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The Screening
What Is Be Water
Be Water is a hybrid event that connects in-cinema viewers with online audiences through a collaborative immersive experience. Its multi-device platform allows people to participate using a phone, laptop, TV, or VR/MR headset, creating a shared cultural experience that connects audiences across physical and digital spaces. Be Water events are supported by the “Immersual platform”, designed to connect artists working on socially impactful subjects with audiences worldwide while addressing censorship concerns and enabling audience anonymity for those who wish to support artworks anonymously.
About the Event
For this event, Be Water focuses on the Woman, Life, Freedom movement on its fourth anniversary. This month marks four years since the 2022 uprising in Iran. On 16 September 2022, 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Jina Amini died in police custody after being detained for allegedly violating mandatory hijab rules. Her death ignited nationwide protests demanding fundamental rights and freedoms. The short animation “For Freedom” is a tribute to the movement.
Event Timeline
Platform Opens
The online platform opens for all participants to explore the immersive rooms.
Doors Open
Doors open for in-person participants (Abaton Kino venue, Hamburg, Germany).
Meet the Designer
Meet the Immersual Platform designer at the Immersive Virtual Gallery.
Movie Screening
Movie Screening (online and at Abaton Kino): short animation "For Freedom".
Post-screening Q&A
With Laleh Alipour, director, and Mohammadreza Mazarei, producer of "For Freedom".
Discussion Room
"What does it mean to anonymise your crew and audience?" — a dialogue with Tzewoon Chan, director of Blue Island (2022), at Abaton Kino and live on the online platform.
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