On February 7 at 5:00 PM, “Meno avilys,” together with the Palestinian liberation organising group POPPIES, invites you to join a film screening and readings about Palestine, Lebanon, the surrounding region, and Israel’s ongoing aggression.
POPPIES member, Lithuanian-Lebanese Amira Dayekh, will present her short documentary film “The South is me.” The film is the author’s visual archive, documenting the scars left in Southern Lebanon by decades of Israeli aggression. Footage filmed by Amira Dayekh in 2025 also became a love letter from her father, Abbas, to his homeland.
During the event, selected excerpts from the research by Adam HajYahia and Haitham Haddad will be read, exploring the aesthetics of images of resistance that open up communal psychosocial experiences. Poems and text excerpts will also be read, linking Palestinian liberation to broader global struggles for freedom against colonialism.
The event will be held in Lithuanian and English.
Participants:
Amira Dayekh is a Lithuanian-Lebanese activist and creator, actively raising awareness of Lebanon and Palestine-related issues in Lithuania.
POPPIES is an organising group for Palestinian liberation, working through protests and actions, solidarity dinners, reading groups, and print workshops. POPPIES views current issues as overlapping and interconnected – from the erasure of peoples and habitats to the extreme control over what, and who, is allowed to strive for life, and what is considered acceptable.
The event is free of charge. Registration is required.
Registration: https://forms.gle/rJoJ8TTNMZNuaJmu8
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This event is part of the Meno Avilys’ Cinematheque event series, curated by Ona Kotryna Dikavičiūtė.
Cinematheque event series is a continuous project of “Meno Avilys”, during which Lithuanian and foreign artists, curators, and researchers are invited to explore the physical and virtual archive of the restored films and video art of the Cinematheque. The curatorial research is presented to the audiences of “Meno Avilys” via guest-curated programmes of moving pictures, public talks, commissioned texts, and literature recommendations.
Organiser: „Meno avilys“
Sponsors: Lietuvos kultūros taryba, Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė, Lietuvos kino centras
Designer: Mindaugas Gavrilovas (Studio Cryo)