Unseen
UNSEEN is a film club at 8/10 Kaliska Street that amplifies diverse voices — particularly those of emerging and under-represented filmmakers. We aim to screen films that reveal what often remains unseen — both in subject matter and form.
UNSEEN consists of monthly gatherings: screenings + discussions + a space for getting to know one another, exchanging ideas and collaborating.
We aim to build a grassroots film community — connecting new people with the wider scene and supporting fresh perspectives.
The overarching theme of UNSEEN in 2026 is the idea of ROOTS. Both as something that nourishes, expands and sustains, something without clear paths, but also something that is usually invisible (which again ties in with the project’s name). The aim is to seek out works that, within their contexts, address the issue of roots, whether as an exploration, a provocation, a threat or a transformation.
Curators of DKF UNSEEN: Natalia Lis, Pavel Tavares, Stanley Ndua.
UNSEEN vol. 1
Our first screening presents two works by Ghassan Salhab – one of the most important voices in contemporary Lebanese cinema. Born in Dakar (1958), living in Beirut, Salhab has spent years making films that refuse to separate the political from the poetic. He is not only a director but also a screenwriter, teacher, essayist, and author of books.
Posthumous
Shot some time after the Israeli attack that took place in the summer of 2006, "Posthume" is an essay haunted at once by the present absence of any fiction, and the omnipresence of the real.
No Title
‘Disaster ruins everything while leaving everything as it is, wrote Maurice Blanchot. Everything.’ – Ghassan Salhab. From the southern districts of Beirut to southern Lebanon, a car winds its way through the devastated country. No title for such desolation.
Free admission!
Kaliska 8/10
23 April, 8.00 pm
Colophone
DKF UNSEEN is part of the project ‘Centre for Cultural and Artistic Activities of Strefa WolnoSłowa – Kaliska 8/10’, funded by the City of Warsaw.