Born in East Jerusalem, Larissa Sansour is a renowned artist who lives and works in London and New York. Her dystopian tale “In Vitro”, that is running in the section “States of being: Experimental Reflections on Place and Memory” of Lpff, was commissioned by the Danish Arts Foundation for the 58th Venice Biennale, and is co-directed and written with Danish writer Søren Lind.

“In Vitro” is screening at the London Palestine Film Festival 2019

In the aftermath of a massive eco-disaster, two scientists meet under the city of Bethlehem in an underground nuclear reactor turned bunker, turned orchard, where a new beginning for the human species is planned. In the orchard, sprouts from collected heirloom seeds are nursed to be planted and replenish the fields, bees will be bred for pollination and new genetically engineered humans will revive the planet.

The two scientists are two women of different age and their...