Girls Move Mountains

Through the lens of mothers and daughters in three Native Hawaiian families, this film explores intergenerational healing and the impacts of safeguarding cultural traditions.

An artist's sculpture is burnt down, a protester is charged with a criminal case, and a democracy movement is violently attacked. Three exiled Chinese dissidents fight for democracy against a superpower through art, petition, and grassroots organising. But not even exile is safe.

The fates of three families are inextricably intertwined in a vicious cycle of violence in the city of Lod, Israel, where Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side. The outpouring of love, anger, and forgiveness that follows offers a glimpse of morning light to offset a collective state of seemingly endless mourning.

This session screens a collection of four short films.

7 October, the day the music stopped, and the world changed. But we will dance again.

Surrounded by violence and oppression, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish chose education and tolerance. When war claimed his daughters, he responded with forgiveness. But peace must be a two way street.