Berlin Kiez Film Festival 2025 - Dr. Anna Macdonald wins Best Short Documentary - Featured Dr. Joanne Collins-Gonsalves's Book on Iris de Freitas Brazao

Congratulations to Dr. Anna Macdonald for being awarded the Best Short Documentary for 2025 from the Berlin Kiez Film Festival for her documentary Changes in Light!

The 2025 Berlin Kiez Film Festival flyer of the winning entry features Marilyn Clarke, Director of the Library, Institute of Advanced Legal Study, School of Advanced Study, University of London and a copy of Dr. Joanne Collins-Gonsalves's book Iris de Freitas Brazao, Legal Luminary and Trailblazer: Caribbean, Canada, Wales, England 1896-1989. Dr. Collins-Gonsalves noted that she was "extremely honored that my book on Iris de Freitas Brazao (pictured in the image below) was featured so prominently by both Anna and Marilyn!"

Marilyn Clarke in a LinkedIn comment noted that "we were honoured to feature your important book Dr. Joanne Collins-Gonsalves. Iris de Freitas Brazao's story is very much a part of this project."

In an earlier report HRI noted that "a description of the film for the December premier stated that it is "a short film that focuses on the decolonising work of IALS. It was made by IALS’ first practitioner in residence, and now Associate Fellow, Dr Anna Macdonald, working with Head Librarian, Marilyn Clarke, director of photography Marisa Zanotti and IALS library staff. It is a warm, nuanced film that brings attention to the colonial legacies that influence library design and the importance of work staff are doing to address this. Drawing on Macdonald’s background in screen dance (an artform combining dance and film) Changes in Light explores the impact of the affective qualities of libraries on those who use them as a way of revealing the colonial complexities of law itself."