centre in Camden with April Yee, Leo Boix and Elhum Shakerifar!

Lovers of words in all languages welcome—poets and non-poets, translators and non-translators.

Book now: www.poetrytranslation.org/event-series...
May 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
opencitydocs.bsky.social
Join us to launch Non-Fiction 07: The Elephant, edited by Elhum Shakerifar, with readings & workshops from contributors. @suchmayer.bsky.social & Jenny Clarke will discuss their pieces, Barby Asante will lead a breath workshop & more.

📍Rich Mix
📅 Thu 8 May, 4:30pm
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Non-Fiction 07: The Elephant Launch - Open City Documentary Festival
Join us to celebrate the publication of Non-Fiction 07: The Elephant, guest edited by Elhum Shakerifar. Imagined around the Sufi fable of the elephant, the journal proposes documentary as a process of...
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April 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
leonardojimenez.bsky.social
“El Zumbido” de Leonardo Jiménez en Paterna de Rivera, presentada por Juan Francisco Sánchez Benítez.

Para ver la presentación completa en: youtu.be/Levps4j4s7E?...

#elzumbido #elhum #leonardojimenez #acimpresiones #paternaderivera
"El Zumbido" de Leonardo Jiménez en Paterna de Rivera, presentada por Juan Francisco Sánchez Benítez
YouTube video by Mi experiencia como escritor - Leonardo Jiménez
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May 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM
digokastro.bsky.social
recomendo tb o texto de Elhum Shakerifar, no Another-Screen, que também exibe o filme de Saab (neste caso, de graça, mas com legendas apenas em inglês). lá também tem mais dois filmes de Saab (comento sobre mais um amanhã, ainda na temática fedayin) e um de Arab Loutfi, outra essencial
Jocelyne Saab / Arab Loutfi | Another Screen
Four films by Jocelyne Saab and Arab Loutfi
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December 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
nonpareil.bsky.social
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September 24, 2026 at 1:12 AM
suchmayer.northsky.social
#Filmsky #documentary folks looking for a bit of #riso action: as of Friday, you'll be able to download a riso-ready version of the new issue of Open City's journal Non-Fiction, edited by Elhum Shakerifar & feat me, Momtaza Mehri, JC Niala, Barby Asante & more

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Riso print The Elephant - Open City Documentary Festival
Open City Documentary Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. The festival aims to challenge and expand the idea of...
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January 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
zhanghao-gay.bsky.social
meu deus não consigo mais distinguir se isso aconteceu ou eu sonhei ou vi em elhum lugar
September 21, 2024 at 6:17 AM
appliedliveart.bsky.social
Priveleged to watch screening of EVEN WHEN I FALL - and talk with co-director & producer. Birth of social circus from human trafficked survivors. Powerful doc #womenondocs #socialcircus #docfilm

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Even When I Fall
Find out more: https://evenwhenifall.com EVEN WHEN I FALL by Sky Neal and Kate McLarnon A Satya Films and Postcode Films Production Produced by Elhum Shakerifar Sheetal and Saraswoti met as teenagers in a Kathmandu refuge, both survivors of child trafficking to Indian circuses. They had been rescued and brought back across the border to Nepal, but what does the future hold for these young women returning to a home they barely remember? Even When I Fall traces their journey over 6 years, as they reclaim their breath-taking skills as circus artists and begin to build a future against all the odds. Along with 11 other young trafficking survivors, they form Circus Kathmandu – Nepal’s first and only circus – creating a livelihood for themselves and simultaneously working to educate and challenge the deep-seated stigma against trafficked women. This intimate, beautiful film harnesses the visual power of circus to give a unique perspective into the complex world of human trafficking.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:43 AM