Home: Short Films Screening + Q&A
Join us for a programme of exceptional short films curated by actress and writer Sarah Agha, exploring stories of migration and refugee narratives.
The Arab Film Club returns to the Southbank Centre this June for a special screening for Refugee Week, which this year has the central theme of ‘Home’.
Each title has been written and directed by a refugee filmmaker or draws on real life experience. These films demonstrate the power of cinema and humanise struggle and injustice through art.
The screening is followed by a Q&A hosted by Sarah Agha with the filmmakers on stage.
This event is part of our Refugee Week programme, and our summer season You Belong Here, which explores how we create and foster a sense of belonging in our communities and with our audiences so that everyone feels like Southbank Centre is a home away from home.
Presented in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts
Need to know
Times & tickets
Dates, times and prices
Standard entry
Free*
* Excludes £3.50 booking fee.
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For your visit
This event is held at the Purcell Room Southbank Centre
The Purcell Room is located in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, which is open from 90 minutes before events start until they finish. It’s closed at all other times.
Plan your visit
The Purcell Room is an auditorium located within our Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Getting here
Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.
We’re cash-free
Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.
Access
We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.
All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.
All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.
Food & drink
Within the Queen Elizabeth Hall you’ll find our glass-fronted Concrete Cafe, the ideal spot to recharge, or catch up with friends, whilst the bustle of Central London and the River Thames carries on around you.
From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.