The Map is not The Territory. On contemporary representations of migration and displacement.

In a time when nationalism is on the rise in Europe, the topics of forced displacement and economic migration are often misused in order to create a climate of anxiety and social division.
How does one deal with the reality of another human being? Is it at all possible to escape the inner bubble of our own minds in order to understand something we have no direct experience of? These are the questions the proposed panel aims to address, while inviting the audience to explore the issues of otherness and the limitations of empathy. 

The panel will be presented in relation to the competition program The Map is not The Territory.

 

Invited filmmakers: Anton Bialas, Beina Xu, Forensic Architecture (representative)

Invited speakers: Gabriela Leu, Nisreen Rubaian

Moderator: Diana Meseșan