Featuring work from the six artists shortlisted for the prestigious 2025 Film London Jarman Award, the exhibition will offer audiences the chance to explore an extraordinary range of boundary pushing moving image work.

The nominated artists are Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah, Karimah Ashadu, Onyeka Igwe, Hope Strickland, Morgan Quaintance and George Finlay Ramsay.

Hope Strickland’s ‘a river holds a perfect memory’ (2024) meanders gently across waterways in Jamaica, from a leisurely raft on the Martha Brae River to a night-time boat trip in Falmouth’s bioluminescent Lagoon. Shifting focus to the impact of industry on the waters of northern England, the film uses water to explore the entanglement of these supposedly disparate communities.

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Commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and Touchstones Rochdale with support from HOME, Manchester. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.