Artists Film International: A Kind of Power

Artists Film International presents A Kind of Power - a programme of artists films from around the globe that explores how systems of power shape the act of looking and the conditions under which we are seen.

A Kind of Power brings together 12 films that renegotiate the fraught legacies of representation and respond to the conditions under which people, histories, and territories are made visible.

Across the programme, artists confront systems of surveillance, colonial image histories, political visibility and digital circulation, while proposing more reciprocal and situated ways of seeing. Rather than positioning images solely as authoritative instruments of capture or control, many of the works foreground moving-image as an active space of encounter in which new dynamics emerge through relation, refusal, witnessing and collective attention.

Presented through exhibitions, festivals, and screenings across four continents, the programme creates connections between artists and audiences across distinct social, political, and geographic contexts, foregrounding moving image as a space through which relations, perspectives, and collective forms of attention are continually reshaped.

Artists participating in A Kind of Power are:

• Razia Akbari, selected by Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan in eXiLe e.V., (CCAA in EXiLe), Frankfurt, Germany
• Aqsa Arif, selected by Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
• Thaís Muniz, selected by Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
• Alessandra Ferrini, selected by Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo (GAMeC), Bergamo, Italy
• Ira Goryainova, selected by argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels, Belgium
• Kiyo Gutiérrez, selected by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, USA
• Marte Hodne Haugen, selected by Tromsø Kunstforening,Tromsø, Norway
• Malik Irtiza, selected by Project 88, Mumbai, India
• Ann Oren, selected by Video-Forum of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k), Berlin, Germany
• Amaal Said, selected by Forma, London and Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, UK
• Mila Turajlić, selected by Cultural Centre of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
• Video News, selected by Sapieha Palace, branch of the Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania

Artists Film International 2026 is curated by Forma in collaboration with arts organisations, who present the programme around the world.

Running Order:

Introduction by Aqsa Arif

Raindrops of Rani, 17:34 min, Aqsa Arif

The Kite Ballet, 11:51 min, Thaís Muniz

Video News #17, 9:29 min, Ieva Kotryna Ski, Akvilė Kabašinskaitė, Ignė Narbutaitė, Deniz Inceoglu, Lukas Brašiškis, Viltė Bražiūnaitė, Mark Prendergast, Cihangir Cakar, Ignė Smilingytė, Noriko Satoi, Milda Januševičiūtė, and Yasemin Szawlowski

Non Aligned News Reels, 20:00 min, Mila Turajlić,

Zoologische Gesellschaft, 10:00 min, Ann Oren

Content Moderator, 8:00 min, Marte Hodne Haugen

15 minute break

nepantlera, 13:14 min, Kiyo Gutiérrez

Regarding Faustine, 14:00 min, Ira Goryainova

Thokei, 4:46 min, Malik Irtiza

On the Edge of Canvas, 14:23 min, Razia Akbari

Sight Unseen, 18:54 min, Alessandra Ferrini

Open Country, 13:10 min, Amaal Said

Please be advised that this screening contains strong language and content of a sensitive nature, including references to war, occupation, displacement, migration, colonial violence, land dispossession, racism, identity-based discrimination, cultural oppression, violence (including implied and symbolic violence), death, trauma, sexuality, race, and national identity. The films also engage with political themes, including political conflict, historical injustice, and the impacts of migration and forced movement. Some viewers may find this content distressing. Viewer discretion is advised.