Azar Saiyar’s Laila’s Apple (2021) will be screened at 20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, held from November 18–25 2022 in Germany. Laila’s Apple will be screened in the programme “Touching Moments” on Saturday, November 19, at 20:00 and on Thursday, November 24, at 20:30.

Composed of archive footage and interviews, Laila’s Apple is a video work about childhood, growing up, learning and rules.

Azar Saiyar is a Helsinki-based filmmaker and visual artist. She often uses archive materials and plays with images and words of collective memory to look towards ways of looking, remembering and storytelling. Her films have been screened at international film and media art festivals, galleries, exhibitions, museums and broadcast on television.

20minmax International Short Film Festival Ingolstadt, November 8–25 2022, Germany

More information: 20minmax

AV-arkki has promoted and distributed Finnish media art since 1989. AV-arkki’s promotional efforts have made the artists’ participation in this event possible.