SYNOPSIS
‘And Still, It Remains’ spends time with the residents of a village in the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria who live surrounded by ancient rock art and the legacy of France’s nuclear bombs. Exploring their migration to the area, faith, their way of life, colonialism and the nuclear bombs, the film asks what it means to live in such intimacy with toxic colonialism, and how people make sense of what happened to them.
Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year: 2024
Runtime: 28 min
Language: Arabic
Awards & Selections: Best Short Documentary – Black Star Film Festival 2024 · Best Short Documentary – London Short Film Festival 2025
Biography
Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah are an artist duo based in London. Their work is focused on gathering people together to talk, to learn and to create films, reflecting on the forces which shape the communities they belong to - environmental harm, displacement and other legacies of colonialism. Their films have screened at CPH:DOX, Dokufest, London Short Film Festival (Best Short Documentary '25) and BlackStar Film Festival (Best Short Documentary 2024). In 2025, they were shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award.
Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah Artists