Name: Other Asias: Short Films on Power // Mirrors for Princes
Start: 2026-04-28T19:00:00+01:00
Location: 70-71 Rose Hill Terrace, BN1 4JL Brighton, United Kingdom

$Other Asias: Short Films on Power \/\/ Mirrors for Princes$

Sandpit Collective returns to Rose Hill with a programme of short films, both animated and live-action, marking the closing of the Mirror for Princes season. The Sandpit Collective have been partnering with with the University of Sussex and The Rose Hill to run Other Asias programme, exploring postcolonial, feminist cinema and Maghrebi Stories. (Maghrebi refers to the Maghreb region – Arabic speaking – North West Africa which includes Morrocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libiya & Mauritania)
This night is always incredibly inspiring as well as super cosy – the curator Zeina Frangie-Ayres always brings homemade saffron tea and cake, and introduces each event with an informal talk giving context to the proceeding films.
About the short film selection :
Power is not only something that sits outside of us, or above us. It is also something we absorb, carry, reproduce, and at times resist.
The Sandpit Collective returns, meditating on power, with a programme of Palestinian and Iranian short films, both animated and live-action, to mark the closing of their Mirrors for Princes season. This season approaches cinema as a space to examine how power operates and shapes behaviour, perception, and feeling.
Partnering also with the University of Sussex, this event has been developed in collaboration with students from the BA Liberal Arts course, who have been involved throughout, from shaping the selection to helping organise and run the event.
Come and immerse your senses in rose and saffron (yes, tea and cake!) and be part of this incredibly inspiring, super cosy evening.
It will begin with a brief contextual introduction to the shorts, followed by a collective collage session to respond to and reflect on the films. Selected works will feature in the collective zine centred around the Mirrors for Princes season. Since this is the closing event, don’t miss the opportunity to be part of it.