DARYA ANDIJAN and SMARAGDA NITSOPOULOU - 2 screenings with Q&A
Het Documentaire Paviljoen - Cinema de Spiegel

DARYA ANDIJAN - Do You Know That I’m With You
Screening and Q&A

Do You Know That I’m With You is a docu-fiction short framed as a dialogue between the director and Gülem, a forgotten goddess of carpet weaving. Through poetic voices, shared rituals, and ancestral echoes, they explore themes of feminism, oppression, and colonial erasure. As fragments of Gülem’s memory resurface, the dialogue grows into a collective act of remembrance and transformation.

Do You Know That I’m With You is an artistic research-based film exploring political erasure of female history in the Uyghur region of China. Central to the film is Gülem, a mystical figure from Uyghur oral tradition linked to carpet weaving, whose fragmented legacy symbolizes silenced female makers. Through critical fabulation, myth-making, and Sufism, the director embarks on a journey across Transoxiana to piece together Gülem’s presence. The film weaves together imprisoned poet Gulnisa Imin’s verses, read by Uyghur women in diaspora, multi-voiced narration, and archival footage. Poetic yet narrative-driven, it evokes Gülem’s enduring presence through voices, images, and texts, confronting memory, resistance, and identity.

SMARAGDA NITSOPOULOU - You will only see a flash of light
Screening and Q&A

In a homeland that should offer refuge, You Will Only See a Flash of Light reveals how fear can reshape both personal and collective identity. Through the lens of personal trauma and visual juxtaposition, it confronts the violence lurking in both home and society.

You are about to enter someone’s home. You are not invited. What will happen in this house? What has happened in this house? Through this invitation to intrusion, Nitsopoulou explores the psychological weight of spaces marked by trauma, using the act of trespass to evoke questions about what occurred and what lingers unseen. Through fragmented imagery and a haunting atmosphere, the film revisits a traumatic televised event, turning the personal home and collective homeland into both a physical and symbolic site of unresolved history and emotional residue.

This event is part of the Master of Film – Artistic Research Week 2025

ARW 2025 | DARYA ANDIJAN and SMARAGDA NITSOPOULOU - 2 screenings with Q&A