Building Solidarity & Kinship: Short Film Screenings + Panel Discussion (Glasgow)

This event is part of the Building Solidarity & Kinship programme curated by Esraa Husain at the Refugee Festival Scotland 2025.

We are featuring a selection of short films followed by a panel discussion exploring the Festival’s theme Milestones and elements connected to finding refuge and belonging and the importance of community building.

After the screening we are joined by the directors Adéráyọ̀ Adenekan and Theo Panagopoulos, community organisers Mahasin from Exhale Group, Solidarity Screenings, and Xuanlin Tham the author of Revolutionary Desires: The Political Power of the Sex Scene to discuss the themes mentioned and share reflections.

Tickets are FREE. To book, click here.

Accessibility

This programme has:

• English language descriptive subtitles
• English-BSL interpretation for the introduction and panel discussion
• Live Captioning for the introduction and panel discussion
• Kelvin Hall is a wheelchair accessible venue

Films in this programme include:

• Mark Thomas, Permissible Beauty (2023)
• Baz Sells, Two Black Boys in Paradise (2025)
• Theo Panagopoulos, The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing (2024)
• Adéráyọ̀, DISSONANCE (2025)

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Image Credit: Permissible Beauty, Dir. Mark Thomas, 2023