The Sanctuary project is delivered by Positive Mental Attitudes, Mental Health Foundation, Scottish Refugee Council, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Equality and Diversity Team, NHS Health Scotland, Medical Foundation for Victims of Torture and Compass, the specialist NHS mental health team working with asylum seekers and refugees.

Sanctuary: Inside Stories was directed and produced by Abigail Howkins for Diversity Films.

Diversity Films @ DOCUMENT 7 International Human Rights Film Festival

Sanctuary: Inside Stories Film Screening (part of Asylum/Refugee Programme)

Friday 23rd October 2009, 1.45pm - 2.45pm

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Sanctuary: Inside Stories is an educational DVD resource produced as part of the Sanctuary project, which aims to improve health and well-being in new communities in Scotland. The resource gives insight into and raises awareness of the impact of asylum on mental health.

The screening will be followed by a discussion with project partners and participants.

Diversity Films Showcase

Saturday 24th October 2009, 2.30pm - 4.30pm

CCA, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

Diversity Films present the latest crop of films from their brand new filmmaking programme which offers free filmmaking training, mentoring and access to filmmaking equipment in new and existing communities in Glasgow.

The programme will be a diverse mix of documentaries, short drama and music video made by new filmmakers aged 10 - 60+ and will be followed by a Q& A with the filmmakers themselves.

JULY 2009

Wednesday 1st July 2009, 7pm

Community Screening of Get Real 2! made by Kingsway Eye Filmmakers Group

Kingsway Court Health and Wellbeing Centre, Block 50, Kingsway Court, Glasgow

The screening followed a brand new masterclass with award-winning documentary filmmaker, Paul Watson.

JUNE 2009

Saturday 20th June

Glasgow Media Access Centre, 34 Albion Street, Glasgow G1 1LH

7pm - 8pm

Get Real 2!

The premiere of the latest episode of Get Real! made by the Kingsway Eye Filmmakers Group celebrating the anti-dawn raid activism of Kingsway residents, Noreen Real and Jean Donnachie, Scotswomen of the Year 2009. Members of Kingsway Eye joined a short Q&A after the screening.

Part of the One World, Many Voices Festival which took place from 6-10pm on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st June 2009 and includes programmes from Document 7, Camcorder Guerillas, GMAC and Media Co-op.

Tuesday 16th June

Woodside Halls, 36 Glenfarg Street (Off Maryhill Road), Glasgow G20 7QE

11.30am - 2pm

The Sanctuary group present:

Celebrating Sanctuary 2009

A celebration of the work of 'Sanctuary', a refugee and asylum seeker led programme to improve wellbeing in new communities.

The event launched Sanctuary' - Inside Stories , an awareness raising DVD resource directed and produced by Abigail Howkins of Diversity Films, and included stories and entertainment from members of the asylum seeking & refugee communities, children's activities and lunch!

This was a partnership event funded by NHS Health Scotland and Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS.

FEBRUARY 2009

We launched our programme for 2009 - brand new - at

Tuesday 17th February 2009, 7.30pm at Platform at the Bridge

It was a great evening, premiering Glasgow's Urban Collective by Sharon McCance and also screening:

Provanhall House by Michael Mooney and Debbie Hughes.

Provanhall Housing by the Provanhall Youth Group

My Life by Peter McMahon

Bully Eyes by the Platform Young Filmmakers Group

and

First Day at Smithycroft by Smithycroft S3.

OCTOBER 2008

Diversity Films @ Scottish Mental Health and Arts Film Festival

In collaboration with Document 6 International Human Rights Film Festival and Kingsway Eye Diversity Films presented an evening of films and discussion on mental health, refugee issues and the impact of community engagement on wellbeing.

Films screened included: Kingsway Eye Promo, GET REAL!, Water Damage, Kingsway Come Dancing

Thanks to our guest speakers for the evening, Miana Badd (Kingsway Eye), Martin Coyle (Kingsway Health & Wellbeing Centre), Noreen Real (Kingsway Eye) and Mona Rai (Document)

www.mhfestival.com

Diversity Films @ Document 6 International Human Rights Film Festival

A celebration of the Best of Diversity Films 2007/2008 - a varied programme of film work made by new filmmakers working with Diversity Films including:

GET REAL!, Provanhall House, My Career, All About Me, From the Ashes, Bully Eyes, Pilgimage, Water Damage, ExNE-The Movie

www.docfilmfest.org.uk

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JUNE 2008

In June 2008, we staged the first Diversity Film Festival. Click here for more information.

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PLATFORM AT THE BRIDGE SCREENINGS 2008

www.platform-online.co.uk

MAY 2008

LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME ALONE

dir. Duane Hopkins, UK, 2003, 15'

In a small rural village, a boy and girl have a fight and each storm of their separate ways. The day passes and the boy realises that he shouldn't have made such a big deal out of the argument and tries to get in contact with his girlfriend.

KAMP KATRINA

dir. Ashley Sabin, US, 2007, 74'

Kamp Katrina is a verite documentary set in New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. The film follows Ms. Pearl, a 56 year old resident and Native American, over the course of six months. Ms. Pearl enthusiastically offers her backyard and ten people immediately move into 'Kamp Katrina' their self-made tent community. She ends up playing bouncer, psychologist, nurse, mother, domestic abuse counsellor, housing advocate and even tourist in her beloved city.

DIVERSITY FILMS SHOWCASE

This month we screened First Day At Smithycroft, a short documentary made by Smithycroft Secondary School pupils with Diverity Films about their first day at secondary school.

APRIL 2008

GET REAL!

dir. Kingsway Eye, 2008, 38'

A community chat show hosted by activist granny Noreen Real from her 17th floor Glasgow flat, featuring chats and cups of tea with Peter Mullan and Nikitta Angus (X-Factor), community information from the Kingsway Health and Wellbeing Centre and Drumchapel Law and Money Advice with music from the Michael Rojkov Jazz Quartet

EAST BY NORTH EAST - THE MOVIE

dir. Diversity Films, 2008, 32'

To coincide with the release of the ExNE - The Movie DVD, tonight was another chance to see Easterhouse's favourite musical extravaganza on the big screen.

GOOD COP

dir. Doug Aubrey, Scotland, 2006, 70'

Filmed in Scotland since the events of 9/11, Good Cop follows a Race Relations Cop, Chief Inspector Tom Harrigan about his work with Strathclyde Police.

Screened as part of Document 5 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2007

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MARCH 2008

WEDNESDAY 26th MARCH 2008 in collaboration with Document 5 at Platform at the Bridge

BLACK & WHITE

dir. Zam Salim, Scotland, 2006, 29'

David Gillanders is an internationally acclaimed photojournalist. We follow him on his journey from the mean streets of Glasgow's East End where he documents the city's knife crime, to the Ukraine where he is on a mission to bring the hellish underground existence of the country's street kids to the world's attention.

Screened as part of Document 5 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2007.

PARK

dir. Justine Gordon Smith, England, 2007, 50'

Amidst the urban sprawl the local park is a haven. Through the cycle of the four seasons Park gets close to the mix of eccentrics, degenerates, delinquents and every day people who share it.

Screened as part of Document 5 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2007.

www.parkdocumentary.info

DIVERSITY FILMS SHOWCASE

This month five short films were screened:

All about Me by Melissa Tierney, My Career by Jade Quinn and Yogiho by Joseph McEnroe, made at the F.A.R.E Film School run by Diversity Films in February 2008.

Pilgramage by Samad Sheidaei

Beating the Petty Person by Ka Man Hung

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FEBRUARY 2008

THURSDAY 21st FEBRUARY 2008 in collaboration with Document 5 at Platform at the Bridge

WASP

dir. Andrea Arnold, 2003, 20'

A young mother lies about having four kids and leaves them the pub car park while she goes on a date. Winner of Best Short Film at the 2005 Academy Awards.

THE BOY INSIDE

dir. Marianne Kaplan, 2006, 47'

An award-winning filmmaker turns the camera on her 12 year old son Adam in this powerful documentary about growing up with autism.

Screened as part of Document 5 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2007.

www.theboyinside.com

MILK

dir. Peter Mackie Burns, 2004, 10'

Bathtime fun turns serious for Nan and her reluctant granddaughter.

DIVERSITY FILMS SHOWCASE

This months showcased the Document 5 festival documentary produced by Diversity Films. You can also watch this film on the Films page

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JANUARY 2008

EAST BY NORTH EAST - THE MOVIE, 2007, 32'

WORLD PREMIERE

Photos: Left to Right - Abigail and Marie of Diversity Films - The Auditorium fills up - A satisfied audience leaving, we think! - Cass and Sharon, two of the ExNE editors.

ExNE - the Movie hits the right note in Easterhouse

Thursday January 17th saw the premiere of the musical extravaganza ExNE - The Movie take place at Platform at the Bridge. A perfect antedote to the dismal Scottish weather, the energy and anticipation in the audience of participants, project staff, family and friends was enormous. After watching the Diversity Films Short Film Showcase (featuring Water Damage by Kingsway Eye and the Weekend Film School shorts) and Bedroom Radio, a documentary made by Diversity's own Doug Aubrey and Marie Olesen, finally we unveiled the product of eight months filming and hours of editing over 38 reels of material to the audience of over 120 people.

ExNE - The Movie went down a storm. The audience loved it, seeing themselves up on the big screen and singing along to all the songs written by the young people involved in ExNE. We can't get the songs out of our heads now and we'll certainly miss being involved in this project. Hopefully ExNE will be back next year to repeat its amazing success.

As well as producing the half-hour documentary, Diversity Films will be making a DVD of the project, with lots of fantastic extras including 'Best Of' concert footage, animated tracks from the ExNE CD and more.

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DOCUMENT 5 TOURING SHORTS

JANUARY RESHUFFLE 2008

Saturday 26th January 2008, 4pm -6pm

Pearce Institute, 840-860 Govan Road, Glasgow G51 3UU

Diversity Films previewed their documentary about Document 5 to a lively audience at Reshuffle.

The Document 5 documentary was filmed at the festival by 14 new filmmakers and features interviews with a diverse range of filmmakers and festival particpants.

The documentary accompanied the short film screenings which cover issues such as child homelessness in Ukraine, mental health in Serbia, asylum, drug issues in Scotland, death in the workplace and the Middle East

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