A Performance of Valour at the London Short Film Festival
My video, A Performance of Valour that was part of Portrait of a Nation: Beyond Narratives exhibition in Abu Dhabi last January will be screening at the ICA in London on January 28 at 1pm, part of the 20th edition of the London Short Film Festival.
It’s part of a programme title In Response To, Resisting / Remaking featuring five other short films.
Traversing a rapidly developing Thai neighbourhood, a disused Scottish stadium, and an ancient Indian forest, this programme of shorts from around the globe treats both personal and national identity with fluidity, examining how the politics of the street inform the politics of being. United in their approach to public space as a means to gain a voice, these films tell their story through landscape, asking us to question how our sense of self is constructed through the places we inhabit.
Milo Anani
Needless to say, I am very happy about this. If you’re London, please join us.
You can buy tickets here: https://www.ica.art/films/lsff-2023/in-response-to-resisting-remaking, and do check out the rest of the screenings taking place at several venues across London.
I made a small film poster added above, and here’s a GIF to make up for not making a trailer.
A Performance of Valour
Video, 4.08 min, 2020/2022
A meditation on masculinity, performance, representation and national identity. A collage of found footage, film excerpts and stock videos, its starting point is the 1980 World Disco Dancing Championship in London which included a participant from the United Arab Emirates.
Music produced and remixed by Moath "Qonami" Bin Hafez.
Supported by:
Abu Dhabi Art's Beyond: Emerging Artists 2020 (Abu Dhabi Art)
Portrait of a Nation II: Beyond Narratives, 2022 (Abu Dhabi Art & Music Foundation)
Curated by Maya El-Khalil