A Journey Home: Family Screening and Workshop

Sunday 19 July, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Plaza Community Cinema
£5
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FilmWorkshops

Join us for a family film screening and workshop, in association with At The Library.

‘A Journey Home’ is a screening of four short animated films, touching on the theme of home, and all told through the perspectives of young characters. The films will be followed by a creative workshop.

Films

I am from Palestine (Palestine-USA, 2023) 05:32 mins

As Saamidah, a young Palestinian-American girl, anxiously starts her first day of school, she finds  her identity in question when faced with a world map that doesn’t include her homeland.

Director – Iman Zawahry. Producer – Rifk Ebeid

OLIVIA (Algeria, 2024) 05:00 mins

Olivia follows a woman uprooted from her olive land and forced into exile with her son. In an  unfamiliar world, she struggles to belong while trying to protect him, until she is faced with the  decision to return, leading her on a final journey.

Director – Shawki Boukef

BAHR (Egypt, 2025) 07.30 mins

While grieving the loss of his wife, a father struggles with faith in a chance to reconnect with her;  the journey is portrayed as death being a beginning rather than an end, a simple line separating  two worlds.

Director – Belal Samra

All Aboard (Lebanon-France, 2024) 06.40 mins

In order to follow his dream, Ray come illegally aboard the Nucleus Express at the expense of  Copper, a passenger who has his ticket for the trip.

Directed by: Joe Azar, Sasha Grandet, Sami Haouas, Camille Lecour, Julie Marquet, Anaïs  Mascherpa, Christina Varlokost

Workshop: ‘Map Without Borders!’

Join us for a family creative workshop exploring roots, memory and belonging through drawing, storytelling, mapping, and traditional Karagoz-inspired shadow puppetry. No art experience needed. Everyone is welcome.

(Doors) – 1.30pm
Time (Start) – 2.00pm
Finish Time (Estimate) – 4.00pm

Suitability – all, with parental guidance.

Content warning – Themes of grief, displacement, animal threat & flashing animated images.

About the event partner – At The Library 

This screening is organised in partnership with At The Library, a programme of artist-led workshops, projects, commissions and happenings in Sefton Libraries, as part of one of their core projects: The Colour of Pomegranates.

The Colour of Pomegranates is a relaxed, creative wellbeing space for all women in Bootle to connect through conversation and artist-led creative activities.A social space to find solidarity, friendship and company, open to all women in Bootle. We welcome women from all cultures, backgrounds and languages to explore different artist-led activities together.
To find out more information about the project and for monthly dates please visit the At The
Library website here (https://atthelibrary.co.uk/what-we-do/colour-of-pomegranates).
If you have any questions, access needs, or just want to chat about the  programme, please email joe.goff@sefton.gov.uk

Venue:

Plaza Community Centre, 13 Crosby Road North, Waterloo, L22 0LD

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