Sandpit Collective

Sandpit Collective Disrupting mainstream narratives through film.

Otherness, memory & resistance on screen
Our film programme Other Asias is now in cycle: ASWAAT / Voices
>Based in Brighton

Agency, in times of conflict, often appears in small acts. In hope. In normality.To dream is to resist. And that’s power...
22/04/2026

Agency, in times of conflict, often appears in small acts. In hope. In normality.

To dream is to resist.
And that’s power within.

Ayny (2016)
Animation by Ahmad Saleh (Palestine)

Catch this and other short films, animated and live-action, in our upcoming event exploring power: within and without.
Followed by our open collage session.

TUESDAY 28 APRIL, 7PM


>>Tickets via link in bio or The Rose Hill website

Power is not only something that sits outside of us or above us. It is also something we absorb, carry, reproduce, and s...
10/04/2026

Power is not only something that sits outside of us or above us. It is also something we absorb, carry, reproduce, and sometimes resist.

For the closing night of the Mirrors for Princes season, Sandpit Collective presents a programme of Palestinian and Iranian short films.

Screening followed by tea, cake, conversation, and a collective collage session.

Tickets via link in our bio or the Rose Hill website.

لب جوی نشین و گذر عمر ببین Bar lab-e juy neshin o gozar-e ‘omr bebin ‘Sit by the stream, and study the passing of ...
02/04/2026

لب جوی نشین و گذر عمر ببین
Bar lab-e juy neshin
o gozar-e ‘omr bebin

‘Sit by the stream,
and study the passing of things.’

Sizdah Bedar is the 13th day of Nowruz (Persian New Year), a day to leave
the خانه (home), step into طبیعت (nature),
and release what we have carried.

This gesture where سبزه (sprouted greens),
grown for the new year, is returned to آب روان (flowing water)

to let go, cleanse, begin again.

In Taxi (Jafar Panahi, 2015),
a goldfish is carried through the city in urgency, a small life, held carefully, on its way back to water.

رسید مژده که ایام غم نخواهد ماند
چنان نماند و چنین نیز هم نخواهد ماند

Resīd mojda ke ayyām-e gham
nakhāhad mānd

Chenān namānad o chenīn nīz ham
nakhāhad mānd

“This too shall pass.”

In the tradition of Mirrors for Princes,
we welcome this reminder:

that holding and releasing are both part of wisdom.

May the رودها (rivers) carry away sorrow,
may the زمین (land) renew itself in tenderness, may spring reach every خانه (home), every دل (heart).

Poetry: Hafez Shirazi 1325–1390م
Image 1: © Haruka Misawa, Fish Series
Image 2: Taxi (2015), dir. Jafar Panahi

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Following last night’s mehfil at the Rose Hill, where the Persian String Collective gathered to mark Nowruz, we wanted t...
20/03/2026

Following last night’s mehfil at the Rose Hill, where the Persian String Collective gathered to mark Nowruz, we wanted to share something for today.

Nowruz marks the beginning of the new year in Iran and the arrival of spring.
It’s a time rooted in renewal, of nature, of relationships, of starting again.

This year, it also coincides with Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan. This is a rare convergence, and it is arriving at a difficult time.

Across Iran and in the diaspora, many people are living through this time with grief, distance, and ongoing violence. Celebrations may be less evident, but the meaning of the day hasn’t disappeared. If anything, it feels more important.

So this is just to acknowledge the day, as it is:

renewal, even when things are uncertain
the idea that something can begin again, even if slowly

نوروز مبارک
عید مبارک

Which parts of ourselves do we perform so we can be seen?Before tomorrow’s screening of Layla, we put together a playlis...
02/03/2026

Which parts of ourselves do we perform so we can be seen?

Before tomorrow’s screening of Layla, we put together a playlist of diasporic club sounds that sit in the same world as the film.

Have a listen and come join us at The Rose Hill this Tuesday so we can watch and create together.

After the film, we’ll be staying for an open collage session. Just a space to chat, hang out and make something in response to what we’ve watched.

All materials provided. No experience needed. Everyone’s welcome.

Tickets + playlist link in our bio.

3 March: LAYLA (2024)Join us for the next edition of our current film cycle, Mirrors for Princes: An Exploration of Powe...
22/02/2026

3 March: LAYLA (2024)

Join us for the next edition of our current film cycle, Mirrors for Princes: An Exploration of Power, Within and Without.

A contemporary portrait of love, visibility, and belonging, Layla follows a British-Palestinian drag performer navigating intimacy, performance, and the pressures of recognition across different social worlds.

The Rose Hill, Brighton
3 March, 7pm
Tickets in our bio

The screening will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by an optional collective collage-making session.
We’re assembling a collective zine with the collages created this season.

Come create and be part of our story.

Everyone’s welcome.

🌄 Presented as part of Sandpit Collective’s Film Programme Other Asias, in partnership with the University of Sussex.

Join us tomorrow as we open Mirrors for Princes with The Syrian Bride (2004), directed by Eran Riklis.Set in a Druze vil...
02/02/2026

Join us tomorrow as we open Mirrors for Princes with The Syrian Bride (2004), directed by Eran Riklis.

Set in a Druze village divided by borders, the film follows a young woman on her wedding day as she is forced to confront a devastating reality. Crossing a political line means losing the right to ever return home. What should be a celebration becomes a negotiation with power, paperwork, and permanence.

The film will be followed by discussion and our collective collage making session.

See you there!

Check our bio for tickets!
THE ROSE HILL/ 03 FEB / 7PM

Please note: Wedding in Galilee will no longer be screened as part of our opening event. Our opening screening for Mirro...
01/02/2026

Please note: Wedding in Galilee will no longer be screened as part of our opening event. Our opening screening for Mirrors for Princes will now be The Syrian Bride (2004), directed by Eran Riklis.

Join us to discuss and create afterwards.

This Tuesday, 3 February at The Rose Hill Brighton - 7PM.

All tickets remain valid. Refunds are available for anyone who prefers not to attend.

One week until our Mirrors for Princes film season begins.Join us for the films and stay after each screening to make to...
27/01/2026

One week until our Mirrors for Princes film season begins.

Join us for the films and stay after each screening to make together.

>>>Tickets via link in our bio

First screening of the year, back at !We open our Mirrors for Princes film cycle with Wedding in Galilee (1987), direct...
18/01/2026

First screening of the year, back at !
We open our Mirrors for Princes film cycle with Wedding in Galilee (1987), directed by Michel Khleifi.

Often cited as the first feature film to depict Palestinian life made by a Palestinian filmmaker, Wedding in Galilee was released at a time when Palestinian stories were largely absent from cinema. The film went on to win the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.

Set in a Palestinian village in Galilee, the story centres on a wedding day. What begins as a celebration is shaped by tension when military authority enters even the most intimate moments of daily life.

Following the screening, you are invited to respond creatively to the film through collage. The works created will be gathered throughout the season into a collective zine

TICKETS THROUGH THE LINK IN OUR BIO!
03 FEBRUARY- THE ROSE HILL- 7PM

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