Artists’ Film International - Dream States
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£3/£2 concessions
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- Dates and times
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Thursday 26th - Friday 27th Feb 2026
7:00pm
Artists’ Film International (AFI) presents Dream States - a programme of artists' films from around the globe that dismantle reality and envision alternative futures.
Screening 1* - Thursday 26 February, 7 - 9pm
Screening 2** - Friday 27 February, 7 - 9pm
(each evening is ticketed separately)
Dream States brings together 16 films that delve into dreaming as both a transformative state and a radical act. Films will be screened by AFI partners worldwide throughout 2025 and 2026, including these screenings at Tramway.
Tramway is screening the full programme across two evenings, with our selected film Neyinka and the Silver Gong by Kialy Tihngang concluding Screening 1:
At the intersection of personal consciousness and external realities, the programme explores the emancipatory potential of dreams, altered states, and cinematic illusion. Reflecting upon shared histories, the artists’ eclectic and surreal dreamscapes - utopian and dystopian, intimate and collective - position cinema as the crucible of dream-making and a vehicle for changemaking.
From 35mm film to animation, archival materials, special effects, and AI-generated imagery, AFI’25 harnesses moving-image to destabilise dominant perspectives.
Tramway is screening the full programme across two evenings:
*Screening 1 – 26/02/26
The Pond, Mykolas Valantinas
Sobre si mismo (About itself), Melisa Zulberti
Colorless, Abdul Hamid Mandgar
Leymusoom Garden: New Sun, Heesoo Kwon
Lullaby’s Fault, Mykolas Valantinas
Untitled, Cocoy Lumbao
Look Up! I’m No Canopy – I’m a Messenger, Sanja Anđelković
Neyinka and the Silver Gong, Kialy Tihngang
**Screening 2 – 27/02/26
Wild Geese 2: Wilder Geese, Elinor O’Donovan
Dystopian Patterns, Isabelle Nouzha
Dyke Dreams, Anette Gellein
SERPENTINA A. Per un mūsēum senza tempo, Raffaela Naldi Rossano
Dear Chalam, Babu Eshwar Prasad
Rehearsals for Peace, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan
Levitations, Dalia Al Kury
The Fortress, Sin Wai Kin
AFI'25 is curated by Forma in collaboration with 16 international organisations.
Recommended for ages 18+
Audience notes
Please be advised that these screenings contains content of a sensitive nature, including references to war, displacement, cultural oppression, violence (implied and symbolic), death, trauma, sexuality, and identity-based discrimination. Some films also explore themes of psychological distress and political conflict, which may be distressing to some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.
Header image: Sin Wai Kin, The Fortress, 2024. Film still. Co-commissioned by Lahore Biennale Foundation and Forma. Supported by The British Council and Shane Akeroyd. Courtesy and © the artist. Selected for AFI’25 by Forma and Southwark Park Galleries, London, UK.
Booking Information
Each evening is ticketed separately. All bookings are subject to transaction fees: £1.50 online, £1.75 by phone.
Dispatch Charges
E-tickets - Free of charge
Fulfilment Fee - £1.95
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- Phone up to £1.75
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Accessibility guides
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Large Print and Braille programme material available upon request.
Some performances may also be BSL interpreted, audio described or have further assistance available. Access information for individual events is included in their event listing.
Accessible toilets
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Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs are welcome. We can provide a bowl of water for an assistance dog. The assistance dog toilet area is located to the rear of the building.
Assistance dogs are allowed in the auditorium.
Wheelchair access
There is level access to all Tramway spaces and the cafe, with lift access to the upper spaces.
There are designated spaces for wheelchair users in the theatre.
Baby changing
Baby changing facilities are available on the ground floor
Baby feeding
Breastfeeding is welcome at Tramway
Cafe or restaurant
Full table service is not available. Food or drinks can be ordered at the counter and will be brought to the table.
No tables are permanently fixed. No chairs are permanently fixed.
Menus are hand held only, but are clearly presented in contrasting colours. Menus are not available in Braille.
Parking
On street only
Photography and video recording
At times, Glasgow Life will be on the premises to film and take photos.
The public are only permitted to record and take photos where explicit permission has been granted in advance.
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Location Map
Tramway is a post-industrial venue with a range of unique and versatile spaces, popular with private and corporate clients looking for a venue ‘with a difference’. Tramway is an ideal space for performances, exhibitions, private viewings, seminars, meetings and smaller scale functions.
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