Destination Europe

In February 2019, Dash Arts' Café Destination Europe focused on questions of contemporary European identity, with Brexit as a backdrop. We brought together actors, writers and film directors from across Europe for a conversation.

A year on, post the UK’s departure from the EU, these questions are just as pertinent. What does it mean to be European? And what does Europe mean for those who were born outside of it?

We premiered short films by the phenomenal Swedish actress and filmmaker Bahar Pars and our Artistic Director, Josephine Burton, hosted a panel discussion with Bahar, alongside Nanna Blondell, who stars in one of Bahar's shorts; actor, writer and translator Houda Echouafni; and Tom Green of Counterpoints Arts.

Watch Bahar’s films here:
Ghetto Swedish: https://vimeo.com/289666504
The Turk Shop: https://vimeo.com/289366412

Find out more about Counterpoint Arts here: https://counterpointsarts.org.uk/

Find out more about Houda Echouafni in Dash Arts production One Thousand and One Nights here: https://www.dasharts.org.uk/one-thousand-and-one-nights