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Abla Kan

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Curator, journalist, researcher (@_imapress , @thegardencinema , @filmsofresistance_, @clermontisff )

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Trip to Cairo for the #diwanalarab awards ceremony, this year honouring Palestine in Arabic literature. by @ablakand

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What a pleasure it was speaking @britishfilminstitute FAN CON in Newcastle on Green film exhibition. Huge thanks to the @greenfilmnetwork for having me on the panel. #greenfilm #climatejustice #bfifancon by @ablakand

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Anti‑Imperialist Film Club, we choose one movie to watch and dissect through an anti‑imperialist lens.

🎥 This week’s film: Ghost in the Machine directed by Valerie Veatch.

Ileana Chan @ileanacforpeace is joined by special guest, Abla Kandalaft @ablakand.

Abla Kandalaft is a London‑based journalist, researcher, and film programmer. She serves as Chair of the Independent Media Association. She is part of the team behind Mydylarama, an outlet dedicated to global cinema and cultural commentary and a programmer and curator at the Garden Cinema in London and other venues and festivals.

Need a recommendation for what to watch? Or help cutting through imperialist propaganda? That’s exactly what we’re here for. by @ablakand

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Check out our First Episode of our NEW series! The Anti-Imperialist Film Club.

Every Friday 8am London / 3pm Beijing.

Every week on the Anti‑Imperialist Film Club, we choose one movie to watch and dissect through an anti‑imperialist lens.

🎥 This week’s film: Bullet in the Head by John Woo. Watch it in advance and be ready for the discussion!

Co‑hosted by Asa Winstanley @asawinstanley and Ileana Chan @ileanacforpeace every other week, with your favourite anti‑imperialists jumping in as special guests in between.

Need a recommendation for what to watch? Or help cutting through imperialist propaganda? That’s exactly what we’re here for.

Upcoming Special Guests:
🎙️ @ablakand 🎥 Ghost in the Machine
🎙️ @tripl0i 🎥 Dead to Rights by @ablakand

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“We should never underestimate the lengths that the British state will go to silence and crack down on dissent and non violent protest... We made this film, The Day Innocence Died, about the aftermath of a civil rights march... and the British state responded by opening fire and murdering 14 people.”

In a vital conversation, co-director Richard York of the Rainbow Collective breaks down the cyclical nature of state oppression. The Day Innocence Died documents the immediate legacy of the Bloody Sunday massacre—a moment where a community marching for equal rights and better living conditions under military occupation was met with lethal state violence.

York warns that the historical lengths the state went to then are directly mirrored in the present day. As modern public authorities increasingly weaponize the courts to hold peaceful climate, anti-war, and human rights protesters on extended remand or threaten them with severe terror charges, the message remains clear: state self-preservation always target dissent first.

https://thedayinnocencedied.com/

📍 London

📅 13 July 2026

#TheDayInnocenceDied #BloodySunday #RainbowCollective #CivilRights #StateOppression ProtestRights FreeSpeech IrishHistory TheCanary IndependentJournalism by @ablakand

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I will be speaking at #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference run by @cijournalismuk on 25-26 June 2026 at Goldsmiths, University of London.
See the full programme here:

https://tcij.org/summer-conference/cij-summer-conference-2026/programme/ by @ablakand

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London screenings of ‘The Day Innocence Died’ @richmixlondon (18 June) @berthadochouse (4&7) July and a special screening and conversation with @thecanaryuk @thegardencinema (13 July) tickets via links in bios produced with @bloodysundayt and @museumfreederry by @ablakand

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The Day Innocence Died: Bloody Sunday and the Fight for Justice + Q&A on 13 July, 18:20
https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/the-day-innocence-died-bloody-sunday-and-the-fight-for-justice-qa/

At The Garden Cinema in collaboration with @thecanaryuk

Derry, 1972; As the civil rights movement across the North of Ireland begins to secure unprecedented wins, the British state responds with lethal force, murdering 14 people and sparking a 60 year fight for justice and accountability by a community for whom everything had changed.

From the acclaimed directors of ‘To Kill a War Machine’ and the community who took on the British state and won, ‘The Day Innocence Died’ tells the story of the Bloody Sunday massacre and its legacy, weaving unheard testimonies and indelible archive footage into an epic cinematic documentary.

@irish.artists.for.palestine @irishinlondon4palestine @workingclasshistory @irishculturalcentre by @ablakand

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Valerie Veatch has directed a film about the dark side of AI called the Ghost in the Machine

For more go to : NotAIdoc.com by @ablakand

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🙌 @thecanaryuk 's print edition is now on sale at selected newsagents around the UK. Interactive map with your nearest retailer in this article: https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/05/23/canary-daily-newspaper/ by @ablakand

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In episode 72 of Global Majority for Peace, Ileana Chan is joined by Abla Kandalaft, a London‑based journalist, researcher, and film programmer. She is a media consultant and writer for The Canary, serves as Chair of the Independent Media Association, is part of the team behind Mydylarama (an outlet dedicated to global cinema and cultural commentary), and a programmer and curator at the Garden Cinema in London and other venues and festivals.

We discuss storytelling as resistance, Hollywood's role as an arm of US empire, and how Iran is winning the meme war by turning America's own cultural tools against it. by @ablakand

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Post-festival trawl through the shots sent by @lecourtclermont 's talented photographers. Had such a blast moderating the panels and one of the most captivating masterclasses ever with Tran Anh Hung. #shortfilm #clermontff26 by @ablakand

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