GLITCH Film Festival Turning the Gaze - Shorts Programme

The predominant current in western filmmaking is for people of colour to be either invisible or the subjects of white filmmakers. This shorts programme explores turning the gaze, with Q&A with director Faraz Shariat

Semiotics of Sab | Dir. Tina Takemoto | 5:35mins | USA |2016
This experimental film essay explores the poetics of identity through an oblique portrait of gay Japanese American actor Sab Shimono, whose work on stage and screen spans more than five decades. The grammatology of his career attests to conflicting lexicons of race, representation, and selfhood.

I am your Son | Dir. Faraz Shariat | 20mins | Germany | 2015
Remembering the journey of his immigrant parents.

Love Letter/Prēma Lēkha | Dir. Neelu Bhuman | 5 mins |USA | 2015
An abstract film exploring gender and race through the power of erotics and love.

Scar Tissue | Dir. Nish Gera | Holland | 13:38mins | 2016
UK Premiere
After fleeing Aleppo, Sami takes refuge in Amsterdam where a chance encounter brings him face to face with Johan - self-assured, direct and sensual…

The Dichotomous Trilogy | Dir. Faraz Shariat | 15:26mins | Germany | 2015
A three-part film that unfolds different possibilities in the life of a right-wing man.