Film screening (+Screen Talk): Tilka
Key information
- Date
- Time
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7:00 pm
- Venue
- Main Building, SOAS
- Room
- Djam Lecture Theatre (DLT)
About this event
Tilka is an intimate portrait of five women who meet to create an original piece of theatre amid Lebanon’s collapse, weaving together a story inspired by the daily fight for their rights.
Winner of Best Local Documentary at the Lebanese Independent Film Festival, it premiered in the UK at Cambridge Film Festival and was selected for the DOK Leipzig film market. Director Myriam Geagea described Tilka as, "a testament to the transformative power of art and self-expression."
The screening will be followed by a conversation between Victoria Lupton (Seenaryo) and Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso (Shubbak), chaired by Director of the Middle East Institute at SOAS, Lina Khatib.
About the speakers
Taghrid Choucair-Vizoso is Joint CEO at Shubbak, where she is committed to forging more just cultural ecologies; developing collaborative and decolonial curatorial approaches and artistic development opportunities that reduce social inequality and access barriers to the industry.
As a performance-maker, she has created work with companies in the UK, across the SWANA region, and beyond.
Victoria Lupton is Founder and CEO at Seenaryo. She is a Producer on the film Tilka and previously co-directed a number of Seenaryo theatre productions. Prior to Seenaryo, she directed the US non-profit SEAL (Social & Economic Action for Lebanon).
She has created theatre projects touring to three continents, co-translated two plays from Arabic for the Royal Court Theatre, and started her working life as an actor.
About Seenaryo
Using a participatory approach to theatre and education, Seenaryo aims to transform education and activate social change in Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. Seenaryo facilitates the creation of powerful, imaginative and collaborative plays with under-served communities and equips teachers with the tools to teach through play using the Seenaryo Playkit app and training.
