Across (and below) streets, borders, and households, the films in PROTEST WILL NOT BE TOLERATED trace acts of quiet defiance under pressure; from whispered rumours and bureaucratic barriers, to forbidden voices and everyday risks, each story reveals how control is enforced, and how it’s subtly resisted. Moments of play, hunger, curiosity and connection become gestures of rebellion, whether against state power, social expectation, or inherited silence. In worlds where protest is not permitted, resistance takes other forms: intimate, absurd, fragile, and persistent. Here, protest is not as expected, instead everything hums with an uncontainable resistance.
Total Running Time: 96 min
Films (list in running order):
Kentucky Gaza, Omar Rammal
Jordan, Palestine, 22 min
In besieged Gaza cravings spark a smuggling venture, eventually posing the question: would you risk your life for fried chicken?
Asparagus Bear (Medo u šparogama), Ivan Grgur
Croatia, 18 min
In the town of Umag sightings of the wild asparagus bear divide the community into skeptics or believers.
Curfew, Faye Ameera Saffron Craig
UK, 5 min 30
Naomi and Mavis roam Acacia City with a camcorder, until murmurings of a curfew shift the mood of the streets.
Paradise Garden (Les Jardins du Paradis), Sonia Terrab
Morocco, France, 16 min
Facing forced relocation, a mother and son are pitted against the gendered limits placed on a mother’s authority.
La barrière, Christophe Deram
France, 17 min 49
Around the barrier to a film shoot, two unlikely acquaintances find solidarity in a subtle resistance.
Ali, Adnan Al Rajeev
Bangladesh / Philippines, 15 mins
In a coastal village where women are forbidden to sing, Ali refuses to be silenced.
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