Between Co-Option and Solidarity

Show notes

In an increasingly dark global climate, what does it mean for film festivals to platform and for filmmakers to produce ‘political’ work, particularly short films, with their particular space for immediacy and radical expression? When work is made with political or activist intent, what tensions arise when they encounter a Euro/Western centric and elite industry? Iranian filmmaker Saleh Kashefi, Brazilian curator Heitor Augusto, and Talking Shorts commissioning editor Sanne Jehoul discuss some thoughts and provocations around power imbalances, the damage of competition-driven programming practices, who sets aesthetic standards, and more. In collaboration with **Programmers of Colour Collective **and Talking Shorts. 

Films in discussion are: Estamos todos aqui (We Are All Here) by Chica Andrade and Rafael Mellim Filme sem querer (Film or Not Film) by Lincoln Péricles And How Miserable is the Home of Evil by Saleh Kashefi How to Order Online by Jules Ramage I Signed the Petition by Mahdi Fleifel

Length: 62:09 Recorded: 15 September, 2025

Host and Curator: Sanne Jehoul Speaker: Heitor Augusto, Saleh Kashefi Music Composer: Marcus Lori Sound Design: Clemens Litschko Editor and Producer: Anne Rethfeldt

The DOK Industry Podcast 2025 is realised in partnership with POC2 Programmers of Colour Collective, What’s Up With Docs Podcast and Talking Shorts, and supported by film.macht.kritisch - Der Podcast über das andere Kino.

You can find out more about our collaborators here.