FILMS | MUSIC | EXHIBITION | PHOTOGRAPHY | DESIGN | POETRY | WORKSHOPS
Now in its 2nd edition, STANCES is a multimedia & performance festival dedicated to contemporary artists from Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria who take daring and critical stances towards their ever-changing social and political landscape, either amongst their respective diasporas or across North Africa. Photography, design, film, poetry, live music, workshops and masterclasses will all feature in this year’s programme, showcasing the latest urban endeavours young and upcoming creatives have embarked on to disentangle complexities of perception, identity, belonging and self-worth.
الآن في نسخته الثانية ، يعد – “مواقف” مهرجانًا للوسائط المتعددة والأداء مخصصًا للفنانين المعاصرين من المغرب وتونس والجزائر الذين يتخذون مواقف جريئة وناقدة تجاه المشهد الاجتماعي والسياسي المتغير باستمرار ، إما بين الشتات الخاص بهم أو عبر شمال إفريقيا . سيتم عرض كل من التصوير الفوتوغرافي والتصميم والسينما والشعر والموسيقى الحية وورش العمل والأدوات الرئيسية في برنامج هذا العام ، لعرض أحدث المساعي الحضرية التي باشرها المبدعون الصغار والقادمون في اكتشاف تعقيدات الإدراك والهوية والانتماء وتقدير الذات.
This is an all-day event for all ages. To the exception of the live music and feature film screening, all other events are completely free and based on a donation system.
FULL DAY PROGRAMME & TIMES TO BE RELEASED ON SEP 1ST
Meanwhile, here is a sneak preview
FEATURE FILM: screening of award-winning soulful documentary “We Could Be Heroes” by Moroccan director Hind Bensari (Q&A with a film critic) – ticketed event
SHORT FILM: a 90 minute screening session of three short films from North Africa (Q&A with a film critic) – free event
LIVE MUSIC: Speed Caravan (Algeria), Ghoula (Tunisia) and Gnawa London (Morocco) – ticketed event
STORYTELLING: a collective writing workshop addressing questions of north African spirituality between myth, religion and ancestral wisdom – free event
ROUNDTABLE: juxtaposition between North Africans as refugees and asylum seekers in the UK on one hand, and as hosts of Sub Saharan African refugees on the other – free event
LISTENING SESSION: a sound journey and debate around Nigeria’s sweeping Afrobeats, Ivorian emerging Afrotrap and North African Autotuned Rai – free event
& much more!
This event has been made possible by the generous support of Arts Council England and Al Araby TV.
When and Where:
Doors open 11:30 am on Saturday 21st September 2019 at Rich Mix
Oranizer:
MARSM and Anzul