LIMINAL

El Alaoui’s short film is an emotional and entrancing study into the experiences of violence and abuse that Moroccan women face, and how society continues to fail them where laws are concerned. In portraying a young woman’s life in fragments, we get to stand in her shoes and rummage through the liminal space, trying to understand how we got here, how we hope to move from it, and what lies ahead.

Possessing the kind of intimacy and urgency found in the literary works of Koleka Putuma and Sisonke Msimang, Bongela’s debut documentary walks up to a country scorned and dares to touch the wound - to caress, confront and comfort.

Jordy Sank's brilliantly shot and edited short film is one of socio-political importance. A film loud in its reminder to look for the humanity in ourselves in order to see it in another person, and to have the empathy to acknowledge our failings as our own instead of blaming it on others.