Miranda Pennell / Uk / 10’ / 2024

Gaza, December 2023. A confrontation with a disturbing photograph on social media
triggers questions about what it means to be an onlooker.

Directed by Miranda Pennell
Written by Miranda Pennell
Editing and sound Miranda Pennell
with the voice of John Smith
Audio mix Philippe Ciompi

Miranda Pennell
Miranda Pennell is a London-based filmmaker whose work often recycles images from British colonial archives to reflect on contemporary situations. Her films have screened at New York Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, FID Marseille, Viennale, Rotterdam International Film Festival, London International Film Festival among others. Some of her work is available for streaming on LUXPLAYER and DAFilms.com. Recent group exhibitions include Evil Eye: The Parralel Histories of Optics and Ballistics (2023) Tabakalera Centre for Contemporary Culture, San Sebastian.
She is currently developing new commission for the Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.