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ABSENT WOUND, Dir. Maryam Tafakory
New ShortsDocumentary

DOCUMENTARY: Seeing, Touching, Living

15:00 Sat 19 Jan 2019

ICA ICA

Making sense of our experience is not always manageable and the cinematic form has a unique capacity to tell tales viscerally, to unwrap moments and lay them bare for us. Language is no longer the dominant mode as these films ask you to trust your senses and fall into films with more to perceive than to understand. 81’

ICA

The Mall, St James's
SW1Y 5AH
020 7930 3647
Full £13-4 / Concessions £11-2 / Blue Members £7-8

Access

Please find all access information here, or drop a line to Helen MacKenzie at access@shortfilms.org.uk for more information or special requests.

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