# INTERFILM 42 In Conversation: Talal Afifi – What Can a Militant Image Do? - Sudan, Political Cinema and the Conditions of Visibility

INTERFILM 42 In Conversation: Talal Afifi – What Can a Militant Image Do? - Sudan, Political Cinema and the Conditions of Visibility at Roter Salon, Thursday 12 November 2026, 20:00.

- Price: Free
- Venue: Roter Salon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz 1, 10178 Berlin
- With: Talal Afifi
- Get tickets: https://interfilm.filmchief.com/shop/tickets?v=11976
- Go to page: https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/interfilm-42/

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A conversation about political and militant cinema in Sudan, accompanied by clips from Sudanese films. The guest is Talal Afifi, a Sudanese film curator and producer who founded the Sudan Film Factory and the Sudan Independent Film Festival. It asks what militant film can mean today – with themes such as war, occupation, authoritarianism and the struggle over the control of images. It also explores how images can become forms of collective memory and political agency. In curatorial cooperation with the Sudan Film Factory.

## Dates

- Thursday 12 November 20:00 — Roter Salon

Written by a model, sources: [visitberlin.de](https://www.visitberlin.de/de/event/interfilm42-conversation-talal-afifi-what-can-militant-image-do-sudan-political-cinema-and), [volksbuehne-berlin.de](https://www.volksbuehne-berlin.de/produktionen/interfilm-42/20261112-1900/)

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