ZELIKHA ZOHRA SHOJA

Bibi Amir (2021)

Single-channel digital video, color, stereo sound

13'16"


"I am a future ghost. I am getting ready for my haunting." 

A family gathers to remember a deceased matriarch. Despite a lack of material remnants to trace her life, the family recollect on their shared memories and ultimately reveal an unknowability of her quiet life.

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screenings

2024

(Virtual) arebyte on screen, London, UK

2023

Needles in a Haystack, Bulgaria Fund for Women, National Gallery of Art – Palace, Sofia, Bulgaria

Moving Image from Central Asia by DAVRA Collective, Bactria Cultural Centre, Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Cultural Center Kuduk, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Goethe Institute of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Goethe Institute of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2021

Tracings, Governors Island and the Living Gallery, New York, NY

Acorazado Film Festival, Caracas, Venezuela

MENA Film Festival Society, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, Canada

Roma Short Film Festival, Rome, Italy

New York Tri-State International Film Festival, New York, NY 

Centrally Isolated Film Festival, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY 

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