Free entry
15 Jul - 6 Sep 2026
Zilkha Auditorium & Studio
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 11am–6pm |
| Wednesday | 11am–6pm |
| Thursday | 11am–9pm |
| Friday | 11am–6pm |
| Saturday | 11am–6pm |
| Sunday | 11am–6pm |
The screening programme focuses on East London communities, past and present and includes selections from Four Corners, London Community Video Archive, and OITIJ-JO Collective.
Each programme is approximately an hour with screenings taking place on Tuesday to Sunday from 11am-3pm.
Four Corners presents: EAST END STORIES
This showcase of 15 short films from our East End Stories project explores radical and little-known East End histories. Made by local participants using archival material from the 1970s onwards, they cover: LGBTQ+ identity, women, class, and migration; to representations of Bengali life, squatting, housing, and young people’s filmmaking. Most of the filmmakers have never made a film before.
The films were created in collaboration with filmmaker Riffy Ahmed, and partners Oxford House archive, Hollie Price (University of Keele), Swadhinata Trust and contributors to the Bengali Photo Archive, Samuel Stevens (Film & Photo League archive), and Grand Union Housing Co-operative.
LCVA presents: Community Action, Community Arts, Community Festival: From the Basement Project to The Big Show (1972–1976)
The London Community Video Archive’s film programme explores the legacy of radical community video and grassroots arts projects in 1970s East London.
OITIJ-JO Collective presents: Process of Being Womxn
The Process of Being Womxn is a curated showcase of short films, video art and digital photography by Bangladeshi and diaspora creators, presented by Paraa, Bangladesh in collaboration with OITIJ-JO Collective.
Inspired by the legacy of Begum Rokeya – author of the 1905 feminist sci-fi short story Sultana’s Dream – this programme honours her vision of defiance and imagination. Through a contemporary lens, these films explore the themes of womxn’s energy, disruption, and renewal. It is a profound exploration of modern womxnhood, confronting entrenched power, embracing upheaval, and celebrating the radical, continuous transformation inherent in the process of being womxn.
Webbe Club, (dir. Delfina Davaro) 1:56 minutes
Parallel Lives at Oxford House (dir. Pauline Moon) 2:28 minutes
Disrupters (dir. Angela Byrne) 3:35 minutes
Women, Work and Class (dir. Zak Crafer) 3:35 minutes
Nighthawks: An Exploration (dir. Amaia Gonzalez) 6.32 minutes
Screenage Kicks, (dir. Amina Khatun) 4:45 minutes
Reflections on Migration, (dir. Ava Majumdar) 3:47 minutes
Photographer Anthony Lam talks about Notes from the Streets , (dir. Helena Velez Olabarria) 2:28 minutes
Rahemur Rahman talks about his family photographs, (dir. Anil Sharma) 5:43 minutes
Julie Begum talks about Women Unite Against Racism, (dir. Ellen Cleary) 1:35 minutes
Memories I Keep Unearthing, (dir. Katia Hiver) 2:40 minutes
Whitechapel Library Aldgate, (dir. Afia Khatun) 3:20 minutes
One on One, (dir. Yulia Fedoryk) 3:30 minutes
On (A)foldable Housing, (dir. Teyé Lee) 4:24 minutes
Grand Union Housing Cooperative, (dir. Nyahalo Tucker) 3:05 minutes
Tanjila Biswas Munia, Oporanho (2024), 8.36 mins
Kazi Arefin Ahmed, Could you be free yet locked in? (2023), 9 mins
Mahamuda Aktar (Monisha), Gaali Kothon — A Tale of Swear Words (2024), 16.06 mins
CONTENT WARNING: This film contains strong language throughout and explicit references to domestic violence, emotional abuse, rape and sexual assault
Habibur Rahman, Nirvana (2023), 1.42 mins
Humaira Snigdha, Sondesh (2024), 10.15 mins
Partha Sen Gupta, Story of Monsters and Captive Women (2024), 8.15 mins
Shilvia Mahjabin, PAINT IT, BLACK (2025), 4 mins
Backyard Biennial has been generously supported by:
Aldgate Connect BID
