Taken from the title of Holmkvist’s film which offers a reckoning with Belfast’s recent history as a site of violent conflict, ‘Back Translation’ refers to the act of retranslating a text back into its source Language.

The films in this programme all enact discrete moments from the past, applying different forms of translation as a means of addressing the gaps and enduring trauma arising from the obfuscation at play in public and colloquial versions of contested pasts.

Featured films:

KEIRA GREENE, MÁTHAIR, UK | 16 MINS | 2024

AURÉLIEN FROMENT, LOUIS ET LES LANGUES (LOUIS AND LANGUAGES), UK | 22 MINS | 2023

ÉIMÉAR & CÁIT MCCLAY, A BORDER OF FLAT STONES, IRELAND | 9 MINS | 2023

SASKIA HOLMKVIST, MARGARET (BACK TRANSLATION), SWEDEN | 19 MINS | 2023

Both Aurélien Froment and Saskia Holmkvist will be in attendance for a Q&A session after the Back Translation screenings.

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