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Thursday, September 07, 2006








*A R C H I V E S C R E E N I N G S*

*Document,* the International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival presents a platform for both established & emerging documentary filmmakers to screen their work at the only UK festival dedicated to raising awareness of international human rights issues.
9th September, Asylum Screening, CCA, 7:30pm, Tickets £3/£1.50
(Free to asylum seekers)

As part of our document: Archive Screening series we are proud to present:

*Border* Laura Waddington, France-UK, 2004, 27 mins.
In 2002, Laura Waddington spent months in the fields around Sangatte Red
Cross camp, France with Afghan and Iraqi refugees, who were trying to cross
the channel tunnel to England. Filmed at night with a small video camera,
the figures lit only by the distant car headlights on the motorways. Border
is a personal account of the refugees plight and the police violence that
followed the campís closure.

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*The Eye of the Needle*, ******Jonas Soderqvist, Sweden 2005, 57 mins.

The Eye of the Needle takes a close look at the Swedish, and European,
migration policies and the living situation for refugees in Europe coming
from troubled areas all over the world. The film captures the daily life of
four people, all marked by the order of the New Europe:

· a young man hiding Asylum Seekers from the authorities

· an official at the Swedish Migration Board whose job is to decide
who gets to stay and who is thrown out

· a young Bosnian woman living underground, hiding from the Swedish
police, trying to avoid deportation

· a young Macedonian man waiting for his asylum application to come
through

We have filmed their lives for two and a half years in order to capture
their respective realities. We are trying to understand the system by
looking at how it marks administrative officials as well as refugees seeking
help.******

*23**** September – CCA, 7:30pm, Tickets £3/£1.50 (Free to asylum seekers) *
******

*Pretty Dyana, Roma Screening,* Boris Mitic, 48mins******

An intimate look at four Roma families from a Belgrade favella who live by
selling cardboard and bottles which they collect with their souped-up
Citroen Dyanas. They even use the car batteries as power generators in order
to get some light, watch TV and to recharge their mobiles. ******

These are the final two***** document: Archive Screenings *series, before***
** document 4* which takes place from 12 - 16 October, at the CCA and GFT,
Glasgow.

*document 4* will screen a large and diverse selection of documentary film
covering a broad understanding of international human rights including:
immigration & asylum; racism; miscarriages of justice; eviction; poverty;
social exclusion; war and conflict; workers / unemployed rights; Africa;
Palestine / Israel; central / eastern Europe; north & south America; roma,
gypsies & travellers; Kurdish issues; central Asian former soviet republics;
mental health & social care; HIV / aids; young people; women; human
trafficking; indigenous cultures; environmental exploitation & disaster...

*For more information, please contact Neill Patton on 07801 441 643 or, Mona
Rai 07963476204. Alternatively you can e-mail us at* *****
docfestinfo@gmail.com* ***** .*


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Document 4 - International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
15 Argyle Court,
1103 Argyle Street,
Glasgow,
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G3 8ND
www.docfilmfest.org.uk
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