Jali Collective

Jali Collective Celebrating Black, African & diaspora stories. Jali Film Weekender returns 28 October - 1 November 2026 www.jalicollective.co.uk

Jali Collective was founded in 2025 by three core members – Tomiwa Folorunso, Isabel Moura Mendes and Carmen Thompson. Each are long-standing producers, programmers and cultural organisers with deep roots in the film, festival and arts sectors in Edinburgh, Scotland and beyond.

Programme Highlight 🍓 STRAWBERRIES (dir. Marrakchi Laila)Hasna and Meriem leave their native Morocco to work as seasonal...
11/10/2026

Programme Highlight 🍓 STRAWBERRIES (dir. Marrakchi Laila)

Hasna and Meriem leave their native Morocco to work as seasonal laborers picking strawberries in Southern Spain. Hoping to return home and provide a better life for their families, their dreams clash with a harsh reality: abuse, harassment, and undignified working conditions at the hands of their employers. 

The bond they share as a unified sisterhood, empowers them to rise above their situation, despite the risks that are needed to advocate for their rights. They must make the difficult decision to speak out against a powerful patriarchal system, risking everything for their own personal justice.

Presented in partnership with Take One Action Film Festivals.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland.

Programme Highlight ☀️ ENJOY THE TROPIX AND HAVE A BANANA! (dir. )Snapshots of the life of an islander who is trapped in...
11/10/2026

Programme Highlight ☀️ ENJOY THE TROPIX AND HAVE A BANANA! (dir. )

Snapshots of the life of an islander who is trapped in a hamster wheel where any desire must be instantly satisfied – perhaps in the hope of making up for all those days without? Welcome to “the Tropics”! Where the paradoxes of neo-colonial daily life are at work in a suffocating economic and health context.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland

Programme Highlight 🌌 Spotlight Geração 80: AIR CONDITIONER (dir. Fradique)Sat 31 Oct, 15:30 Filmhouse EdinburghWhen the...
10/10/2026

Programme Highlight 🌌 Spotlight Geração 80: AIR CONDITIONER (dir. Fradique)

Sat 31 Oct, 15:30 Filmhouse Edinburgh

When the air-conditioners in the city of Luanda mysteriously began to fall, Matacedo (security guard) and Zezinha (maid) embark on a mission to retrieve the boss’s AC by the end of the day.

The Spotlight: Geração 80 programme offers a rare opportunity to engage the collective’s distinctive contribution to contemporary African cinema through films that reflect their commitment to innovative storytelling, visual experimentation and authentic representations of Angolan life and culture.

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With support from Gulbenkian

Programme Highlight 🌌 Spotlight Geração 80: LUCIA IN THE SKY WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS (dir. Ery Claver)Sat 31 Oct, 15:30 Film...
10/10/2026

Programme Highlight 🌌 Spotlight Geração 80: LUCIA IN THE SKY WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS (dir. Ery Claver)

Sat 31 Oct, 15:30 Filmhouse Edinburgh

Lucia is constantly ostracised and silenced by a sexist society that never considers her opinions, wishes or desires. She is the silent account of a woman confined to a role or function without the right to be, think or express opinions. She is merely a corporeal existence, used only to satisfy the needs and wants of others.

The Spotlight: Geração 80 programme offers a rare opportunity to engage the collective’s distinctive contribution to contemporary African cinema through films that reflect their commitment to innovative storytelling, visual experimentation and authentic representations of Angolan life and culture.

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With support from Gulbenkian

Programme Highlight 🌑 THE PROPHET (dir. Ique Langa)Sat 31 Oct, 13:00 Filmhouse EdinburghIn the village of Manjacaze, Moz...
09/10/2026

Programme Highlight 🌑 THE PROPHET (dir. Ique Langa)

Sat 31 Oct, 13:00 Filmhouse Edinburgh

In the village of Manjacaze, Mozambique, Pastor Hélder struggles with a fading faith. His small congregation dwindles, his sermons fail to inspire, and his wife Helena’s prayers for a child go unanswered.

Desperate for meaning and success, Hélder turns to a Sangoma, a traditional healer who connects him to spirits promising power and miracles. At first, things seem to work, Hélder’s congregation grows and people hail him as a prophet. But his newfound powers come with a darker cost: the spirits begin to demand human sacrifices.

Haunted by guilt and trapped by his own choices, Hélder must confront his inner demons and the limits of faith, redemption and truth. Told through the voice of Ernesto, a dead man turned ancestor, The Prophet (O Profeta), is a haunting and poetic meditation on belief, guilt and spiritual transformation.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland.

Programme Highlight ✨ What We Know Of Ourselves: GOD SLEEPS ON SUNDAYS (dir. Naishe Nyamubaya)Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhous...
08/10/2026

Programme Highlight ✨ What We Know Of Ourselves: GOD SLEEPS ON SUNDAYS (dir. Naishe Nyamubaya)

Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse Edinburgh

James, a Christian preacher who has fallen from grace after a corruption scandal in the city, is assigned to build a new church in a distant rural community. Accompanied by his wife Mavis, he views this as a second chance for himself and his family. However, Chirongoma, a staunch and revered traditional healer already inhabits the land bought by the church.

The film is screening as part of 'What We Know Of Ourselves', a short film programme that considers what it means to claim space in a world that has already decided where you belong.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland.

Programme Highlight ✨ What We Know Of Ourselves: WHISPERS OF A BURNING SCENT (dir. Mo Harawe)Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse...
08/10/2026

Programme Highlight ✨ What We Know Of Ourselves: WHISPERS OF A BURNING SCENT (dir. Mo Harawe)

Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse Edinburgh

On the day of a crucial court hearing, a wedding musician faces his crumbling marriage, his stepchildren’s judgment, and his own guilt. Forced to make a restrained but irreversible decision, the film observes a man whose inner truth remains elusive, caught between devotion, dignity and loss.

The film is screening as part of 'What We Know Of Ourselves', a short film programme that considers what it means to claim space in a world that has already decided where you belong.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland.

Programme Highlight🌲 What We Know Of Ourselves: BUCKSKIN (dir. mars mars mars)Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse EdinburghAn ex...
08/10/2026

Programme Highlight🌲 What We Know Of Ourselves: BUCKSKIN (dir. mars mars mars)

Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse Edinburgh

An experimental portrait of the filmmaker’s grandfather: Carroll B. Williams Jr., a ground-breaking African-American forester, reflecting on his work and legacy in the twilight of his life.

The film is screening as part of 'What We Know Of Ourselves', a short film programme that considers what it means to claim space in a world that has already decided where you belong.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland.

Programme Highlight ✨What We Know Of Ourselves: GLASS BRICKS (dir. SIMONE.)Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse EdinburghDeconstr...
08/10/2026

Programme Highlight ✨What We Know Of Ourselves: GLASS BRICKS (dir. SIMONE.)

Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse Edinburgh

Deconstructing what it means to be a man, 'Glass Bricks' challenges the outward presentation of gender conformity through self-expression. Giving us a peak behind the curtain, Finessa Jawn walks us through the process of what it takes to get into drag.

The film is screening as part of 'What We Know Of Ourselves', a short film programme that considers what it means to claim space in a world that has already decided where you belong.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland.

Programme Highlight ✨What We Know Of Ourselves: OBI IS A BOY (dir. Dika.)Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse EdinburghA femme-pr...
08/10/2026

Programme Highlight ✨What We Know Of Ourselves: OBI IS A BOY (dir. Dika.)

Sat 31 Oct, 10:30 Filmhouse Edinburgh

A femme-presenting young man returns home for his mother’s funeral and is forced to navigate the violence and gender expectations that have shaped his fractured relationship with his father and his place in the community.

The film is screening as part of 'What We Know Of Oursleves', a short film programme that considers what it means to claim space in a world that has already decided where you belong.

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With support from Screen Scotland & Film Hub Scotland.

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