Explorations in Liminal Personhood: Humans, Machines and Ghosts in Film Practice

Speaker: Iram Ghufran

Fllmmaker and artist Iram Ghufran explored the subversive liminal zones that question the divide between human and non-human, where the question of what it means to be human is not taken for granted but remains constantly unsettled.

Iram shared her experiences and insights, drawing from the process of making two films: “There Is Something In The Air” (2011) and “A Terrible Beauty” (2023).

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