Support Refugee Week from 20 – 26th June
The Jam Project are running a week long programme of events for the community in Gozo in aid of Refugee Week.
Refugee Week Malta will be happening for the first time locally from Monday 20th June to Sunday 26th June 2022, forming part of a global movement and designed to share the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees through arts, community and cultural activities across the island. The producer’s Dance Beyond Borders are adopting a grassroots approach to develop the festival, networking with people within the community to collaborate towards strengthening a more holistic community.
The theme for this year’s festival is Healing: recognising the human’s ability to start again. Refugee Week aims to create spaces for us to connect beyond labels and inspire a culture of care amongst all who live in Malta and Gozo.
Whats On In Gozo?
In Gozo, the awesome Jam Project is hosting a week-long programme for Gozo Island. Scroll down for more details.


Tuesday – 3 independent film screening
A special screening of three independent films on topics of migration, displacement and identity.
7:30 – 7:45pm – Don’t Forget Me, By Dali Aregbi
A video performance based on the topics of borders, family, asylum, inequality, xenophobia, and LGBTIQ+ rights. This is a contemporary dance performance, as well as an open letter from the artist to his father who starts experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. Through movements and words, the artist expresses his fear of being forgotten by his father. The performance creates a space of sharing as a process of healing to the community as well as presents an opportunity to the public to dive into part of the daily thought of a refugee. This film is conceived by Dali Agrebi, a performer and LGBTQI Activist with established roots in the local arts scene.
8:00pm – 8:15pm – Just Crumbs (2016) by Karrar Al-Azzawi
Created during his stay in a refugee camp in Greece. Karrar invites the audience to an intimate perspective of the daily life in refugee camps, through the eyes of the children who live here. We join the children in harsh conditions to witness their stories, feelings, and experiences. Despite their stolen childhood, their hope and love for life shines through. They are survivors of war, an unruly sea crossing, closed borders and a camp guarded by the Greek Army. Their hope keeps them clinging to life in order to continue to survive and preserve the last remnants of their childhood and innocent dreams. The children are telling us how, in their own unique way – without filter – what it is like to be a refugee.
8:30pm – 8:45pm – Ghawdex by Joel Chima, Raina Montieth & Kit Fegradoe (with the community of Gozo)
In April 2022, three UK artists came to Gozo with the intention to produce an artistic film which shares the untold stories of Gozitans and the aspirations of people claiming asylum here. Working for two weeks with the local Gozitan community and members of the JAM Project, this project is a work in progress. Tonight, we will screen a short preview of the film, with its premiere in Gozo in September.
Doors open at 7pm. BYOD unless you want something hot, and snacks will be provided.
Wednesday – Art Workshop Exploring Identity – 4pm – 6pm
Join the art workshop at the JAM to create artwork that tells a story; the story of belonging and acceptance on the Maltese islands. We’ll talk about the ways that art can reflect our thoughts and emotions, and how it can be used as a tool to help us better understand ourselves and others. Using mixed media, we’ll create our own visual stories of who we are, what makes us feel like we belong, what we’d like to change and where we hope to see ourselves in the future.
Doors open at 7pm. BYOD unless you want something hot, and snacks will be provided.
Thursday – A Talk with Micaela Bogen – Why are they coming?
Exploring the consequences of Fortress Europe in the face of migration, how EU migration policies affect the people they intend to support and why it all seems so complicated. This talk invites participants to arrive with questions that are often too hard to answer, or too scared to ask.
Doors open at 7pm. BYOD unless you want something hot, and snacks will be provided.
Friday – A Talk with Dursa kadu
President of Spark 15, motivational speaker and all-round incredible human, Dursa Kadu will be hosting a talk that brings to light the issues of migration in Malta, how we as a community can protect, support and inspire change and all the amazing work that Spark 15 does across the Maltese Islands. Not one to miss!
Doors open at 7pm. BYOD unless you want something hot, and snacks will be provided.
Saturday – Art exhibition: In My Shoes – 1pm – 7pm
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be somebody who is forced to go through migration? Have you ever really sat down and thought about it? This immersive art exhibition takes you on a journey of belonging and migration, where you will explore untold stories of people with lived experiences of migration, their expression, their ideas of identity and home and how it all came to be.
saturday – Games Night! – 6pm – 10pm
An evening of table tennis, darts and other super fun games. Join us for an evening of laughter, tournaments and drinks.
Doors open at 7pm. BYOD unless you want something hot, and snacks will be provided.
sunday – JAm at the jam
A day of music, arts, good food and community. Come down for a boogie, a party and to spread good vibes. Expect delicious food, great tunes and some amazing talent on the island as well as art workshops and a donation-based shop throughout the day. Proceeds will go to sustaining our community centre.
The festival has been endorsed by Counterpoints Arts, the coordinators of Refugee Week UK, and is generously supported by: the Arts Council Malta; Association for Justice, Equality and Peace; and Medina Asset Management.
Doors open at 7pm. BYOD unless you want something hot, and snacks will be provided.