london palestine film festival 2025
NOVEMBER 14 - 28
AYOUNI +SCREEN TALK
YASMIN FEDDA, 2021, 75’
SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER | 14:00
ICA, THE MALL, ST. JAMES'S, SW1Y 5AH
A six-year journey across countries follows two women searching for their forcibly disappeared loved ones in Syria, transforming silence into a powerful call for justice and remembrance.
Yasmin Fedda's Ayouni chronicles the emotional quest of Noura and Machi seeking answers about their loved ones – Bassel Safadi and Paolo Dall'Oglio, who are among over 100,000 forcibly disappeared in Syria. Over six years and multiple countries, the film gives faces to the missing, breaking through silence and limbo with hope and resilience. It reveals a deeply personal story that reflects a universal struggle for justice, memory and visibility amid overwhelming absence.
This session will be followed by a screen talk.
This film contains themes of enforced disappearance, loss, trauma and political violence.