A Revolution in Four SeasonsMonday 7 November 2016, 6.30pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jessie Deeter United States / 2016 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Over the course of Tunisia’s post-revolution years, we follow two politically-opposed young women who show […]
Nueva VeneciaWednesday 9 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Emiliano Mazza de Luca Uruguay / 2016 / 80mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. The fishing community of Nueva Venecia is like any other, with one extraordinary difference: The village is […]
Ukrainian Sheriffs Friday 11 November 2016, 6.30pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Roman Bondarchuk Germany / Latvia / Ukraine / 2015 / 85mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Welcome to Stara Zburyevka, where local sheriffs Viktor and Volodya are trying […]
What Tomorrow Brings Saturday 12 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Beth Murphy Afghanistan / United States / 2015 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. A year in the life of the first all-girls school in a […]
Nueva Venecia Sunday 13 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Emiliano Mazza de Luca Uruguay / 2016 / 80mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. The fishing community of Nueva Venecia is like any other, with one extraordinary difference: […]
Nowhere to Call HomeMonday 14 November 2016, 6.30pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jocelyn Ford China / United States / 2014 / 76mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. "This story breaks all the rules and upends popular perceptions of Tibetans […]
A Revolution in Four Seasons Wednesday 16 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jessie Deeter United States / 2016 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Over the course of Tunisia’s post-revolution years, we follow two politically-opposed young […]
What Tomorrow Brings Friday 18 November 2016, 4.00pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Beth Murphy Afghanistan / United States / 2015 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. A year in the life of the first all-girls school in a […]
GAEA GIRLS(Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams / UK / 2000 / 106 min) 18 November 2016. 6:50PM Studio Space, Byre Theatre, Abbey St, St Andrews KY16 9LA. The screening will be introduced by Dr. Mattia Fumanti, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Saint Andrews. Organised by Film Festival Ambassador Angelica Cabezas Pino in collaboration with […]
Nueva Venecia Saturday 19 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Emiliano Mazza de Luca Uruguay / 2016 / 80mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. The fishing community of Nueva Venecia is like any other, with one extraordinary difference: […]
Ukrainian Sheriffs Sunday 20 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Roman Bondarchuk Germany / Latvia / Ukraine / 2015 / 85mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Welcome to Stara Zburyevka, where local sheriffs Viktor and Volodya are trying […]
Nowhere to Call HomeWednesday 23 November 2016, 4.10pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jocelyn Ford China / United States / 2014 / 76mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. "This story breaks all the rules and upends popular perceptions of Tibetans […]
A Revolution in Four Seasons Thursday 24 November 2016, 6.30pm Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury WC1N 1AW Dir: Jessie Deeter United States / 2016 / 90mins Part of our The Lives of Others Season, bringing you tales from the four corners of the earth. Over the course of Tunisia’s post-revolution years, we follow two politically-opposed young […]
LEAVING GREECEAnna Brass / Germany / 2013 / 79 min with BOYA BOYA (SHINE SHINE) Karen Boswall, Ruba Al Akash / Jordan, UK / 2014 / 18 min 30 November 2016. 12-2PM Room 309, Watts Building, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, BN2 4GJ Organised by Film Festival Ambassadors Patricia Prieto Blanco and Paul Gilbert The […]
BAKA: A CRY FROM THE RAINFORESTPhil Agland / United Kingdom / 2013 / 89 min 30 November 2016. 6:30-9PM The Pod, The Spark, E Park Terrace, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 0YN Organised by Film Festival Ambassador Roy Hanney A quarter century after his award-winning documentary Baka: People Of The Rainforest, Phil Agland revisits the same Baka […]
Film screening - Sow the Wind, followed by Q&A with director André SingerPresidential Address by André Singer Monday 5 December 2016 at 6pm Regent Street Cinema, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW Sow the Wind will tell the story of Kazakhstan’s place in the Cold War struggle for nuclear supremacy, and the power of the […]
DREAM GIRLSKim Longinotto and Jano Williams / UK / 1993 / 50 min 9 December 2016. 12-2PM Room 309, Watts Building, University of Brighton, Lewes Road, BN2 4GJ Organised by Film Festival Ambassadors Patricia Prieto Blanco and Paul Gilbert This award-winning film opens a door into the amazing world of the Takarazuka Revue, the all-female […]
BAKA: PEOPLE OF THE RAINFORESTPhil Agland / United Kingdom / 1987 / 104 min 11 January 2017 6:30PM UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY London The screening will be introduced by Dr. Jerome Lewis, UCL. This film, made for Channel 4 Television, is about the Baka Pygmies and their life in the […]
BAKA: A CRY FROM THE RAINFORESTPhil Agland / United Kingdom / 2013 / 89 min 18 January 2017 6:30PM UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY London A quarter century after his award-winning documentary Baka: People Of The Rainforest, Phil Agland revisits the same Baka family in the Cameroon. For the first time […]
Gaea GirlsTuesday 24 January 2017 at 6.30pm at the Royal Anthropological Institute Free – booking essential Book online here Filmed over a period of three months, Gaea Girls (Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams, 2000) is a film about courage, transformation and dreams in the extraordinary world of Japanese women’s wrestling or joshi puroresu. It marked the fifth […]
