“A Bunch of Questions With No Answers is a 23-hour film that compiles all the questions journalists have posed to the US State Department since 3 October 2023 about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. We chose to edit out the often evasive or convoluted answers that these journalists received during their endless requests for clarification and accountability. The film ends with the last press conference under the Biden administration, just before the temporary closure of the Department for Trump's inauguration.” — Alex Reynolds and Robert M Ochshorn

Both as a report to the world of what happened in Palestine over 15 months, and as a portrait of journalists and their role in democracy, Alex Reynolds and Robert M Ochshorn’s recent film puts forward important questions about media, narrative, representation and legibility. To accompany the durational screening of A Bunch of Questions With No Answers, Kanal and the artists will host a day of workshops and meetings around Palestine, with a focus on media literacy and analysis.

Going from the global to the local, this 23-hour event is organised in collaboration with a group of invited organisations whose work focuses on dissecting mainstream and social-media narratives using innovative legal and technical tools. These tools will be put forward as forms of solidarity and action in support of Palestinians, but also in the context of Molenbeek – a community that has been extensively misrepresented in local and international media. The film and workshops will be punctuated by an artist talk, mediated discussions and food.

Alex Reynolds is an artist working with film and moving images who has lived in Brussels for almost ten years. Her work has been shown in museums, art institutions and film festivals throughout Europe and beyond. Robert Ochshorn is a software engineer, cultural theorist and media researcher originally from the US. For this film, he developed his own method of automatically searching recorded speech, which allowed the artists to use content prompts to efficiently filter through hundreds of hours of footage.

MolenFest is screening this 23-hour film in K1, Kanal’s temporary venue. You can walk in and out of the screening freely as well as attend the accompanying events on the first floor. Comfortable seating will be provided for prolonged viewing of the film for those who would like to stay during night hours.

A Bunch of Questions With No Answers
Alex Reynolds & Robert M Ochshorn
2025
23 hours 10 min
Color – digital


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This public programme accompanying the film  A Bunch of Questions with No Answers (2025) pays particular attention to the role of journalists in seeking accountability and transparency in the face of misinformation, media biases, red-taping and fake news. It also considers what happens when words and their legal implications are emptied of their meaning, and what tools might be used by lawyers and human rights groups to reappropriate them with actions. Each event is an invitation to collectively create a respectful space for dialogue, reflection and response to these questions, from the local to the international context.  
 
Friday 5 September 
 
14:00–ongoing: Screening of A Bunch of Questions with No Answers, with simultaneous broadcasting of the sound of the film via Radio Alhara, a Palestinian online radio station broadcasting from Bethlehem since its launch in March 2020. (Screening: EN with EN/FR subtitles / Broadcast: EN) 
 
14:00: Brief introduction to the film and 23-hour programme by Eliel Jones, Curator of performance and time-based media at Kanal. (EN/FR) 
 
14:00–16:00: What does it mean to be represented in the media? How does the way stories are told and events are reported affect how communities and groups of people are perceived? And what can we do when mainstream narratives present false or prejudiced information? Join a discussion group at 14:00 or at 15:00, when there will be an opportunity to watch the film and collectively think about some of these questions and more. These discussions are organised for young people between 15 and 25 years old, but other members of the public are also welcome to attend. Mediated by Peter Aers, former member of Building Conversations, a platform for Dialogical Art, which concentrates on the meeting of art, conversation and society. (FR/NL) 
 
17:00–18:30: Conversation about the film with the artists Alex Reynolds and Robert M. Ochshorn, moderated by Reem Shilleh and Omar Jabary Salamanca. (EN) 
 
19:00–20:30: Against impunity – Upholding international law for Palestinians  
A year since they began their work, the Molenbeek-based Hind Rajab Foundation has been fighting for international law to be upheld by “pursuing legal action against perpetrators, accomplices and inciters of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Palestine”. Also in Belgium, the group Droit pour Gaza has taken legal action against the Belgian state, calling on it “to end its inaction in the face of genocide and war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza”. In December 2024, Amnesty International Belgique issued a report stating that “Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza”. Representatives of each organisation come together to discuss the purposes and pitfalls of international law and the possibilities of legal action, moderated by Carine Thibaut, Director of Amnesty International Belgique. (EN) 
 
22:00–00:00: In an ever more mediatized and surveilled world, where many technological corporations are complicit in abuses of power, can technology be used in the interest of justice and reparation? Throughout the night join the artists and a collective of organisations to take part in discussions, workshops and try-outs of alternative software spanning personal and infrastructural applications. If you’re interested in attending this session, you’re recommended to bring your own laptop to be able to participate fully. With contributions from Tech for Palestine, Newscord and The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest (TITiPI). (EN)  
 
Saturday 6 September 
 
00:00–09:30: Screening continues during the night (you can walk in and out freely) 
 
09:30–11:00: Over tea, coffee and croissants, The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest (TITiPI) discusses and gathers Frequently Asked Questions and mediates a debrief from the night before. TITiPI is a trans-practice gathering of activists, artists, engineers and theorists. They draw on insurgent intersectional analysis to articulate, contest and re-imagine how computational technologies affect collective life. (EN/FR/NL) 
 
11:00–12:30: Asking questions in times of genocides 
A group of journalists discuss the role of the media, as well as the practice of journalism, in time of genocides and human rights violations. Where is the gap between what journalists ask and what makes it into the mainstream media? How does one counter headlines and social media sound bites with informed arguments and writing? How does the way that media is funded today impact reporting and editorial guidelines? With the participation of Annette Ekin (Al Jazeera), Noureddine Fridhi (Al Arabiya), Anna Mulrine Grobe (Lie Detectors/Christian Science Monitor), Ruth Vandewalle (VRT), and Nicky Aerts (Pompidou, VRT MAX) as the moderator. (EN) 
 
13:00: End of screening and public programme for A Bunch of Questions with No Answers 
 

Photos: © A Bunch of Questions With No Answers Alex Reynolds, Robert M Ochshorn