About this event
London LGBTQ+ Community Centre welcomes Shasha for a special screening of Uchronia (2019) as part of their “let’s talk about sex” series.
Uchronia (2019), dir. Saeed Gholipur
Synopsis: An adaptation of the Middle Eastern legend, Layla & Majnun, UCHRONIA depicts two disembodied Dark Matter aliens traveling from the furthest parts of the universe to planet 52°N,13°E: Berlin, Germany. Seeking their amorous union, an aim that would cause a cosmic catastrophe on their home planet, Earth enables the strangers to incarnate into human bodies and become matter, offering the promise of finally realizing their love. But the bodies they have chosen are freighted with their own physical, social, and conceptual baggage, entangling Layla & Majnun in a series of terrestrial problems they struggle to understand. UCHRONIA is divided into three chapters, each chapter re-tells the plot of the film through three different cinematic styles, three sets of protagonists and three versions of the story’s outcome.
About Shasha
Shasha is the independent streaming service for South-West Asian and North African (SWANA) cinema. They present a carefully-curated selection of 20 films every two months to a global audience, in original language with English subtitles.
This screening is presented by Róisín Tapponi, a curator, critic and academic of SWANA cinema and director of Shasha.
Accessibility:
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