Join staff and Student Leads from the Underrepresented Students’ Support Service for a free film screening and refreshments to mark Refugee Week 2025, this year’s theme being ‘Community as a superpower’.
We will be showing two films, a short film, The Scent of Geranium, Director: Naghmeh Farzaneh (Running time 5 minutes).
Synopsis: By using her own experience as an Iranian international student in the U.S., Farzaneh gives voice to the fears, doubts, and complex range of emotions that immigrants face and makes a powerful call for a more compassionate approach.
Audience: Family Friendly
Themes: Iran, Nature, Family, Compassion, Discrimination
Followed by feature length film, Fremont, Director: Babak Jalali (Running time 1.5 hours)
Synopsis: A moving and hilarious comedy-drama starring Anaita Wali Zada and The Bear’s Emmy award-winning Jeremy Allen White. Donya, a young Afghan who moved to Fremont, California after serving as a translator for the American army, spends her days working at a fortune cookie factory and her nights wide awake battling between her desire to rebuild her life and the overbearing guilt she carries within. In a bid to connect with the world, she sends an unconventional message through a fortune cookie.
Audience: Certification: 12A in UK
Themes: Afghanistan, Survivor’s guilt, Comedy
Tea and coffee will be available from 5pm, the first film will start at 5.30pm. Light food will be available following the films and a chance to meet others from across the university community. All free!
We would be grateful if you can support this event by attending, no registration needed. Looking forward to seeing you there!