🌱Hello dear people ! 🌱
Next Wednesday 24 of September at 19:00 🕖 our new season begins 🎥.
Join us in our first film session focused on care, socio-environmental issues and intimate story-telling. Discussion with the filmmaker Anna Joos after.
Doors 19:00 🕖 Films start at 19:30 🎥
Where: Kino in der Rietschule Neubrückstrasse 8, 3012 Bern.
MELANCHOLIC DIASPORAS - (2022, 9')
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NIEDERURNEN, GL (MALO VENTO) - (2025, 18’)
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Our first event of the season will focus on the social and environmental consequences of the asbestos industry in Switzerland. Asbestos, a carcinogenic building material, has caused serious health problems for factory workers over decades. Among the environmental impacts, asbestos pollutes air, water and soil. The mining of asbestos contributes to the destruction of natural habitats, soil erosion, the release of toxic fibers, and groundwater pollution.
For this screening, we invited Swiss-Swedish filmmaker and visual anthropologist Anna Joos, who has spent over four years researching Switzerland's asbestos history. We will present two of her short films, Melancholic Diasporas and Niederurnen. Both works originate from an intimate family story and from a care-centered perspective expanding on a broader social drama concerning Italian asbestos workers seeking for justice.
✨See you there✨
Next Wednesday 24 of September at 19:00 🕖 our new season begins 🎥.
Join us in our first film session focused on care, socio-environmental issues and intimate story-telling. Discussion with the filmmaker Anna Joos after.
Doors 19:00 🕖 Films start at 19:30 🎥
Where: Kino in der Rietschule Neubrückstrasse 8, 3012 Bern.
MELANCHOLIC DIASPORAS - (2022, 9')
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NIEDERURNEN, GL (MALO VENTO) - (2025, 18’)
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Our first event of the season will focus on the social and environmental consequences of the asbestos industry in Switzerland. Asbestos, a carcinogenic building material, has caused serious health problems for factory workers over decades. Among the environmental impacts, asbestos pollutes air, water and soil. The mining of asbestos contributes to the destruction of natural habitats, soil erosion, the release of toxic fibers, and groundwater pollution.
For this screening, we invited Swiss-Swedish filmmaker and visual anthropologist Anna Joos, who has spent over four years researching Switzerland's asbestos history. We will present two of her short films, Melancholic Diasporas and Niederurnen. Both works originate from an intimate family story and from a care-centered perspective expanding on a broader social drama concerning Italian asbestos workers seeking for justice.
✨See you there✨
✨our next event will happen on wednesday 15th of October✨
How can we create safe and caring spaces
for people to share their stories?
In the animated documentary movie
FLEE (2021, 80 min, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark)
Amin, about to get married to his partner in Denmark,
recounts his long way escaping
from Afghanistan to northern Europe.
The film is in Dari, Danish, Russian & English and we will show it with German and French subtitles.
Conversation after the film.
Doors & Bar: 19:00
Film start: 19:30
Kino in der Reitschule
Neubrückstrasse 8
3012 Bern
content note:
contains animated and archival depiction of war, human trafficking, and (partly sexualized) police violence.
How can we create safe and caring spaces
for people to share their stories?
In the animated documentary movie
FLEE (2021, 80 min, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark)
Amin, about to get married to his partner in Denmark,
recounts his long way escaping
from Afghanistan to northern Europe.
The film is in Dari, Danish, Russian & English and we will show it with German and French subtitles.
Conversation after the film.
Doors & Bar: 19:00
Film start: 19:30
Kino in der Reitschule
Neubrückstrasse 8
3012 Bern
content note:
contains animated and archival depiction of war, human trafficking, and (partly sexualized) police violence.
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✨our next event will happen on wednesday 15th of October✨ How can we create safe and caring spaces for people to share their stories? In the animated documentary movie FLEE (2021, 80 min, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark) Amin, about to get married to his…
We are very happy to announce that our event this wednesday 15th of October will happen in collaboration with Mina Saber.
After being part of previous theatre and art projects and founding the association Insieme per Integrazione, Mina Saber is today part of the theatre collective SPAZIO.
She is of Afghan origin, grew up in Iran and lives in Ticino now.
After being part of previous theatre and art projects and founding the association Insieme per Integrazione, Mina Saber is today part of the theatre collective SPAZIO.
She is of Afghan origin, grew up in Iran and lives in Ticino now.
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✨Our next event will take place on Wednesday, November 26!✨
Let’s take a moment to dive into a variety of atmospheres that invite reflection and offer spaces of care and connection.
We’ll be screening four amazing short films:
🐮 Grazing Cows - Cows Grazing (by Hanna, CH 2025, 30 min)
🧆🍉 HABIBI SAMI (by Lesley Kennel, CH 2025, 28 min)
🥽 Load (by Simi, CH 2025, 11 min)
🎙️ Finding My Voice (by Rouven Gueissaz, CH 2024, 10 min)
After the screenings, the filmmakers and we (Vic and Vinc) will hold a space for open exchange and conversation.
📍 Location:
Kino in der Reitschule
Neubrückstrasse 8
3012 Bern
Schedule:
Doors & Bar: 19:30
Films start: 20:00
Content note:
Includes testimonies of gender transition and migration stories.
Let’s take a moment to dive into a variety of atmospheres that invite reflection and offer spaces of care and connection.
We’ll be screening four amazing short films:
🐮 Grazing Cows - Cows Grazing (by Hanna, CH 2025, 30 min)
🧆🍉 HABIBI SAMI (by Lesley Kennel, CH 2025, 28 min)
🥽 Load (by Simi, CH 2025, 11 min)
🎙️ Finding My Voice (by Rouven Gueissaz, CH 2024, 10 min)
After the screenings, the filmmakers and we (Vic and Vinc) will hold a space for open exchange and conversation.
📍 Location:
Kino in der Reitschule
Neubrückstrasse 8
3012 Bern
Schedule:
Doors & Bar: 19:30
Films start: 20:00
Content note:
Includes testimonies of gender transition and migration stories.
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Next Wednesday we’re already screening the last film of the semester - we are looking forward to see you there! ✨🤸🏻
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In the poetic film Fragments of a Life Loved, Chloé Barreau tells the story of a life through the memories of the people she once loved. Since she was sixteen, she has filmed and photographed those around her, collecting letters and mementos that now form the fabric of the film. The result invites us to reflect on fundamental questions: What is love? What does it mean to be loved, or to be hurt? And how can a life be narrated through the voices and recollections of others?
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FRAGMENTS OF A LIFE LOVED, Chloé Barreau, IT 2023, 95’
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Doors: 19:00, Film: 19:30, Location: Kino in der Reitschule
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In the poetic film Fragments of a Life Loved, Chloé Barreau tells the story of a life through the memories of the people she once loved. Since she was sixteen, she has filmed and photographed those around her, collecting letters and mementos that now form the fabric of the film. The result invites us to reflect on fundamental questions: What is love? What does it mean to be loved, or to be hurt? And how can a life be narrated through the voices and recollections of others?
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FRAGMENTS OF A LIFE LOVED, Chloé Barreau, IT 2023, 95’
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Doors: 19:00, Film: 19:30, Location: Kino in der Reitschule
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✨we've very much enjoyed the screenings and conversations with you all, many thanks for all the support! we will be back with the second part of our Spaces of Care series in Feb/March, we're looking forward!✨
now, before we move into our winter break, a little last minute event recommendation, film screening + talk happening today 16:00 at Kino Rex:
https://www.rexbern.ch/filme/partition
Partition verbindet Archivaufnahmen aus der Zeit der britischen Besetzung Palästinas mit Tonaufnahmen von palästinensischen Flüchtlingen im Libanon und zeichnet so die Kontinuität nach, die durch die dramatischen Vertreibungen entstanden ist.
✨we've very much enjoyed the screenings and conversations with you all, many thanks for all the support! we will be back with the second part of our Spaces of Care series in Feb/March, we're looking forward!✨
now, before we move into our winter break, a little last minute event recommendation, film screening + talk happening today 16:00 at Kino Rex:
https://www.rexbern.ch/filme/partition
Partition verbindet Archivaufnahmen aus der Zeit der britischen Besetzung Palästinas mit Tonaufnahmen von palästinensischen Flüchtlingen im Libanon und zeichnet so die Kontinuität nach, die durch die dramatischen Vertreibungen entstanden ist.
PARTITION - Kino Rex Bern
Partition verbindet Archivaufnahmen aus der Zeit der britischen Besetzung Palästinas mit Tonaufnahmen von palästinensischen Flüchtlingen im Libanon und zeichnet so die Kontinuität nach, die durch die dramatischen Vertreibungen entstanden ist.
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Hej there🤗
With spring arriving slowly and early, the second part of our season "Spaces of Care" is about to begin!
In the coming events, we will look at care in relationship to heritage and power, discuss documentary filmmaking in intimate contexts, and look at the care work that foreigners do in middle european countries under precarious working conditions.
Screenings will take place on Thursdays at 19:30 at Kino in der Reitschule*. Here are the dates for our next events there:
19.03. Útóipe Cheilteach / Celtic Utopic
30.04. Grey Gardens
21.05. 24 Hours - Care Work in Globalized Care Arrangements
Doors 19:00
Film 19:30
Q&A after the films
more detailed infos on next week’s event will follow in a moment. we are looking forward to it!🌞
*for place & accessibility check: https://www.cineliminal.ch/visit
With spring arriving slowly and early, the second part of our season "Spaces of Care" is about to begin!
In the coming events, we will look at care in relationship to heritage and power, discuss documentary filmmaking in intimate contexts, and look at the care work that foreigners do in middle european countries under precarious working conditions.
Screenings will take place on Thursdays at 19:30 at Kino in der Reitschule*. Here are the dates for our next events there:
19.03. Útóipe Cheilteach / Celtic Utopic
30.04. Grey Gardens
21.05. 24 Hours - Care Work in Globalized Care Arrangements
Doors 19:00
Film 19:30
Q&A after the films
more detailed infos on next week’s event will follow in a moment. we are looking forward to it!🌞
*for place & accessibility check: https://www.cineliminal.ch/visit
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✨✨On Thursday 19.3 we are having the first event of the season and are happy to invite you to the screening of the film Útóipe Cheilteach (Celtic Utopia) by Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén!✨✨
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The film follows a new generation of artists and musicians who are reclaiming folk traditions and fusing them with hip-hop, punk, and experimental sound. Útóipe Cheilteach can be seen as a historical film. Diverse aspects of Ireland’s identity are discussed in the film, such as conservative Catholicism, rebellion, and the desires for a new, self-determined future. At the center are musicians, their folk music, and its role in holding space for communal grief.
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ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH, Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén, IE/SE 2024, 96’
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Doors: 19:00, Film: 19:30, Location: Kino in der Reitschule
Content Warning: Generational Trauma, Alcoholism
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The film follows a new generation of artists and musicians who are reclaiming folk traditions and fusing them with hip-hop, punk, and experimental sound. Útóipe Cheilteach can be seen as a historical film. Diverse aspects of Ireland’s identity are discussed in the film, such as conservative Catholicism, rebellion, and the desires for a new, self-determined future. At the center are musicians, their folk music, and its role in holding space for communal grief.
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ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH, Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén, IE/SE 2024, 96’
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Doors: 19:00, Film: 19:30, Location: Kino in der Reitschule
Content Warning: Generational Trauma, Alcoholism
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✨We are very happy to announce our screening of the film J'en suis j'y reste by Marine Place on thursday 21.05. 20:00✨
For several years now, the LGBTQIAF+ centre in Lille (France) has been welcoming people who have fled their countries due to homophobic or transphobic persecution. A team of activist volunteers supports them to find the words to secure their right to asylum. They speak of what they had to hide to stay alive, they live through it, and they share their joys and sorrows in unwavering solidarity.
J'en suis j'y reste, 96 Min, France.
Doors: 19:30, Film: 20:00, Q&A: tba.
Location: Kino in der Reitschule
Content Note: Stories of Escape, Migration and Discrimination.
For several years now, the LGBTQIAF+ centre in Lille (France) has been welcoming people who have fled their countries due to homophobic or transphobic persecution. A team of activist volunteers supports them to find the words to secure their right to asylum. They speak of what they had to hide to stay alive, they live through it, and they share their joys and sorrows in unwavering solidarity.
J'en suis j'y reste, 96 Min, France.
Doors: 19:30, Film: 20:00, Q&A: tba.
Location: Kino in der Reitschule
Content Note: Stories of Escape, Migration and Discrimination.
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On September 30th, we are organizing an open screen event and would love to watch some of your films together at the Kino in der Reitschule📽️🍿From your very first experiments with the camera to projects of experienced filmmakers, we want to see it! Send us a dm or write an email to hello@cineliminal.ch by September 10th at the latest. We are looking forward to it!
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OPEN SCREEN! 🎥🌾🐋
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We are back from our summer break with the Open Screen and very excited to watch some of your short films together next wednesday!🥳 Having received wonderful submissions, we have put together a program of six beautiful and relevant projects to be screened and followed by an informal discussion with some of the filmmakers present.
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Date: 30.9
Doors: 19.00
Film: 19.30
Location: Kino in der Reitschule
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'Fell in Love with a Book' by Melina Hofer (she/her) & Jana Schlegel (she/her)
CH 2025, 15’26
Authors part of a collective of undocumented read from their book in a public space. With texts, questions and glances, they seek a dialog - and open up a space for encounters. By writing together, they have created a language of solidarity and resistance that defies dominant narratives.
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We are back from our summer break with the Open Screen and very excited to watch some of your short films together next wednesday!🥳 Having received wonderful submissions, we have put together a program of six beautiful and relevant projects to be screened and followed by an informal discussion with some of the filmmakers present.
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Date: 30.9
Doors: 19.00
Film: 19.30
Location: Kino in der Reitschule
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'Fell in Love with a Book' by Melina Hofer (she/her) & Jana Schlegel (she/her)
CH 2025, 15’26
Authors part of a collective of undocumented read from their book in a public space. With texts, questions and glances, they seek a dialog - and open up a space for encounters. By writing together, they have created a language of solidarity and resistance that defies dominant narratives.
'Chasing Whales' by La Fille Renne (they/them)
FR 2025, 5’26
Chasing Whales is an experimental short documentary film following the journey of the french filmmaker La Fille Renne on the trail of cetaceans, reflecting on our relation to them amd the evolution of their hunt in Northern Europe.
'Kuñangue Tekoa Py' (Women in the Community) by Augustina Soria (she/her)
AR 2023, 15’
Kuñangue Tekoa Py (Women in the Community) is a short documentary film which, through the voices of four women from different generations, explores their perspectives and the challenges they face in relation to life in the jungle within the Mbyá Guaraní community of Tekoa Arandú, located in the town of Pozo Azul, Misiones.
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...the other films screened on the 30.9 will follow with the next message💫
FR 2025, 5’26
Chasing Whales is an experimental short documentary film following the journey of the french filmmaker La Fille Renne on the trail of cetaceans, reflecting on our relation to them amd the evolution of their hunt in Northern Europe.
'Kuñangue Tekoa Py' (Women in the Community) by Augustina Soria (she/her)
AR 2023, 15’
Kuñangue Tekoa Py (Women in the Community) is a short documentary film which, through the voices of four women from different generations, explores their perspectives and the challenges they face in relation to life in the jungle within the Mbyá Guaraní community of Tekoa Arandú, located in the town of Pozo Azul, Misiones.
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...the other films screened on the 30.9 will follow with the next message💫
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Dear cinephiles,
Cineliminal warmly invites you to our next screening session, “Together We Witness,” on Wednesday, October 28, to discover a selection of wonderful and moving short films and a feature film, with the filmmakers in attendance, followed by a discussion with the Şahmaran Organisation .
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Date: 28.10.2027
Doors: 19:30
Movie start: 20:00
Location: Kino Reitschule, Neubrückstrasse 8, 3012 Bern
Entrance: Kollekte (Richtpreis 15.-)
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INTERTWINED by Derin SU
RU 2025, 10’
INTERTWINED is a performance-based film that unravels the psychological threads of a young woman who attempts to process her inner world by designing with fabric and performing the figures of her mother, father, and child self. Through three monologues, the film explores how trauma lives
in the body, how identities are sewn together, and how memory and healing can be performed, one stitch at a time.
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SCAR TISSUE // YARA KABUĞU by Derin Su
TR 2024, 5’
“Yara Kabuğu” is a solo, experimental film project that seeks to give voice to a silenced experience, a personal event rooted in the systematic gender inequality that was once suppressed. Through the process of artistic reinterpretation, it transforms a memory, once lived and now reframed, with the participation of the audience and the structure of art itself. Developed through improvisational techniques, the film challenges the imposed and homogenised identity of women, aiming to bring the creator’s most vulnerable and authentic self to the forefront. As a project of self-love and healing, “Yara Kabuğu” reexamines an indelible scar, striving to create a new reality through audience engagement and collective witnessing. It seeks to unveil a story that lingers in the background but deserves to be heard, a
testimony that echoes resilience and reclamation.
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BUFIE by Fae Khanzade
TR 2026, 10’
Tara, an Iranian singer who is forbidden to sing in her own country, leaves home to pursue her dream. But in this new world, she finds herself unable to dream anymore.
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RÊYA PENABER (Le chemin des réfugié·e·x·s) by Rosida Koyuncu
CH 2026, 74’
“The Refugees’ Journey” (rêya penaber in Kurdish) emerged from numerous encounters between trans and non-binary artists, LGBTIQ+ activists, and the filmmaker, who is herself in exile in Switzerland. Moving beyond the usual narratives of victimization, the film explores how displaced communities transform trauma into creativity and solidarity.
Oscillating between memory, collective rituals, and artistic expression — and reflecting the fragmented yet resilient nature of exile — Rêya Penaber is both a journey and a testimony: a path shaped by resistance, imagination, and the constant quest for freedom.
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After the projection, we invite you to stay for a Q&A with the filmmakers. We also have the chance to invite the Organisation Shahmaran.
Cineliminal warmly invites you to our next screening session, “Together We Witness,” on Wednesday, October 28, to discover a selection of wonderful and moving short films and a feature film, with the filmmakers in attendance, followed by a discussion with the Şahmaran Organisation .
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Date: 28.10.2027
Doors: 19:30
Movie start: 20:00
Location: Kino Reitschule, Neubrückstrasse 8, 3012 Bern
Entrance: Kollekte (Richtpreis 15.-)
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INTERTWINED by Derin SU
RU 2025, 10’
INTERTWINED is a performance-based film that unravels the psychological threads of a young woman who attempts to process her inner world by designing with fabric and performing the figures of her mother, father, and child self. Through three monologues, the film explores how trauma lives
in the body, how identities are sewn together, and how memory and healing can be performed, one stitch at a time.
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SCAR TISSUE // YARA KABUĞU by Derin Su
TR 2024, 5’
“Yara Kabuğu” is a solo, experimental film project that seeks to give voice to a silenced experience, a personal event rooted in the systematic gender inequality that was once suppressed. Through the process of artistic reinterpretation, it transforms a memory, once lived and now reframed, with the participation of the audience and the structure of art itself. Developed through improvisational techniques, the film challenges the imposed and homogenised identity of women, aiming to bring the creator’s most vulnerable and authentic self to the forefront. As a project of self-love and healing, “Yara Kabuğu” reexamines an indelible scar, striving to create a new reality through audience engagement and collective witnessing. It seeks to unveil a story that lingers in the background but deserves to be heard, a
testimony that echoes resilience and reclamation.
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BUFIE by Fae Khanzade
TR 2026, 10’
Tara, an Iranian singer who is forbidden to sing in her own country, leaves home to pursue her dream. But in this new world, she finds herself unable to dream anymore.
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RÊYA PENABER (Le chemin des réfugié·e·x·s) by Rosida Koyuncu
CH 2026, 74’
“The Refugees’ Journey” (rêya penaber in Kurdish) emerged from numerous encounters between trans and non-binary artists, LGBTIQ+ activists, and the filmmaker, who is herself in exile in Switzerland. Moving beyond the usual narratives of victimization, the film explores how displaced communities transform trauma into creativity and solidarity.
Oscillating between memory, collective rituals, and artistic expression — and reflecting the fragmented yet resilient nature of exile — Rêya Penaber is both a journey and a testimony: a path shaped by resistance, imagination, and the constant quest for freedom.
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After the projection, we invite you to stay for a Q&A with the filmmakers. We also have the chance to invite the Organisation Shahmaran.
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