UPCOMING KONTEKST EVENTS:
Affirming Carnival as Embodied Memory of Social Struggles — KONTEKST & CVA PUBLIC PROGRAMME: NOV25
Film screening & conversation with Atabey fka Carlos Maria Romero.
Colombian artist-filmmaker presents film La Nave (2021) and discusses affect and collective liberation focused visual anthropology.
How to become a propagandist by reading collectively? — KONTEKST & CVA PUBLIC PROGRAMME: DEC25
Reading group & discussion with Florenza Deniz Incirli
Queer Cypriot artist and filmmaker presents a reading group and discussion on methodologies in forming your own learning community outside of institutions.
(Un)borderings at Finch Community Cinema
A collectively curated film screening and conversation organised by KONTEKST Collective member Aria Danaparamita
Join us for short films that untangle borders, followed by a conversation on how to cultivate more care and justice for migrants and refugees.
Voices Across Borders: Stories of Nepali Identity, Resistance, and Reclaimed Narratives — KONTEKST & CVA PUBLIC PROGRAMME: OCT25
Film screening and conversation with Anusha Thulung Rai, Sabhyata Garbuja Pun, Aditya Pokharel and Sapana Sanjeevani
An intimate exploration of how marginalized Nepali communities, both home and abroad, resist erasure and fight for recognition, using visual media to record their struggle.
NEW ALTERATIONS CRIT CLUB x KONTEKST OPEN DAY
Peer-to-peer feedback group for work-in-progress multimedia projects.
ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE: Uncovering the Hidden Histories of South Asian Seafarers
workshops — interactive tour — conversation
Organised by ArchivesDie Magazine in collaboration with University College London (UCL).
BLOOM. THEN BLOOM AGAIN — KONTEKST PRIDE MONTH 2025 SPECIAL SCREENING
BLOOM. THEN BLOOM AGAIN — KONTEKST PRIDE MONTH 2025
An exploration of queer grief, joy and second adolescence through the works of up-and-coming LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and a cult classic.
Organised by Sana Nurlan, co-facilitated by Jo Watters, Huiqi He and Arti Siudem.
For queer people, time isn’t linear. We bloom, explore, then bloom again. Just like summer flowers, we celebrate our lives together in Pride Month. On 18 June, join KONTEKST to celebrate our queer existence that’s just like summer flowers.
Those who are in the LGBTQIA+ community often experience what’s called a queer adolescence, where we embody our queer selves after the struggles of the first adolescence. During the first adolescence, many of us face homophobia, transphobia and prejudice. We might also feel isolated because of our gender nonconformity. We live by our own timelines, instead of going by societal expectations set by straight, cisgender standards. Not all flowers have to bloom at the same time, some bloom, then bloom again.
KONTEKST aims to not only celebrate queer joy, but also queer grief. The grief of feeling alone, or the grief of finally feeling right in our skins, or the grief of not catching up to the expectations of the outside world placed upon us. Find us at Atlas Cinema this Pride Month, let both joy and grief bind us together in a flower bouquet we gift ourselves.
FREE ENTRY!!! Donations on the day welcome though so that we can use the money raised for future events.
PROGRAMME:
Golden Voice
by Mars Verrone
2022
In Golden Voice a transgender man returns to the village forty years after the Cambodian genocide, where he not only survived but miraculously found queer and transgender community, including the love of his life.
Becoming a Man
by Oliver Lyric
2025
In Becoming a Man, director Oliver Lyric documented the unseen parts of the story during process of using testosterone and becoming a man. With Oliver’s voice and visual language, we enter a zone where the audience sees the soul beyond the body.
CONTENT WARNING: blood, needles
Lust Envy
by Aisha Boudjillouli
2024
In Lust Envy, director and animator Aisha Boudjillouli used animation to explore the moment where one can experience two emotions striking at once.
Passaggio
by Amiko Li
2023
Passaggio is an experimental film depicting a queer teenager's journey of self-discovery and voice-finding odyssey in China. Going through the unsettling phase of voice transition and subsequently losing his voice, the protagonist must plunge into the world's myriad sounds, observing, absorbing, and imitating them.
Shinjuku boys
by Kim Longinotto & Jano Williams
1995
In Shinjuku Boys we time travel back to the 90s in Japan, exploring the lives of three non-binary and transgender men who work at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo. The three protagonists discuss their romantic relationships, their relationships with their parents, their gender presentations, how they understand their own genders, and their different outlooks on life.
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VOICES ACROSS BORDERS (KONTEKST & CVA Autumn 2025 Public Programme)
THU 16.10.2025 18:00-20:00
Media Research Building, Goldsmiths University campus, LondonAn intimate exploration of how marginalized Nepali communities, both home and abroad, resist erasure and fight for recognition, using visual media to record their struggle.
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NEW ALTERATIONS CRIT CLUB x KONTEKST OPEN DAY
WED 24.09.2025 19:00-22:00
80-20 Wines, 56 Peckham Rye, London SE15 4JRKONTEKST COLLAB
We open the autumn events season with a peer-to-peer film crit for emerging artists and makers. Come get to know us, watch and discuss films by emerging filmmakers!
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Pins & Needles: Visual Anthropology as an Art of Interruption
THU 18.09.2025 18:00-10:00
Fri 19.09.2025 18:00-10:00
RHB Cinema, Goldsmiths Campus, New Cross, London, SE14 6NWTo us, pins and needles is an embodied feeling that sits under your skin, a phantom sensation, it's strange and uncomfortable yet also recognisable, it's your body telling you it's time to move…
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ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE
THU 15.07.2025 11:00-17:00
FRI 16.07.2025 11:00-17:00
UCL East Marshgate, E20 2AE LondonCollab with ArchivesDie Magazine
Join scholars & artists to uncover South Asian seafarer histories through talks & a soundscaped walking tour in East London.
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BLOOM. THEN BLOOM AGAIN.
WED 18.06.2025 19:00-21:00
Atlas Cinema, SW9 7FA LondonPride Month 2025 special - an exploration of queer grief, joy and second adolescence through the works of up-and-coming LGBTQIA+ filmmakers followed by a cult classic.
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DO WE BELONG TO THE SEA?
THU 12.06.2025 19:00-21:00
Atlas Cinema SW9 7FA LondonUnfinished, KONTEKST Collective, and Action Against Detention and Deportations present films, conversation and fundraiser on Gaza, Sudan, and the politics of migration
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FILM CRIT CLUB #3
THU 5.06.2025 18:00-20:00
Online via teamsInformal monthly peer-to-peer feedback sessions where we share project drafts, talk through each others’ works in progress, and exchange ideas for their development.
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FILM CRIT CLUB #2
THU 22.05.2025 19:00-20:00
Online via TeamsInformal monthly peer-to-peer feedback sessions where we share project drafts, talk through each others’ works in progress, and exchange ideas for their development.
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Smoke Light Stone Rain #1: Weather(ing) through the screen
TUE 20.05.2025 18:30-20:30
Atlas Cinema, SW9 7FA LondonEvening screening of short to medium length films encompassing elemental media and weather followed by an experimental hydro-feminist performance.
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Desktop Documentary and Digital Autoethnography
MON 21.04.2025 18:30-20:30
Atlas Cinema, SW9 7FA LondonWorkshop & film screening about contemporary experimental desktop documentary filmmaking.
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FILM CRIT CLUB #1
THU 10.04.2025 18:00-20:00
Media Research Building, Screen 1, Goldsmiths University campusInformal monthly peer-to-peer feedback sessions where we watch film drafts, talk through each other’s works in progress, and share ideas for their development.
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KONTEKST FILM FEST 2025: ARCHIVE
THU 27.02.2025
SET Social, SE15 4NP LondonA full-day radical grassroots festival of ethnographic and experimental film, art and thought on the theme of ARCHIVE.
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VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY FILMS
TUE 28.11.2023 19:00-23:00
Avalon Cafe, SE14 5RW LondonAn evening of ethnographic & experimental films by Goldsmiths visual anthropology students.
Organising events with KONTEKST:
Apart from the film festivals that we organise annually as KONTEKST Collective, our platform is here to support, boost and archive independent events organised by early career event programmers. We recognise that the creative industry may be hard to get into without prior experience and we hope that providing you with access to our resources can open up new possibilities for your project.
There are two ways we can help you out: through an event collab or simple help with promo:
Event collab - your event will be run in an official collaboration with / under patronage of KONTEKST (whilst crediting you as the organiser). It will be included in our official events programme, social media promo and the monthly newsletter, and we will archive it permanently on our website in a format of your choice. You will be given access to our email inbox for event communications.
Help with promo - we are always happy to post about your event so it reaches wider audiences, including mentions on social media and in our monthly newsletter. Mention @kontekst.collective on any Instagram stories you’d like us to repost. You are also welcome to use our WhatsApp community chat to promote your event directly within our growing community - contact us for access.
What event proposals do we accept?
We are open to supporting all kinds of projects as long as they relate to the values in vision that we stated on our About page. Please have a read and contact us if you have any questions or would like to discuss your idea.
Where can the event take place?
Even though our community is primarily based in or around London, UK, we are open to supporting critical events all around the world.
Will I get credit for an event run in collaboration with KONTEKST?
We don’t claim ownership of what’s run together with us so all credit will fully go to you as the event organiser. The platform is intended to serve as a directory of creatives and a database of critical events.
Do we charge for event collaborations?
No, we will support you for free, in accordance with our grassroots ethos. You are always welcome to give back later on, either by leaving a donation or joining our admin team.