Short Films, Big Questions: Intercultural Exchange in a Polarised Era
Description
In this conversation, we explore how cultural work can exist in a time of industry crisis and political upheaval. We begin by defining—and redefining—the labour of care, considering how it can be mobilised to support and sustain artists and filmmakers, with a particular focus on the short film form. From there, we examine how radical work moves from collective labour into aesthetic expression—and what that looks like in the present moment. Throughout, we hold close the questions of where culture lives and how we can create together.
Length: 37:12
Recorded: 2 July, 2025.
Host and Curator: Qila Gill
Speaker: Puiyee Leong, Nihan Sivridag
Music Composer: Marcus Lori
Sound Design: Martin Langhof
Editor and Producer: Anne Rethfeldt
The DOK Industry Podcast 2025 is realised in partnership with POC2 Programmers of Colour Collective, What’s Up With Docs Podcast and Talking Shorts, and supported by film.macht.kritisch - Der Podcast über das andere Kino.
You can find out more about our collaborators here.
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