Archive of Collateral Lives | 2026 | Shortfilm | 16min

While military campaigns target infrastructure, Archive of Collateral Lives exposes the invisible fallout, the families forced to move, the daily rhythms disrupted, the lives unaccounted for in official narratives. Through fragments of VHS footage and personal memory, the film becomes a counter-archive: one that preserves what war tries to erase.

Through fragments of VHS footage and personal memory, the film becomes a counter-archive, one that preserves what war tries to erase. The film was recorded during the Israel–Iran war (13–24 June 2025).

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