Friday 4 May – Sunday 13 May 2007

This Day is a series of short films and video works by international artists whose work responds to the cultural, social, historical and political contexts of the Middle East.

Nine screenings will present work by more than forty artists from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria, in addition to artists from Europe and the United States whose work relates to the Middle East. Featured highlights include an opening performance by Rabih Mroué and a survey of work by Akram Zaatari.

The ongoing events in the Middle East produce a flow of images that often represent war, destruction and conflict. Channelled through television and the internet, this imagery constructs and distorts the global understanding of the region, facilitating stereotypes and contaminating efforts to reconstruct a collective memory left in ruins. This Day hopes to challenge these representations by showing moving image work that offers new critical viewpoints onto the region’s rich visual culture. More than ever before, film and video-making from the Middle East interrogates cinematic and photographic images to consider fundamental ethical and political problems and to question the limits of freedom.

Curated by Predrag Pajdic & Samar Martha.

• This Day: Rabih Mroué: Make me Stop Smoking   Friday 4 May 2007
• This Day: Play   Saturday 5 May 2007
• This Day: Travellers' Tales : Programme One   Saturday 5 May 2007
• This Day: Travellers' Tales : Programme Two   Saturday 5 May 2007
• This Day: Breaking News   Sunday 6 May 2007
• This Day: Reality Check   Friday 11 May 2007
• This Day: Akram Zaatari: Programme One   Saturday 12 May 2007
• This Day: Akram Zaatari: Programme Two   Saturday 12 May 2007
• This Day: Replay   Sunday 13 May 2007