Malmö Konsthall

Accompanying the exhibition Lenke Rothman – Life as Cloth (21 September 2024–19 January 2025) at Malmö Konsthall, a programme of three short films will be featured, exploring themes from Rothman’s life and work. Silence combines animation and archival footage to tell the story of Tana Ross, a child survivor of Theresienstadt. Lahza, a documentary about Malmö artist Jafer Taoun, intertwines his artistic practice with his refugee camp experience in Saudi Arabia, and They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains depicts the struggles of refugees from Finland and Iraq in a documentary fiction film.

Please note that on Monday, the exhibition Lenke Rothman – Life as Cloth will be closed, but the films are still available to watch.

The films will play in a loop. Free event.

Silence

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Silence

Sylvie Bringas, Orly Yadin

Five-year-old Tana survives the war and the Holocaust. She is sent to a peaceful country where she cannot talk about the past and questions are forbidden. This animation film is based on a true story >

Sylvie Bringas, Orly Yadin

Documentary, Animation

UK
Sweden

1998

10'

Lahza

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Lahza

Martin Möller

In a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia, something happened that changed a man’s life. Rafha, an artist and refugee, met a Swedish inspection delegation. He later took his art to Sweden. >

Martin Möller

In a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia, something happened that changed a man’s life. Rafha, an artist and refugee, met a Swedish inspection delegation. He later took his art to Sweden. >

Documentary

Sweden

2017

They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains

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They Came in Crowded Boats and Trains

Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts

Interweaving the stories of Finnish refugees fleeing the Soviet-Finnish wars with those of refugees from Iraq in their modern odyssey to Finland. The division between us and them, past and present, >

Minna Rainio, Mark Roberts

Interweaving the stories of Finnish refugees fleeing the Soviet-Finnish wars with those of refugees from Iraq in their modern odyssey to Finland. The division between us and them, past and present, >

Documentary, Experimental

Finland

2018

20'