Both, Instrument & Sound + Two Refusals - Rewire Festival

This slot consists of the following two films:

Both, Instrument & Sound (Sharlene Bamboat, 36 min, 2024): Offered as a counterpoint to growing individualism in the wake of neoliberalisation, this film by Sharlene Bamboat, takes an intimate look at the political and personal life of activist Tony Souza – exploring solidarity, collective struggle, and how these values have transformed in the last decades of neoliberal policies. Across its spellbinding hand-processed 16mm film, poetry, and sonic palette, the film, and its collaborative score, play with the concept of tension – between friendship and desire, between private and public, and between solidarity and alienation.

English spoken, no subtitles.

Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?) (Suneil Sanzgiri, 35 min, 2024): A kaleidoscopic blend of CGI animation, 16mm film, hand-processed film, and destroyed archival film form filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri's Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?). Part experimental documentary, part film-essay, and part fantasy, Two Refusals delves into Portugal's colonial histories across India and Africa – uncovering links and kinships that developed between historical resistance figures in the two continents, from Goa to Mozambique, and from Angola to Guinea-Bissau. The film's glistening soundtrack was composed by musician and improviser Amirtha Kidambi, who performed at last year's festival.

Indian, Portuguese and English spoken, English subtitles.