KONTEKST Film Festival 2026: ENTANGLEMENTS

KONTEKST‘s third film festival comes to Conway Hall this summer, presenting work by emerging practitioners across ethnographic film, experimental moving image, installation, and live performance. Organised by KONTEKST Collective, the festival brings together artists, filmmakers, and researchers working at the intersection of creative practice and social inquiry.

ENTANGLEMENTS explores multispecies encounters and relationships: the messy, intimate, political, and often overlooked connections between humans and the more-than-human world. From microbial ecologies to interspecies care – from environmental collapse to queer kinship with plants and animals – the programme asks how we live alongside and are shaped by other forms of life. How can film and art make these relationships visible, felt, and ethically navigable in a time of ecological crisis?

This festival is for anyone curious about how film can grapple with ecological responsibility and multispecies futures: artists, researchers, activists, or anyone interested in work that helps you think and feel differently about the world.

Photo credit: Emily Victoria

PROGRAMME

The main festival programme will take place on Saturday, featuring a day and evening of curated screenings and artist presentations, alongside workshops, discussions, and installations that invite you to get involved.

On Sunday, drop in for free to visit the exhibition, or join in a relaxed community discussion to reflect on the themes of the festival.

More details coming soon…

Photo credit: Constance Grave

ABOUT KONTEKST Collective

KONTEKST is an open horizontal collective of anthropologists, filmmakers, and artists committed to accessible, community-focused programming. We platform emerging voices who may not find space within traditional festival circuits, and create accessible events for diverse audiences. ENTANGLEMENTS is curated collaboratively, with decisions made collectively by the group.

KONTEKST runs a digital platform, organises year-round screenings and workshops, and produces collaborative festivals bridging artistic practice, social research, and public engagement. ENTANGLEMENTS continues this work by exploring what it means to be entangled and how experimental moving image can help us navigate these relationships with care.

Supported by the CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership

Age Recommendation:

All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Timings:

Saturday 25 July, 1pm – 10.30pm
Sunday 26 July, 1pm – 6pm

Price (Saturday only, Sunday FREE):

*A £2 venue levy is applied to each ticket purchased. This levy helps to support us in covering the costs of keeping our grade II listed building running and our doors open.*

In advance: • Supporter £20 • Standard £12 • Living Support £5 • Student £6     (+ £2 venue levy)
On the Door: • Supporter £21 • Standard £13 • Living Support £6 • Student £7  (+ £2 venue levy)

Access Information:

All the ground-floor rooms are fully accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Bertrand Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.

The Library and Main Hall balcony are only accessible by stairs.