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NEWS
Flow: Central Asian
Video Art Program​me
The Flow: Central Asian Video Art Programme concluded with two public events on January 22 and 25.
The Artists’ Talk featured Dina Baitassova, Madina Joldybek, Aziza Kadyri, Sana Serkebaeva, and Aziza Shadenova, which offered invaluable perspectives on the creative processes and conceptual frameworks of emerging and established artists from the region.
The second special event was with Almagul Menlibayeva, who gave us incredible insights about her work which continues to challenge and expand notions of identity, memory, and ecological imagination. The talk and screening were complemented by an introductory presentation by Darya Kalembet and a live conversation that explored key themes in the artist’s practice. Both events created spaces for critical discussion, reflection, and community engagement, emphasizing the vibrancy of Central Asian contemporary art today.
Babel to Abstraction Wins Best Documentary at CYIFF​​​​
Babel to Abstraction has been awarded Best Documentary at the Ceylon International Film Festival (CYIFF) 2025, held in Santa Barbara, California.
CYIFF is the first Sri Lankan international film festival in the United States, dedicated to advancing cross-cultural understanding and fostering dialogue between Sri Lankan and international cinema.
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We are honoured by this recognition and deeply grateful to the CYIFF team for their commitment to empowering independent cinema and artists, and to fostering meaningful artistic dialogue across borders.
Babel to Abstraction Wins Best Documentary Feature at L´HIFF Barcelona
Babel to Abstraction has been awarded Best Documentary Feature at the Love & Hope International Film Festival (L’HIFF) Barcelona 2025, marking its Spanish premiere.
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Co-directed by Rob Lemkin and Irina Johnstone, and produced by Three Highgate in collaboration with the George Claessen Estate, the film explores the life and art of George Claessen — from colonial Ceylon to post-war London — revealing an artist who lived between worlds yet never lost sight of beauty and transcendence through abstraction.
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We’re grateful to the L’HIFF team for celebrating artistic freedom, imagination, and the enduring resilience of creation.
Babel to Abstraction:
ISFMF Nomination
We are delighted to share that Babel to Abstraction has been nominated for Best Original Musical Score for Documentary Film at the International Sound & Film Music Festival (ISFMF). This recognition honours the extraordinary work of the film’s composer, Frank Denyer — a British avant-garde composer celebrated for his originality, inventiveness, and deeply expressive use of sound. Frank’s score for Babel to Abstraction amplifies the film’s exploration of identity, migration, and artistic freedom, and we’re thrilled that it will be heard in this setting.
ISFMF brings together Academy Award, BAFTA, and Emmy-winning artists, alongside rising talents and passionate audiences, to celebrate the art of film sound and music.
Frank Denyer and Rob Lemkin during the filming of
Babel to Abstraction
Photo by Irina Johnstone
Ken Kiff
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To celebrate the life and work of one of the most distinctive British artists of the late 20th century, Three Highgate in collaboration with the Estate of Ken Kiff has published a book of art and poetry, A Hundred Suns. Alongside Kiff’s selected art works, it features poetic works by Frank O’Hara, Vladimir Mayakovsky and Kiff’s close friend Martha Kapos, and an essay by the writer and art curator, Alistair Hicks.
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