Scottish premieres; with an introduction by curator misha irek
Wheelchair accessible*| English and descriptive subtitles | Pay-what-you-can tickets (£2–12)
If the ticket or other costs, such as childcare or transport, make this screening unaffordable, please see details of our Audience Access Fund.
This lineup brings together three experimental films from the South Caucasus, all by women filmmakers. The longest is Tekla Aslanishvili’s recent documentary A State in a State, tracing the fragmented railway infrastructure across Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia in a slow yet vivid homage to a region torn by ethnic hatred, corruption and the convulsions of Russian colonialism.
Lucine Talalyan’s postDIY navigates embodiment, community and affect in the aftermath of the nationalist bombing of Yerevan’s queer club DIY.
Diaspora filmmaker Melissa Boyajian’s Delicious Fruit cuts scenes from Sergei Parajanov’s iconic feature The Colour of Pomegranates with images of the filmmaker themselves, eating a pomegranate. The result is an abstract montage, suturing together the suppressed history of queer desire and aesthetics in Armenia prior, during and after Soviet colonialism.
Content notes: nudity, ethnic conflict, gender and sexuality, homophobia, misogyny, political repression, wild/stray animals
Access notes: loud noises, documentary footage
* Please note, The Lower Hall at the Pyramid at Anderston is wheelchair accessible through a ramp at a side entrance. There are 9 steps between the level where it is located and the rest of the venue, meaning that to make way to the accessible toilet or other parts of the building, wheelchair users will need to re-enter via the main entrance. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
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Programme (In Order of Screening)
postDIY by lucine talalyan, Armenia, 2015
Delicious Fruit by Mel Boyajian, Armenia, 2010
A State in a State (სახელმწიფო სახელმწიფოში) by Tekla Aslanashvili, Georgia, 2022
