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Our third panel will explore the themes of labour, migration, and diaspora. The artist-researcher pairing for Panel 3 includes: Artist: Sara Saini Sara Saini is a documentary filmmaker and researcher from Delhi, India, currently based in London. In her work she explores themes of migration, memory and the natural world through collection of archives and oral narratives, with a focus on how lived experiences are remembered and reinterpreted over time. She holds an MA in Directing Documentary from the National Film and Television School (NFTS). Her short films have screened at international festivals including Sheffield DocFest, FIPADOC and Doc Edge among others. She is currently developing a feature-length film exploring the intersection of contemporary art, science and ecology. We will be screening her film ‘In the Wake of Remembering’ (2024) as part of the panel. Researcher: Rida Fathima Rida Fathima is a postgraduate student of development studies at SOAS. Her ongoing research builds on violence, border regimes and migration in Egypt and the Middle East. Her work as a journalist in India revolved around questions of Hindu majoritarian politics, Muslim ghettoisation and the politics of food in South Asia. Her other areas of interest include third-world historiography, urban spatial politics and feminist political economy. This event is free to attend (tickets via link in bio). Join us for a day of screenings, discussions, and conversations.

Let’s continue with a film from the STUDENTS PLATFORM: IN THE WAKE OF REMEMBERING (2024) by Sara Saini follows three women as they reflect on their memories of supporting the Burnsall Strike, a 1992 workers' resistance movement led by Punjabi women in Birmingham. Swipe to see the full synopsis. On SUN, 1 JUNE | 14:00 CET The film will be screened in Program VI of our Students’ Platform. Sara Saini will be present for a film talk at the cinema. The event will also be live-streamed. Join us at @koki_freiburg or via live stream. The full program is available on our homepage. Stay tuned for updates! – #filmforum2025 #transculturalcinema #filmfestival #filmoftheday #visualanthropology #ethnographicfilm #freiburgerfilmforum #freiburg #culturalanthropology #anthropology #ethnologie #film #documentary

Screened at the 2025 Kolkata People’s Film Festival, Sara Saini’s In the Wake of Remembering (2024) reflects upon three women’s memories of the 1992 Burnsall strike as it pieces together the political, personal and domestic lives of South Asian women against the history of workers’ struggles in the UK. In this interview with Kshiraja, Saini talks about the importance of the act of remembering the strike through her film. You can read the interview on the app as well as the website. Link in bio! Images are stills from In the Wake of Remembering (2024) by Sara Saini. Images courtesy of the director. The editorial work at ASAP | art is supported by The Alkazi Foundation for The Arts. #KPFF2025 #film #resistance #strike #labour #gender #asap #asapart #alkazifoundation

Been cooking to eat, to share, to grieve, to celebrate, to rest and to feel. All my love to the people, kitchens, fruits, vegetables, spices, herbs and meat that enable this practice. <3

Thank you to the beautiful @megha.jairaj for this poster of In the Wake of Remembering. 🤍 I made this film last year at @nftsfilmtv with the most sensitive and thoughtful people who dreamed with me a way to remember the Burnsall Strike and all the struggles, strength and joy it carried. I learned so much from excavating this history, about the power of localised knowledge, collective movements and the special ability that the past has in helping us map the future. Love to all who was involved @emma_hinnells @sanjanapathania @piotr_zuch @katieellwood_music @anitttttta1225 @ivan.michael.colour @southasiasolidaritygroup @tejpurewal And my partner in all I do @bhasmangjoshi 🌹

A Good Question Was a pleasure to write the music for this wonderful and moving documentary Since Britain’s colonization of India, migration has reshaped Punjab, leaving homes crowned with colloquial water tank sculptures—planes, tractors, animals—as striking emblems of diasporic success. Through sculptor Davinder’s craft and his own emigration plans, the film explores migration’s enduring socio-political and emotional impact. Director: @sarapsaini Producer: @sanjanapathania Production Manager: @emma_hinnells Cinematographer: @arushi.chugh Editor: @k.rahumagi Composer: 🙋🏽‍♂️ Sound Designer: @sarahlouisedav Location Sound: @owen.tucknott Colourist: @emma__charles Titles Designer: @bhasmangjoshi Saxophone: @sam.rothera Flute: @darrrrrensng

Sarbjit Johal sharing her thoughts on her role as a Punjabi translator for the Burnsall strike in Birmingham, 1992-93. This is a short clip from my film In the Wake of Remembering I finished a few months ago at the NFTS in collaboration with some really wonderful and thoughtful friends and artists. Archive clip from The Women of Ten Downing Street by Anne Marie Sweeney

Kitchens that make me. :)

The end of summer it’s okay it’s alright :)

Year of sleepy downward dogs and daydreaming