A Geography of Strangers

"A Geography of Strangers” explores the changing political landscape in the UK, rise of right-wing politics in Europe as well as the role of women in domestic spaces. 

In 2025, Keir Starmer triggered controversy with a speech on immigration, stating the UK risked becoming "an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together." In “Infinite City” Rebecca Solnit writes that “A map is a story about space; the stories we tell about the world can change the world.” "A Geography of Strangers" is an autobiographical exploration of life after Brexit from the perspective of a queer Polish immigrant in London.

The work reflects on the parallel transformations of the UK and Poland, examining how right-wing populism reshapes ideas of nationhood, community, and intimacy. By mapping lived experience against political rhetoric, the film asks who gets to belong, who becomes a “stranger,” and how new geographies of solidarity might still be drawn.