Diversity Film Festival

Refugee Week 2008

All screenings are free to all

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Refugee Week Scotland

Different Pasts, Shared Future

Monday 16 - Sunday 22 June 2008

www.refugeeweek.org.uk

www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/arts

Water Damage

dir. Kingsway Eye, Scotland, 2007, 10'

A short film about the effects water damage is having on residents homes and health in the Kingsway community in Glasgow.

Part of the Diversity Films Showcase

Get Real!

dir. Kingsway Eye, Scotland, 2008, 30'

A community chat show produced by Kingsway Court resident filmmaking group Kingsway Eye and presented by 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 Centre with music from the Michael Rojkov Jazz Quartet.

Part of the Diversity Films Showcase

Grafitti Street

dir. Sergeja Krese, Croatia/Bosnia/Herzegovina, 2007, 56'

LaBanda was one of the most important bands of a Sarajevo alternative rock scene. In the late 80s LaBanda was working on their first album. Eleven songs were recorded. But the war spreads in Bosnia and album stays unfinished. Fifteen years later, the members of LaBanda track each other down...

4.00 pm - 4.45pm

International Kingslink Carnival

dir. Leo Saidenough, Scotland, 2007, 10'

A short film celebrating the International Kingslink Carnival. Filmed and edited by Leo Saidenough of Kingsway Eye.

Part of the Diversity Films Showcase

ExNE - The Movie

dir. Diversity Films, Scotland, 2008, 30'

A musical extravaganza following a group of 60 budding young musicians taking part in the East by North East music initiative in Easterhouse. 50 songwriting and music workshops, 1 original album 3 performances and a youth music festival later...a new generation of musical talent awaits...

The documentary was filmed over eight months by a team of new and young filmmakers trained and mentored by Diversity Films.

Part of the Diversity Films Showcase

5.00pm - 6.00pm

African Underground: Democracy in Dakar

Nomadic Wax/Sol Productions, 2007, 60'

A groundbreaking documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar, Senegal. The film follows rappers, DJs, journalists, professors and people on the street at the time before during and after the controversial 2007 presidential election in Senegal and examines hip-hop's role on the political process. Originally shot as a seven part documentary mini-series released via the internet - the documentary bridges the gap between hip-hop activism, video journalism and documentary film and explores the role of youth and musical activism on the political process.

Document 6 International Human Rights Film Festival Preview

www.docfilmfest.org.uk

Mimoune

dir. Franc Planas, Spain, 11'

Illegal immigration is not only a problem for our society. Not only does the illegal immigrant suffer from social uprooting but also the most difficult part of this situation: the family division. This documentary was born of the desire to bring together a family, even if it was only through a camera, which had been apart for too long.

From the Document 5 International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival archive

Operation Filmmaker, dir. Nina Davenport, USA, 2007, 92'

In the wake of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," American actor Liev Schreiber had an idealistic notion: to rescue an Iraqi film student from the rubble of his country and bring him to the West to intern on a Hollywood movie ( Everything Is Illuminated ). It promised to be a heartwarming tale, a small victory out of the troubled mission of the U.S war in Iraq. But as in the war itself, "good" intentions yielded unintended consequences, and even this operation doesn't go according to plan...