Kannan Arunasalam
@kamalakkannan.bsky.social
British–Tamil filmmaker. New feature docs: ‘Republic of Amnesia’ & ‘Possible Landscapes’
Oxford | Cambridge | Cornell
Glasgow — Colombo — Jaffna
Oxford | Cambridge | Cornell
Glasgow — Colombo — Jaffna
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my book (!) ‘A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka’ encompassing a decade of research on Tamil photographic practices set against a backdrop of ethno/nationalist conflict & the island’s turbulent post/war out Spring 26 uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
A Volatile Picture
uwapress.uw.edu
October 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
my book (!) ‘A Volatile Picture: War and the Political Work of Photography in Sri Lanka’ encompassing a decade of research on Tamil photographic practices set against a backdrop of ethno/nationalist conflict & the island’s turbulent post/war out Spring 26 uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Thinking back to a wonderful time at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, where ‘Possible Landscapes’ was in competition for best documentary feature. Possible Landscapes (2025, 105 mins, US) is an exploration of intergenerational lived experience of Caribbean environments, filmed over two seasons.
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thinking back to a wonderful time at the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, where ‘Possible Landscapes’ was in competition for best documentary feature. Possible Landscapes (2025, 105 mins, US) is an exploration of intergenerational lived experience of Caribbean environments, filmed over two seasons.
At Glasgow’s GOMA, having seen Hock Aun Teh’s artist’s talk, energetic and inspiring
September 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
At Glasgow’s GOMA, having seen Hock Aun Teh’s artist’s talk, energetic and inspiring
The inimitable Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor (1975)
September 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The inimitable Robert Redford in Three Days of the Condor (1975)
What a legend. Amazing movies like Three Days of the Condor (1975) and of course, Sundance
September 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What a legend. Amazing movies like Three Days of the Condor (1975) and of course, Sundance
I love this old photograph of my father: with a mango leaf, Appa guides my brother’s hand across grains of rice — the passing of knowledge through simple gestures. I don’t know who took the picture (the framing is beautiful), but it was most likely with Appa’s Minolta, which he carried everywhere
August 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I love this old photograph of my father: with a mango leaf, Appa guides my brother’s hand across grains of rice — the passing of knowledge through simple gestures. I don’t know who took the picture (the framing is beautiful), but it was most likely with Appa’s Minolta, which he carried everywhere
The BlackStar festival was “leaning into the moment” by highlighting films about legacy and the power of community building, as well as labour and economics” www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... #CinemaForLiberation #BSFF25
The ‘Black Sundance’ honoring film-makers of color and focusing on community building
BlackStar Film Festival is ‘leaning into the moment’ with films defying genres and centering solidarity among groups
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The BlackStar festival was “leaning into the moment” by highlighting films about legacy and the power of community building, as well as labour and economics” www.theguardian.com/culture/2025... #CinemaForLiberation #BSFF25
We’re proud to partner with BlackStar fest, a space for “politically engaged, aesthetically bold, and community-rooted cinema,” for the world premiere of ‘Possible Landscapes’.
Sunday, August 3rd 3:00pm
Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Philadelphia
#CinemaForLiberation
#BSFF25
Sunday, August 3rd 3:00pm
Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Philadelphia
#CinemaForLiberation
#BSFF25
July 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We’re proud to partner with BlackStar fest, a space for “politically engaged, aesthetically bold, and community-rooted cinema,” for the world premiere of ‘Possible Landscapes’.
Sunday, August 3rd 3:00pm
Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Philadelphia
#CinemaForLiberation
#BSFF25
Sunday, August 3rd 3:00pm
Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Philadelphia
#CinemaForLiberation
#BSFF25
Reposted by Kannan Arunasalam
#OnThisDay in 1936 #Sachsenhausen concentration camp was established in Oranienburg to hold political prisoners. In this image, prisoners perform forced labour at the camp
Find out more about the development of SS camps via #TheHolocaustExplained buff.ly/rZ5IJ8J
Find out more about the development of SS camps via #TheHolocaustExplained buff.ly/rZ5IJ8J
July 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#OnThisDay in 1936 #Sachsenhausen concentration camp was established in Oranienburg to hold political prisoners. In this image, prisoners perform forced labour at the camp
Find out more about the development of SS camps via #TheHolocaustExplained buff.ly/rZ5IJ8J
Find out more about the development of SS camps via #TheHolocaustExplained buff.ly/rZ5IJ8J
Was Ingmar Bergman Really a Nazi? Stellan Skarsgård Saying the Director ‘Cried When Hitler Died’ Reopens the Issue www.indiewire.com/news/general...
Was Ingmar Bergman Really a Nazi? Stellan Skarsgård Saying the Director ‘Cried When Hitler Died’ Reopens the Issue
Was Ingmar Bergman a Nazi supporter? Stellan Skarsgard saying the director ‘cried when Hitler died’ reopens issue. We explain the evidence.
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July 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Was Ingmar Bergman Really a Nazi? Stellan Skarsgård Saying the Director ‘Cried When Hitler Died’ Reopens the Issue www.indiewire.com/news/general...
This is as close to accountability as it gets for the Nazi-sympathising filmmaker—long shielded from scrutiny and now facing allegations of complicity in a 1939 massacre of Polish Jews in Końskie—as she finally faces her reckoning on screen www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Riefenstahl review – nauseating yet gripping story of Nazi poster woman
The only important woman in the Nazi movement entranced Hitler, directed Triumph of the Will – and spent the rest of her life alternately fearful and defiant
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is as close to accountability as it gets for the Nazi-sympathising filmmaker—long shielded from scrutiny and now facing allegations of complicity in a 1939 massacre of Polish Jews in Końskie—as she finally faces her reckoning on screen www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
We held a private screening of our new feature #documentary, ‘Possible Landscapes,’ (2025, 90 mins) at #CambridgeUniversity —where it received an enthusiastic response—followed by a wonderful dinner at Trinity College, with long term collaborator Dr Tao DuFour, Director MArch Programme #climate
April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We held a private screening of our new feature #documentary, ‘Possible Landscapes,’ (2025, 90 mins) at #CambridgeUniversity —where it received an enthusiastic response—followed by a wonderful dinner at Trinity College, with long term collaborator Dr Tao DuFour, Director MArch Programme #climate
Actually kind of makes sense: “The film is Oppenheimer's first fictional feature and is a post-apocalyptic musical” www.theverge.com/24319324/the...
The musical at the end of the world
The End might not be the year’s biggest musical, but it’s the most politically activated one
www.theverge.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Actually kind of makes sense: “The film is Oppenheimer's first fictional feature and is a post-apocalyptic musical” www.theverge.com/24319324/the...
An unexpected Parisian twist in Jaffna—a brightly lit, multicoloured Eiffel Tower draws visitors to Harry’s Hotel #jaffna #fujifilm #srilanka #architecture
February 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
An unexpected Parisian twist in Jaffna—a brightly lit, multicoloured Eiffel Tower draws visitors to Harry’s Hotel #jaffna #fujifilm #srilanka #architecture
This film and the conversations around it are fascinating: “He is credited with one of history's most indelible photos. A photograph of a young girl running naked down a street after being caught in a napalm attack A new #documentary questions who took it” abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...
He is credited with one of history's most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it
It's one of the most enduring images of the Vietnam War — an Associated Press photograph of a young girl running naked down a street after being caught in a napalm attack
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January 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This film and the conversations around it are fascinating: “He is credited with one of history's most indelible photos. A photograph of a young girl running naked down a street after being caught in a napalm attack A new #documentary questions who took it” abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...
Artist and auteur David Lynch (1946 — 2025)
January 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Artist and auteur David Lynch (1946 — 2025)
Congratulations to Jasleen Kaur on winning the Turner Prize 2024. The centrepiece of her 2023 exhibition at Glasgow’s Tramway featured a giant crocheted doily draped over an old Ford Escort, with Grandmaster Flash pulsing from the car’s radio @tate.bsky.social #turnerprize2024
December 4, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Congratulations to Jasleen Kaur on winning the Turner Prize 2024. The centrepiece of her 2023 exhibition at Glasgow’s Tramway featured a giant crocheted doily draped over an old Ford Escort, with Grandmaster Flash pulsing from the car’s radio @tate.bsky.social #turnerprize2024
Our neighbourhood Gurdwara is lit up for Christmas #glasgwegian #sikhism #christmas #tenement #architecture
December 1, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Our neighbourhood Gurdwara is lit up for Christmas #glasgwegian #sikhism #christmas #tenement #architecture
The visual poetry of Wim Wenders and Robby Müller: “This year marks the 40th anniversary of Wim Wenders' classic film Paris, Texas. Starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski, Wenders' cinematic masterpiece first played the 1985 Sundance Film Festival” via @sundancefest.bsky.social #cinema
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 AM
The visual poetry of Wim Wenders and Robby Müller: “This year marks the 40th anniversary of Wim Wenders' classic film Paris, Texas. Starring Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski, Wenders' cinematic masterpiece first played the 1985 Sundance Film Festival” via @sundancefest.bsky.social #cinema
It was wonderful to see Armando Iannucci’s stage version of ‘Dr Strangelove’, with Steve Coogan playing many roles. In the era of Trump, Putin and RFK Jr (fluoridization!), Kubrick’s brilliant political satire is as relevant as ever @aiannucci.bsky.social #drstrangelove #kubrick
November 27, 2024 at 12:47 PM
It was wonderful to see Armando Iannucci’s stage version of ‘Dr Strangelove’, with Steve Coogan playing many roles. In the era of Trump, Putin and RFK Jr (fluoridization!), Kubrick’s brilliant political satire is as relevant as ever @aiannucci.bsky.social #drstrangelove #kubrick
Mise en scène of ‘Blue Now’, a powerful reimagining of Derek Jarman’s film ‘Blue’. From last weekend’s one off live event of music and voice at Glasgow’s Tramway #contemporaryart #blue #derekjarman
November 8, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Mise en scène of ‘Blue Now’, a powerful reimagining of Derek Jarman’s film ‘Blue’. From last weekend’s one off live event of music and voice at Glasgow’s Tramway #contemporaryart #blue #derekjarman
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When I found out my great great great great grandfather was Paulo Sarpi, I thought *that* Paulo Sarpi? But no, he wasn’t the famed Italian historian, jurist and papacy-rejecter. Rather, my Paolo Sarpi was born 200 years later, in 1818, and left on a foundling wheel in Morcone, Italy. 1/ #genealogy 🗃️
October 20, 2024 at 12:41 PM
When I found out my great great great great grandfather was Paulo Sarpi, I thought *that* Paulo Sarpi? But no, he wasn’t the famed Italian historian, jurist and papacy-rejecter. Rather, my Paolo Sarpi was born 200 years later, in 1818, and left on a foundling wheel in Morcone, Italy. 1/ #genealogy 🗃️
“We shall compose a poem, with songs,
To explain these truths: even kings, if they break
The law, have their necks wrung with dharma.”
Excerpt from Cilappatikãram of Ilankõ Atikal, a 5th-century #Tamil poem
To explain these truths: even kings, if they break
The law, have their necks wrung with dharma.”
Excerpt from Cilappatikãram of Ilankõ Atikal, a 5th-century #Tamil poem
October 24, 2024 at 4:23 AM
“We shall compose a poem, with songs,
To explain these truths: even kings, if they break
The law, have their necks wrung with dharma.”
Excerpt from Cilappatikãram of Ilankõ Atikal, a 5th-century #Tamil poem
To explain these truths: even kings, if they break
The law, have their necks wrung with dharma.”
Excerpt from Cilappatikãram of Ilankõ Atikal, a 5th-century #Tamil poem