FVU New Takes - Artists' Talk

A talk by a group of talented early-career artists working in moving image, whose films have been presented at Arnolfini this spring and summer through the FVU New Takes programme. The FVU New Takes programme is a Film and Video Umbrella initiative delivered in partnership with Arnolfini, presenting newly commissioned works by six early-career moving image artists over the spring and summer of 2026: Mahdy Abo Bahat, Anna Engelhardt, Hantao Li, Morisha Moodley, Jameisha Prescod, and Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner. Each of the FVU New Takes artists offers a bold and inventive approach to storytelling and form, addressing many contemporary themes including: the global climate crisis, crip filmmaking, body politics, state violence, archival memory, and contemporary trans+ and British culture. A number of the artists will join an in-conversation with FVU Director Angelica Sule and Arnolfini's Head of Exhibitions Gemma Brace, discussing their work and experience taking part in FVU New Takes.