Samara Addai

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d get to visit the Alps (it’s been on my bucket list since I was at least 10 years old), let alone to load 16mm film at the peak of Mont-Blanc. God bless beautiful people who create spaces for you in their own dreams. Thank you Ima. Thank you Jennifer. I will never, EVER, forget how much this experience has shaped me. 💖🌸💖🌸 Shoutout to the @not.nowhere Aaton LTR making it to to the top 🥹 📝 - our first reach to the top - Ima and I experienced the fear of god, god being nature and its ability to literally kill you if you do not submit and respect. Altitude sickness is not a joke. - nature is a beautiful reminder that you are not important, you build importance into your life. To feel small is to feel alive, sometimes to feel pain is to feel alive. I have now experienced the coldest cold. - give yourself permission to do whatever the fuck you want - allow waiting for it elsewhere, that shit is whack. - I haven’t stopped crying since I got back. Something has been unlocked. - time is not granted to no one. Let’s live. Let’s live now.

In this workshop, you will study the basic operations of the Aaton LTR and shoot 100ft of your own black and white film. Facilitated by @cinesamara & @jenniferlauren_martin 🍋

Submissions for the next volume of Analogue Short Film Screening is now open! 🎞️ Deadline is Monday 20th April, 6pm. The screening will be on Tuesday 16th June. Curated by @cinesamara & @carbonbasedfunk 💖

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DEAR DIARY @not.nowhere 📔 Sunday 8 March // 2pm 📔 PROGRAMME REVEAL A diary is not an autobiography. A diary is a process, a conjunction, a moment ceased, an and & and + and, heading towards an unknown future. Sine Screen and not/nowhere’s experimental diary film programme explores the potentials of the diary form as an incomplete self-archive, a mode of self-representation that destabilises the idea of the fixed subject through recording temporal accumulation and lived presence. We are excited to present our programme below with two UK premieres, a 16mm projection and a TikTok: 𝑯𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 | 1985 | 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝑯𝒂𝒓𝒖𝒌𝒂 𝑫𝒐𝒊 | 8’ | 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏 (𝑼𝑲 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆) 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒌𝒐 | 1966 | 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒐 𝑰𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒂 & 𝑨𝒌𝒊𝒌𝒐 𝑰𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒂 | 13’ | 𝑼𝑺𝑨 (16𝒎𝒎) 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝑰𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝑵𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 | 1996 | 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝑯𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊 𝑺𝒂𝒊𝒌𝒊 | 19’ | 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 | 1991 | 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝑼𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒐 𝑲𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒊 | 7’ | 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏 𝑫𝒂𝒚 | 2025 | 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝑿𝒊𝒂𝒐𝒍𝒖 𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒈 | 9’ | 𝑼𝑺𝑨 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅 | 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝑲𝒊𝒎 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒋𝒖𝒏𝒈 @temporarystupid | 2025 | 13’ | 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑲𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒂 (𝑼𝑲 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒓𝒆) 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝑸𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒊 𝑪𝒉𝒊 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑸𝒊𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 (𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅) | 𝒅𝒊𝒓. 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒏 | 2025 | 1’ | 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒂 Images from films in the order represented above. Remember to bring a diaristic object — could be a sentence, a thought, a photo, a rock for a group discussion on how we incorporate memory into the everyday 🌿🌿 Tickets at the link in bio or on @not.nowhere website 💐

I cannot tell you how much fun this process has been! Shoutout to the thickness of community man, we really made something special here 🥹 🍒 Ain’t I Good For You by Yazmin Lacey 🍒 Music video linked in my bio! made by not/nowhere 🎞️ Director & Producer - Samara Addai @cinesamara DOP - Jennifer Lauren Martin @jenniferlauren_martin 1st AD & Production Manager - Bediah @bediahh Cam Op & Direct Animation Artist - Leena Habiballa @carbonbasedfunk Loader & Editor - Daniel Owusu @daniel_0wusu 2nd AD - Daniella Valz Gen @daniella_vg Gaffer - Cat Castro @catcastrophic Spark - Kyron Adelphi @kyron.adelphi Dancer - Kirubel Belay @kirubelbelay_ Colourist - Nigel Tadyanehondo @ntcolour Colour House - Over & Out @overandout_studio film contributions from 🎥 Chloe Kountouridou Sheyamali Sudesh Gill Houghton Ese Jade Onojeruo Adwoa Owusu-Barnieh Francesca Rechere Kevin Anaafi Brown special thanks to 🙏🏾 Taylor LeMelle @melrose_tay Colour Processing at Cinelab London Ltd Digital Scan at UCL East by Fergus O’Connor Pip Laurenson Matte Black Catering by Grounded Bow the universe 🌌

🍒 BTS from our latest music video Ain’t I Good For You by Yazmin Lacey 🍒 📸 @daisybelknap made by not/nowhere 🎞️ Director & Producer - Samara Addai @cinesamara DOP - Jennifer Lauren Martin @jenniferlauren_martin 1st AD & Production Manager - Bediah @bediahh Cam Op & Direct Animation Artist - Leena Habiballa @carbonbasedfunk Loader & Editor - Daniel Owusu @daniel_0wusu 2nd AD - Daniella Valz Gen @daniella_vg Gaffer - Cat Castro @catcastrophic Spark - Kyron Adelphi @kyron.adelphi Dancer - Kirubel Belay @kirubelbelay_ Colourist - Nigel Tadyanehondo @ntcolour Colour House - Over & Out @overandout_studio film contributions from 📽️ Chloe Kountouridou Sheyamali Sudesh Gill Houghton Ese Jade Onojeruo Adwoa Owusu-Barnieh Francesca Rechere Kevin Anaafi Brown special thanks to 🙏🏾 Taylor LeMelle @melrose_tay Colour Processing at Cinelab London Ltd Digital Scan at UCL East by Fergus O’Connor Pip Laurenson Matte Black Catering by Grounded Bow the universe 🌌

Tickets are now available to purchase through our website link in our bio, you can also find more information on the evening’s vibes. For any questions please contact Samara at [email protected] Curated by @cinesamara Image credit: Samara Addai

Submission is now open for the next volume of Analogue Short Film Screening by BIPOC filmmakers! Screening will be on Thursday 12th Dec at the studio. For any questions please contact Samara at [email protected] This will be curated by @cinesamara Image Credit: Samara Addai

In this workshop, you will study the basic operations of the Aaton LTR, loading coaxial 400ft mags, exposure suggestions, and instructions for using this camera setup in team collaboration. Each participant will be able to shoot 100ft of film with their peers, alongside demonstrations of using a clapperboard. This workshop will encourage skills in larger format film cameras as the knowledge can be applied to multiple 16mm cameras. You will have a hands-on opportunity to learn the technical aspects of this camera. The Aaton LTR is a 16mm camera that can be adapted to super 16mm. It is great for on-set sound recording due to its quiet nature. This is an intermediate workshop; some basic knowledge of celluloid and 16mm formats will benefit participation. We will shoot a 400ft roll of Kodak Tri-X Black & White Reversal film on location, working as a small crew to experience the use of the camera in the field. Book through the link in our bio. Workshop leaders: @cinesamara + @noorafshan.mirza

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🎞️Harkat 16mm Residency - Kalimpong, India - October 2024🎞️ I made my first 16mm film I made new international friends I lived in the clouds for 10 days I travelled alone for the first time and saw the Taj Mahal in real life before coming here Ayuj read me beautiful Hindi poetry I’ve never moved this at peace in my life I got eaten by leeches for the first time in my life I didn’t listen to music for 4 days straight because my ears were filled with the sounds of mountainous nature and I forgot about any other existing sound We had our screening in a Buddhist monastery On the last night we looked up and were literally coated in stars and planets Iti saw 3 shooting stars in one hour Life has been changed forever 🩵 of drifting mountains and still clouds 🩵