Events
Academic and artistic activities from our team members.
Academic and artistic activities from our team members.
Film Screening & Discussion "I AM HERE"
18 May 2025, Stockholm
With Sonya Imin hosted by Unga Uigurer, Sweden Uyghur youth group.
Film Screening & Discussion "I AM HERE"
18 Apr 2025, Harvard University
With Sonya Imin. Hosted by Harvard University's Uyghur student group.
Decolonial Documentation: Homeland, Survival and Belonging in Kazakh and Uyghur Filmmaking
07 Feb 2025, University of Toronto
Screenings of Nikah and I AM HERE at the Decolonial Documentation film festival hosted by the University of Toronto. Filmmaker discussion with Sonya Imin.
I AM HERE Film Screening & Discussion
International Uyghur Studies Conference 2024
Film screening and discussion of "I AM HERE" with Sonya Imin at the International Uyghur Studies Conference in Granada
Film Screening & Discussion "I Am Here."
10 Dec 2024, ULB
With Sonya Imin. The inaugural screening of "I Am Here" followed by a discussion with filmmaker Sonya Imin facilitated by the director of MSH, Vanessa Frangville.
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival Osler Best First Feature : Honourable Mention
Mukaddas Mijit, Bastien Ehouzan
Jury Statement
The jury would also like to recognize Nikah with an honorable mention for its poignant and urgent story of Dilber, a young Uyghur woman who feels the pressures to find a husband for a safer future.
ChinaFile Presents: Nikah, a Film Screening and Discussion
Asia Society New York City
Nikah screening and discussion at Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Elliott School of International Affairs Washington, D.C
Film Screening and Discussion: Nikah (The Wedding) at IAAS, Harvard University
Nikah at CAAMFest (International Asian American Film Festival)) San Francisco
40th VC Film Fest Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature
In the Narrative Features section, jurors Masami Kawai, Yuliya Kim, Kristen Lee Balagtas and Rahat Mahajan bestowed the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature to NIKAH directed by Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit.
The jury shared their thoughts on the film: “We were moved by this quiet portrayal of a young Uyghur woman and her family navigating life in the late 2010s within a Uyghur community. Directors Bastien Ehouzan and Mukaddas Mijit skillfully invite the viewer into the texture of everyday life for Uyghyr families, including: the unfolding tragedy of political unrest and genocide, the nuance of gendered roles and expectations, and also the essence of mutual support in the Uyghur community. From the film’s beginning to its closing scene, NIKAH’s deft storytelling kept us rooted in a world that many of us have not yet encountered.”
Scènes en résistance à La Gaité Lyrique : Autour du film "Nikah" de Mukaddas Mijit et Bastien Ehouzan
À l’occasion de la fête du printemps, Norouz, l’expression artistique ouïghoure est à l'honneur à la Gaîté Lyrique, dans le cadre du programme Scènes en résistance.
Norouz marque le premier jour du printemps pour certaines régions d'Asie Centrale, du Moyen-Orient, des Balkans et d'autres. Pour célébrer cette fête qui met en valeur la diversité culturelle et la solidarité entre les peuples, la Gaîté Lyrique et ARTE invitent à se réunir autour du film de fiction Nikah, ainsi que des artistes qui l'ont accompagné, depuis l'Europe jusqu'à la Région Ouïghoure.
Nikah : Film screening at the festival « Femmes, Égalités, Réalités » organized by MJC Chamonix
02 Dec 2023
Dans le cadre de la 7ème édition du festival « Femmes, Égalités, Réalités » organisé par la MJC de Chamonix.
Projection du moyen métrage dramatique en présence des co-réalisatrice.teurs Mukaddas Mijit & Bastien Ehouzan.
Projection organisée en partenariat avec le Zouz collective & Marta Vini.
"Nikah", a fiction by Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan
3 Oct. 2023 (ULB)
Organized by Vanessa Frangville and Mukaddas Mijit. Co-organized by EASt (ULB). Screening followed by Q&A with Mukaddas Mijit.
Nikah : Film screening Eden Studio Briançon
6 Oct. 2023 (Briançon)
With Mukaddas Mijit. Film, livre, rencontre, témoignages : une soirée avec l’artiste ouïghoure Mukaddas Mijit.
Nikah : Film screening at U–jazdowski Cinema
29 Sept. 2023 (Poland)
With Mukaddas Mijit. U–jazdowski Cinema and the Sinopsis research group special screening of the film Nikah, followed by a discussion about the Uyghur genocide with the participation of invited guests. The event accompanies the exhibition Tell China’s Story Well.
Nikah at Rhode Island International Film Festival
11 Oct. 2023 (Rhode Island)
"Nikah" by Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan: Online screening and discussion
24 July 2023 (Online, Palacký University Olomouc)
With Mukaddas Mijit. Organized in the framework of the REMOTE XUAR EU-funded project (Summer school 2023).
La cinéaste ouïghoure Mukaddas Mijit : “La région est comme une prison à ciel ouvert”
Film review : Télérama
"Nikah" by Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan:Screening and discussion
2 May 2023 (Gent, Cine Rio)
Organized by Mukaddas Mijit, Vanessa Frangville and Sonya Imin. Screening followed by a discussion with Mukaddas Mijit.
"Nikah" by Mukaddas Mijit and Bastien Ehouzan:Screening and Q&A
1 May 2023 (Brussels, Brussels Short Film Festivals)
With Mukaddas Mijit. Screening followed by a Q&A.
Courts métrages ouïghours
18 Dec. 2022 (Paris, Cinéma des cinéastes)
Co-organized by Vanessa Frangville. Screening of four Uyghur short films.