To mark Refugee Week 2024 the Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone will be showing two short films from a film programme curated by Counterpoints Arts and Other Cinemas – two organisations who work across intersections of racial justice, migration, and climate. The films are based around the theme of ‘Our Home’.

6.30pm: Little Pyongyang, dir. Roxy Rezvany (Running time 24 mins)

With exclusive access to one of the world’s largest community on North Korean defectors, this is a tale of one North Korean’s struggle to leave behind the homeland. Joong-wha Choi, a former soldier in the DPRK, lives today with his wife and kids in a sleepy London suburb.  Despite enjoying the new found comforts of his British life, and being emancipated from the pressures of the North Korean state, his dilemma lies in a desire to return to the land that betrayed him, but is undoubtedly his true home.

7pm: I Carry It With Me Everywhere, dir. Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah (Running time 18m 47s)

I Carry It With Me Everywhere draws a line across multiple temporalities and registers of immigrant life, uniting three different stories of migration in Northwest London through a shared condition of fragmentation.

Both films are free to watch but booking is required.