S40.E7 ∙ Stuart Hall

The point of departure of SUM is simple: A single man with his small camera, carefully recording the activities of ordinary days, ordinary tasks and sheer routines from where he stands. We enter into a small intimate office-space in Copenhagen. From the safe surroundings of two elderly accountants performing their daily bookkeeping routines, we are oscillated out to similarly unspectacular scenes in Hanoi, Hamburg, Damascus and Narva in Estonia. We hear speaking voices, but the moving bodies, the exchange of goods, of gazes and positions is what layers into a sum of life.

Thanks to the discovery of completely new archives belonging to Gaston Revel, the viewer will discover Algeria at the end of the 1930s as it revealed itself to this young French teacher. He will understand the disorientation and isolation of the rural schoolteacher in the difficult years of the Second World War. It will measure the vigor and bitterness of the political and union battles led by an activist of the post-war Algerian Communist Party and the violence of the tensions which accompanied the march towards independence and the construction of the new Algerian state. A unique and exceptional fact in Algeria, during the municipal elections, Gaston Revel was elected in Bougie (Constantinois) in the second electoral college reserved for Muslims only. "Gaston Revel, a teacher in Algeria" is a film which sheds light on Algeria from the inside from 1936 to 1965, thirty decisive years from a completely new perspective.

Elia Kazan embodied the American dream. An immigrant from Constantinople who became the Prince of Hollywood and Broadway after World War II.

I AM A VISITOR IN YOUR WORLD features no interviews. The intention of the film is to be in contact with a a different kind of perception. We witness the main character's struggle with her disease first hand, raw. We follow her while she fights against a medical system, which penalizes the already penalized patients. We look at the love between her and her mother. In a way, the disease itself seems to play a secondary role. What we see is universal. It is a film about love.

Chakriya is a young and determined disabled woman who longs for a fulfilling life. Her dreams start to become reality when she meets two especially talented dancers.

Collage Dance Collective is a professional, contemporary ballet company committed to the presentation of world-class dance that is relatable and relevant to diverse audiences. Collage aims to extend the reach of professional ballet and works to increase diversity in classical ballet training.