SAFAR Festival, one of the UK’s most beloved Arab cinema festivals returns to Birmingham, bringing the best of independent Arab storytelling to the big screen. We’re thrilled to collaborate with SAFAR once again for the West Midlands premiere of A State of Passion (2025)—an urgent and powerful new documentary by acclaimed filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi Join us before the screening for a short vigil, honouring all our martyrs through poetry, music and testimonies. Palestinian sage tea and honey will be provided. Stay for a conversation after the film with Dr Alan Kessedijan (who has been involved with supporting mental health training initiatives in the West Bank on and off for 15 years) and Yafa Ajweh, a lactation consultant who works with GINA (Gaza Infant Nutrition Alliance) to learn more about the tireless efforts of healthcare workers in Gaza who work in near impossible conditions of being under constant bombardment, forced famine and working with the bare minimum.