Special screening of The Last Responders by Forensic Architecture and Earshot

Sonsbeek 2026 presents a special screening of The Last Responders, a new investigative film by Forensic Architecture and Earshot. On 23 March 2025 in Tel al-Sultan, Gaza, Israeli forces massacred fifteen Palestinian aid workers travelling in clearly marked humanitarian vehicles, later burying their bodies and vehicles in a shallow mass grave. Earshot and Forensic Architecture worked with the Palestine Red Crescent Society and survivors of the massacre to digitally reconstruct the incident with unprecedented precision.

The Last Responders is an investigative documentary arising from their collaborative research. Anchored in the testimonies of the two surviving medics, the film weaves together their accounts with video and audio recordings captured on the night to expose some of the numerous acts of abuse, execution, and concealment that took place in Tel al-Sultan over the course of the attack and in the hours and days following.

Earshot is a not-for-profit organization producing audio-led investigations for human rights and environmental advocacy, bringing advanced audio forensic analysis to open-source investigations.

Forensic Architecture is a research agency based at Goldsmiths, University of London, developing new techniques and methodologies for investigating state and corporate violence through spatial, architectural, and media analysis.

Image: Marjon Gemmeke