23rd Verzió Festival 16–25/11 2026.

Not Ours To Carry

Not Ours To Carry

Poster
Not Ours To Carry poster
Directed by

Veronica Blecker

United Kingdom, Ethiopia | 2025 | 38 min | Ethiopian
Full Synopsis

In post-war Tigray, Ethiopia, three women work to ensure that the stories of survivors of conflict-related sexual violence are not forgotten. Moving between intimate present-day encounters and hand-drawn animation created by a Tigrayan artist, the film explores the responsibility of bearing witness and the weight of carrying other people’s memories.

Screening in the International Shorts I: Private Frontline section.

Producer
Veronica Blecker
Cinematographer
Veronica Blecker
Editor
Agata Krasicka
Distribution
Veronica Blecker
MAZEDOCS
veronica@mazedocs.com
Available Online
11. 20. FRIDAY 21:00
Screening
Toldi - Béla Balázs Hall
Subtitle: English
11. 25. WEDNESDAY 18:00
Screening
Művész - Huszárik
Subtitle: English
Veronica Blecker
Director
Veronica Blecker

Veronica Blecker is a London-based documentary filmmaker. She began her career making films for NGOs at the intersection of human rights and community, later working as a documentary filmmaker for ABBA Voyage and Pophouse Entertainment. Not Ours To Carry marks her return to the human-rights stories that first drew her to filmmaking.