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Film screening: responses to ‘Visions’ – UEL student screening
Thursday 11th December 2025 , 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Responding to and taking cues from the films exhibited in this year’s Visions, join us for an exclusive screening of a selection of experimental and newly produced films made by current UEL students.
Screening includes:
Laurie Finch, *(Asterix), 3min51
Using archival footage, modern excerpts of the “transgender debate”, and footage of his own transition, the film is an exploration of gender, performance and presentation by transmasculine filmmaker Laurie Finch, drawing on his own experiences of navigating the world through a transsexual lens. Trans* joy battles against the villainisation of trans* people in modern politics, capturing the full range of emotions the trans* experience has to offer.
Maria Josu, The Speed of Life, 42s
An experimental film constructed from thousands of photographs flashing at a rapid speed, exploring the velocity of modern existence and our compulsory to document rather than experience. As the images blur together -moments captured but not lived, stored in endless phone galleries yet never truly seen -this film questions whether our obsession with preserving life has replaced the act of living in it. Through the relentless visual rhythms of our golden age, where we get a hold of more memories than ever, it begs the question are they actually memories?
Christopher Akinyemi, The Pink Little Doll, 4min58
A visual and sonic nightmare built around the recurring image of a pink doll that appears in unexpected places. With each reappearance, the doll transforms familiar public spaces into unsettling.
Ismenia Soares de Matos, Daughters of the Storm, 4min52
A 5-minute experimental film that merges dance, ancestry and spirituality. Through powerful embodiment and ritual movement inspired by Yansã (Oyá), the orixá of winds, storms and the passage between worlds, the protagonist transforms into three historical Black women who survived slavery and spiritual persecution: Rosa Maria Egipcíaca, Santa Anastácia, and Santa Josefina Bakhita. The film blends symbolic imagery, wind, sand, fire and rhythm to show how female ancestral strength rises through generations. Each scene reveals a transformation: Rosa Maria with her sacred book, Anastácia removing the iron muzzle, and Bakhita breaking her chains. In the final dance, the protagonist becomes the living continuation of their legacy a woman who breathes, dances and exists for all those who were silenced.
Louis Byrom, Jasraj Singh, Jude Ring, Eightfold, 8min50
This experimental slice-of-life film draws viewers into a quiet London night shared by two strangers. Through their intimate conversations—and the comfortable silences between them—it offers a tender, thought-provoking look at connection and self-reflection in a world that never stops moving.
Natalia Lubera, Evan Ingleby, Maria Josu, The Weather Inside, 2min10
This short film encaptivates the solemn emotion of isolation, that comes with maturation. The realisation that you might not feel a sense of belonging anywhere, as changes occur within our lives. The constant buzzing sound and the relentless rhythm of dripping water become central motifs as they infiltrate the concept of noticing , when you’re alone you tend to notice all the small things, and the water droplets correlate with time how it just keeps going and changes constantly occur. The omnipresent rain throughout the whole film acts as both an environmental condition and a powerful psychological mirror; when it rains people cancel plans and usually remain at home which causes a societal pause and makes people confront their thoughts.
Omer Ahmed, False Promise, 4min35
This is an exploration of grief and trauma and the necessity to find the light and invite more positive experiences.
Deimante Svelnyte, Senses, 3min13
The film explores the theme of how something calm can lead to something chaotic and its resolution.
Harper Strutton, Distortion, 1min30
This film focuses on duality. Left and right audio being separated, odd and even, deep voice and lighter voice. It’s meant to fully stimulate, while showing that both sides can join together (hence the overlay). It’s a display of, well, distortion!
This event will take place at the Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ.
Doors of the Nunnery Gallery will open at 6pm, with the film screenings running from 6:30pm to 7:30pm. The Nunnery Café will be open until 8pm, selling their usual fare of delicious drinks and snacks.
More about UEL Filmmaking BA (Hons)
University of East London’s Filmmaking BA (Hons) offers specialised film modules focused on documentary, fiction, screenwriting, and avant-garde filmmaking. It helps students develop their film production skills. It also prepares students for a variety of jobs in film-related areas, such as film production, festival administration, and film journalism. The filmmaking courses are designed to equip students with the necessary skills for various roles in the jobs in the film industry.
Areas of particular interest on the BA Filmmaking course are:
- film production
- film theory and history, and
- the film industry
More information here.
Access information
The Nunnery Gallery has step-free access throughout from street level, including to the accessible toilet, and is service animal friendly. This venue does not have a hearing loop system. Accessible parking is not available on-site.
If you have any questions regarding accessibility at this venue or event, would like to make us aware of any access requirements that you have in advance of visiting, or would like this information in an alternate format including Easy Read, please email nunnery@bowarts.com or call 020 8980 7774 (Ext. 3)
Access requirements could include things like providing equipment, services or support (e.g. information in Easy Read, speech to text software, additional 1:1 support), adjusting workshop timings (e.g. more break times), adjustments to the event space (e.g. making sure you have a seat near the entrance) or anything else you can think of!
Transport Information
Opening hours: Wed-Sun, 10am to 4pm
Address: Nunnery Gallery, 181 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
Nearest station(s): Bow Road (District and Hammersmith and City lines) is a 6-minute walk away, and Bow Church (DLR) is a 3-minute walk away.
Bus: 205, 25, 425, A8, D8, 108, 276, 488 and 8 all service the surrounding area.
Bike: Bicycle parking is located at Bow Church Station. The nearest Santander Cycles docking station is at Bow Church Station.
More about Visions
Visions offers an informed overview of the provocative and quick-changing mediums of moving image and performance, presenting works from across the world. For each Visions we run two to three programmes and invite lead artists, renowned for their innovation in the digital field, to head and inspire each one. The ideas of the lead artists support the selection process and set the tone for the wider exhibition.
More information about the Visions in the Nunnery exhibition here.