- Moving Histories: DAVRA
- 72
- NR
Screening Dates
“Moving Histories” brings together works by five women artists that explore complex and interconnected histories, weaving intimate family narratives into broader national and transnational movements. The program includes two cinematic works—Zumrad Mirzalieva’s Tashkent 58–88 (2023–25) and Dana Iskakova’s Whose Voice is This? (2024)—that honour the legacy of regional filmmaking in Central Asia through the research and artistic networks developed by DAVRA, the research-based collective established by artist Saodat Ismailova. Alongside these works, Parwana Haydar’s House of History (2025), Daria Kim’s 1937 (2024–25), and Zelikha Zohra Shoja’s In Search of Bluer Tongues (2026) situate intimate, individual experiences within moments of profound political and social transformation.
Introduction and post-screening conversation with filmmaker Zumrad Mirzalieva, moderated by Vancouver-based artist and filmmaker Althea Thauberger. This program is curated by Dilda Ramazan.
Tashkent 58–88
Uzbekistan 2023–2025
Zumrad Mirzalieva
15 min. DCP
In Russian with English subtitles
House of History
United Kingdom/Afghanistan 2025
Parwana Haydar
11 min. DCP
In Dari with English subtitles
1937
Uzbekistan/Germany 2025
Daria Kim
16 min. DCP
No dialogue
Whose Voice is This?
Kazakhstan/Uzbekistan/Germany 2024
Dana Iskakova
14 min. DCP
In Kazakh and Russian with English subtitles
In Search of Bluer Tongues
USA 2026
Zelikha Zohra Shoja
16 min. DCP
In Dari, Turkish, and English with English subtitles
Presented in partnership with Western Front.
Media
Note
Presented as the concluding event of Saodat Ismailova’s solo show Other Light at Western Front, this screening extends the exhibition’s engagement with Central Asia beyond the borders of the former Soviet Union. Together, the works consider a region continually shaped by interior and exterior displacement.