The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Theo Panagopoulos

Shorts Competition

When a Palestinian filmmaker based in Scotland unearths a rarely-seen Scottish film archive of Palestinian wild flowers, he decides to reclaim the footage. This tender film essay questions the role of image-making as a tool of both testimony and violence when connected to entanglements between people and the land. 

This short film is part of the programme Shorts: Facing the Past.

Nominated for the Shorts Competition award
All nominations

Credits

Director
Theo Panagopoulos
Producer
Marissa Keating
Year
2024
Country of production
United Kingdom
Type
Short film
Duration
17 minutes
Spoken language
None
Subtitles
EN
World Sales
Scottish Documentary Institute