WHAT REMAINS

THE SELF AFTER RUPTURE

ABOUT

WHEN WHAT DEFINES US FRACTURES, WHAT REMAINS?

WHAT REMAINS is a three-day thematic film festival exploring identity after irreversible disruption. Across six films, audiences move through REMEMBER, RECONSTRUCT and RECLAIM—from grief and memory to unstable identity and the struggle to reclaim the self.

Every programme pairs two films around one shared question and concludes with a 30-minute moderated discussion.

The planned WHAT REMAINS Archive invites responses to TRACE, FRAGMENT and THRESHOLD through foyer cards or anonymous QR submissions. Selected anonymous responses will return in the final 10 minutes of Sunday’s discussion—a closing reflection on what remains.

TWO FILMS. ONE QUESTION. ONE CONVERSATION.

REMEMBER.RECONSTRUCT.RECLAIM.

Audience seated in a cinema before a screening
Audience in theatre — Dr David Ingram / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0
FORMAT
Three comparative double bills
PROPOSED PLACE
Cinema Nova, Carlton · Cinema 4
Venue booking and dates to be confirmed
PARTICIPATION
Foyer cards / anonymous QR responses / moderated conversations