Notes on Staying brings together short films, documentaries, and a music film from Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, and Cyprus, each centered on the rhythms of ordinary life. Rather than framing endurance as a public spectacle, the program explores how staying inhabits cinema itself—nested in quiet gestures, steady routines, and the subtle textures of daily life that only reveal their weight upon closer look.

Presented at Gropius Bau as part of Spätschicht, a monthly, free event series with an interdisciplinary program ranging from talks and book presentations to film screenings, concerts, and DJ sets. This month's edition is created in collaboration with al.Berlin, Refuge Worldwide, and Sonic Interventions.

Programme

they gave me a camera to know where I'm from

Florenza Deniz Incirli,  Cypruss 2026, 11 mins. Experimental, English, Cypriot & Turkish with English subtitles

(Bitter Greens, Tangled Roots) مرارة الزيتون

Abdallah Dannaoui, United Kingdom, Morocco, Lebanon 2024, 20 mins. Documentary, Arabic with English subtitles

(Lovely Butterfly) فراشة لطيفة

Fairouz Hasan, Palestine 2026, 20 min. Documentary, Arabic with English subtitles

Crowd Control

Milad Pahlavani, Iran 2025, 2:34 mins. Music Video, Farsi with English subtitles