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Document 12 Programme 9–12 October 2014 Introduction
It’s with great pleasure that Document is able to return to for its twelfth year and tenth edition at Glasgow’s CCA. It’s hard to approach human rights without it sounding daunting: in this day and age when we are bombarded with media images, it’s difficult to find the humanity amidst the spin. But with every year, Document has striven to create a festival that is diverse and accessiblecrafting a programme of international perspectives and giving platform to voices that aren’t usually heard. Document 12 has been nearly a year in the making: founded in 2002 in the hope of offering an alternative to the then near-total negative media bias where asylum seekers and the Roma people were concerned, over the years Document has gained a dedicated and informed audience with an interest base as broad as the themes we
Document 12 Document International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall St Glasgow G2 3JD
CCA Tickets & Festival Passes suggested donations Festival Pass (all events): £25.00 (£20.00 Concessions) Weekend Pass (Sat/Sun): £20.00 (£15.00 Concessions) Day Pass: £12.00 (£8.00 Concessions) Single Screenings: £4.00 (£3.00 Concessions)
now cover. In the wake of the Independence Referendum, it is apparent that a renewed engagement with social and political questions has arisen among us. It is our hope that this makes Document more relevant than ever. This year’s programme spans everything from film to music, workshops to spoken word. With three Jury Award categories, a Youth Programme, a Women’s strand and over forty films, there is no shortage of ways in which to engage with human rights in its broadest definition at Document 12. The theme for this year is ‘Access to Justice’: an overwhelming amount of films we saw in programming the festival dealt with the way governments, developers and justice systems around the world create impasses for the general public in accessing their rights. Despite this institutionalised lack of equality, the work we have selected shows people and communities that continue the fight for justice in a myriad of ways. From the taut courtroom drama of ‘Judgement in Hungary’ to the direct action against real estate developers in ‘Rent Rebels’, these stories will inspire as much as they will inform. We are also very proud to include the two specialist strands: Our Women’s Programme- inspired by the wave of growing feminist voices in Glasgow- addresses key issues for women around the world, from FGM to representation in the media to state-enforced birth control. Our Youth Programme offers an eclectic mix of films whose unifying feature is the attempt to represent many of those who usually go unheard. We owe thanks to many people, organisations and groups. But thanks especially to all those for whom Document’s concerns and interests continue to match their own, and who keep coming back year in and year out. There is something for everyone at Document 12. Hope to see you there!
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Document 12 International Jury Award International Jury Veton Nurkollari Artistic Director, DOKUFEST International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Prizren, Kosovo
Marta Szuchnicka Festival Co-ordinator, WATCH DOCS International Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland
Aida Vallejo University of the Basque Country, Spain
Beth Armstrong Filmmaker/GMAC, Glasgow, Scotland
Karen O’Hare Festival Director, Southside Film Festival, Glasgow,Scotland
Chris Fyvie Film Critic, The Skinny Magazine, Scotland The International Jury Prize will be awarded on Sunday October 12 at the Document 12 Closing Gala, 8.30PM in CCA5. International Jury Award 2014 Artist: Steven Papadopulous
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Films in Competition American Vagabond CCA5 Sunday 12 October
Special Jury Prize/Q Hugo Film Award, Chicago International Film Festival 2013 Jury Award Winner Best Documentary, Image Out
Cantos
CCA5 Friday 10 October Viktor Award, Munich International Documentary Festival 2014 Special Mention of the Cinéma Suisse Jury, Nyon Visions du Réel 2013
Conflict 1949 || 1979 CCA4 Friday 10 October
Special Mention, Lebanese Film Festival 2014 Special Mention, Faito Doc Festival 2014
Judgement in Hungary CCA5 Saturday 11 October
Grand Jury Prize, One World Film Festival 2014 Best Film Award, Trieste Film Festival 2014 Premier Prix, 20th Nancy-Lorraine International Film Festival Documentary Award, Wiesbaden goEast 2014 Special Jury Prize, Human Rights Award, Audience Award, Sarajevo Film Festival 2014
Encounter with a Lost Land CCA5 Saturday 11 October
Nominated Best Feature Documentary/Best Director: Feature Documentary, Madrid Film Festival
The Hand That Feeds CCA5 Friday 10 Oct
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Audience Award Winner Encore Screening, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2014 Best Documentary Feature, 2014 Sidewalk Film Festival 2014 “Best of Fest” Encore Screening, AFI DOCS 2014
Zelim’s Confession CCA4 Friday 10 Oct
Best Documentary, Potsdam Sehsüchte 2014 National Film Prize LAVR 2013
SCHEDULE
4 DOCUMENT 12 Thursday 9 OCTober Gilmorehill Centre 5.00–7.00pm
CCA4
12 noon – 1.05 pm
Hearsay
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm
Birsen
2.45 pm – 3.45 pm
Zelim’s Confession
Launch Event
4.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Hong Kong Out Of The Shadows Amazing Azerbaijan
Music
5.45 pm – 7.20 pm
Man For A Day
7.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Conflict 1949 || 1979
Keynote Lecture
Aida Vallejo: Documentary Film Festivals in Europe: Mapping The Field Saramago Café Bar 7.00–8.00pm
FRIDAY 10 OCTober
Reception 10.30–close
CCA5 8.00–10.00pm
Bar 5.00–close
Foyer
Monica / Halfrican / Modifier Opening Film
God Loves Uganda Exhibition
Sarah Roberts: Home
5.00 pm – 10.00pm
11 Information Desk
5.00 pm – 10.00pm
Videotheque
CCA5 12 noon – 1.15 pm
These Birds Walk
1.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Carbon Rush
3.45 pm – 5.15 pm
Viva Chile Mierda
5.30 pm – 6.45 pm
Cantos
7.00 pm – 8.30 pm
The Moscow Trials
8.45 pm –10.35 pm
The Hand That Feeds
Club Room 12.00–3.00pm
Student Forum
4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Screening and Discussion
Enable: Learning Disabled Film Kilts, Tanks and Aeroplanes: Scotland, Cinema and the First World War Saramago Café Bar
7.00 pm – 8.30 pm
Document
12 Day by Day
6.00 pm – 10.00pm
Video Installation
Picture Window 10.30 pm – Close
Bar 11.00 am–close
Foyer
Music:
La Grande Za Za / The Ballad of Mable Wong / The Yawns Exhibition
Sarah Roberts: Home
12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Document 12 Info Desk
12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Videotheque
First Floor Atrium 12.00 – 10.00 pm
UWS ROOM 12.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Exhibition
Anti-Slavery International Creche
Electron Club 12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Radical Film Archive
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SCHEDULE SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER CCA4
SUNDAY 12 OCT CCA4
12 noon – 1.00 pm
When Elephants Dance Defenders Of The Spirit Forest
I Love Hooligans
1.15 pm – 2.30 pm
Tell Me Of The Seas
2.40 pm – 3.05 pm
A Sacrifice
2.45 pm – 3.30 pm
3.20 pm – 4.15 pm
Since I Was Born
4.30 pm – 5.50 pm
Rent Rebels
Love And Rubbish Faridullah’s Day Off Apna Haq
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm
Story Of Mr Love
3.45 pm – 5.00 pm
7.45 pm – 8.40 pm
Mare Mater
Greenfingers Untold Story
Stone Cold Justice
5.15 pm – 6.05 pm
9.10 pm – 10.15 pm
475: Break The Silence
6.20 pm – 7.30 pm
Mothers
12 noon – 2.00 pm
Courage Condoms and Power: media co-op shorts
2.15 pm – 2.30 pm
CCA5 12 noon – 1.30 pm
Nowhere Home
1.45 pm – 3.05 pm
Access To Justice
3.15 pm – 5.00 pm
When The Time Comes Banaz: A Love Story
5.15 pm – 6.20 pm
Encounter With A Lost Land
6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Kismet
8.15 pm – 10.30 pm
Judgement In Hungary
Club Room 5.15 pm – 7.15 pm
Ankur Arts Networking Event
Arts and Human Rights 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm
Carla Novi: Rana Plaza (Film)
Saramago Café Bar 6.00 pm – 10.00pm
Video Installation
Picture Window All Day
TYCI Podcast
11.00 pm – Close
MUSIC & SPOKEN WORD:
Bar 11.00 am–close
Panda Su / Leyla Josephine / Sam Small / Patricia Panther / Birdcage Djs
12 noon – 1.00 pm
A Goat For A Vote
1.15 pm – 2.45 pm
Riot From Wrong
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Performance
Carla Novi – Rana Plaza 6.15 pm – 8.15 pm
Tales From The Organ Trade
8.30 pm – 10.30 pm
Jury Prize Award Ceremony
Club Room 12.30 pm – 2.30 pm
7.15 pm – 8.15 pm
Ankur Networking Event
All Day
TYCI Podcast
American Vagabond Camcorder Guerrillas
The Meme is the Message 3.00 pm – 4.45 pm
Fully Focussed: Youth Filmmaking Workshop
Child Soldiers And Life After The Lord’s Resistance Army: A PostConflict Journalism Masterclass with Marc Ellison Saramago Café Bar
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm
6.00 pm– 10.00pm
Video Installation
Picture Window 10.30 pm – Close
Bygone Photobooth Company
11.00 pm – Close
Music:
Exhibition
Sarah Roberts: Home
Foyer
CCA5
Bar 11.00 am–close
Foyer
Junto Club / Tut Vu Vu / VSO Dj set Exhibition
Sarah Roberts: Home
12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Document 12 Info Desk
12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Document 12 Info Desk
12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Videotheque
12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Videotheque
All Day
TYCI Podcast
First Floor Atrium 12.00 noon – 11.00 pm
UWS ROOM 12.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Electron Club
RiB – Radical Independent Bookfair Creche
12.00 noon – 1.30 pm
Spirit of Revolt
2.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Common Good Awareness Project
4.00 pm – 10.00 pm
Radical Film Archive
First Floor Atrium 12.00 noon – 5.00 pm
UWS ROOM 12.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Electron Club 12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Dearest Scotland Creche Radical Film Archive
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Events Thursday 9 October 5.15pm
University of Glasgow Screen Seminar-
Documentary Film Festivals in Europe: Mapping the Field Room 408, Gilmorehill Centre
A lecture by Aida Vallejo in association with Document 12 and the University of Glasgow: In the last two decades documentary film festivals have spread throughout the European continent. During this process, different international
Document 12 Women’s Programme Over recent years, there has been an upsurge of feminist voices in Glasgow- where groups like the long-standing Glasgow Women’s Library and the newer TYCI actively promote new forms of engagement with issues of female identity and power in new ways and through new media forms. In response to this, Document 12 Women’s Programme will showcase films that evoke the specific and institutional forms of social, political and personal disfranchisement women experience throughout the world we all live in- through issues ranging from FGM to incarceration (and their representations in the media), Document 12 will attempt to reflect some of the ways in which women across the globe seek autonomy and agency in the face of reductive gender conventions and restrictive policies. The Women’s Jury Prize will be awarded on Sunday October 12 at the Document 12 Closing Gala, 8.30PM in CCA5.
Women’s Jury Members Mary Alice McLellan Annette Gray Susana Garcia Louisina Currie Jess Bennett-Eaves All Women’s Jury Members are part of the Glasgow Women’s Library community.
dynamics of interaction and cultural hierarchies were developed among these events. In this frame, new cultural networks of film circulation were created, and specialised festivals became key agents for the development of new trends in film production and distribution. This seminar will reflect on the role of these festivals in the development of a new documentary culture which has redefined the genre in a period of hybridisation and the search for new formats. Firstly, through an overview of the recent development in the study of film festivals, and an analysis of the possibilities opened up for research in the specific area of documentary film, and secondly, through an overview of Documentary Film Festivals in Europe from a historical perspective. In departing from the reconstruction of the map of documentary festivals which appeared over the last decades, different phases in which they acquired international relevance will be identified. Aida Vallejo is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising of the University of the Basque Country, Spain. She is the founder and coordinator of the Documentary Workgroup of the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS). She has published extensively on documentary film, film festivals, narratology and ethnography of the media, and is currently working on the production of an edited collection on Documentary Film Festivals. She has carried out fieldwork in the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Kosovo, Finland, and Spain. Aida Vallejo is in addition a member of the International Jury for Document 12 Films In Competition.
Friday 10 October 12-3pm
Student Forum:
Childhood under Occupation CCA Club Room
Document, GRAMNet and the Glasgow Human Rights Network will screen two documentaries taking different perspectives on the contemporary experience of Palestinian children: Stone Cold Justice looks at the contrasting legal rights enjoyed by young Israelis and Palestinians in the context of increasing arrests of Palestinian boys by the Israeli police force, while Since I Was Born tells the story of 11-year-old Tamer growing up in Dheisheh refugee camp, The West Bank. The screenings will be followed by a discussion. GRAMNet aims to bring together researchers and practitioners, NGOs and policy makers working with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland. The network is currently funded by The University of Glasgow, whose academic community has a wide range of expertise in relation to these areas. www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/ glasgowhumanrightsnetwork/
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Friday 10 October 4-6pm
Enable
Learning Disabled Film Screening and Discussion CCA Club Room
In collaboration with the Milngavie & Bearsden branch of Enable, Document 12 presents a series of short films from home and abroad which explore a variety of issues experienced by adults with a learning disability. Peter McMahon will talk about his films which highlight his experiences of bullying, while Paula Larkin will chair a discussion on some of the ongoing human rights issues affecting the learning disabled today. http://www.enable.org.uk Friday 10 October 7-8.30pm
Kilts, Tanks and Aeroplanes: Scotland, Cinema and the First World War CCA Club Room
The centenary of the First World War’s outbreak has received extensive media attention this year, often featuring well-known moving images from newsreels and official films. These factual and propaganda films, however, are only one aspect of the relationship between cinema and the war, at a peak time for cinema’s popularity in Scotland. Glasgow University researchers Dr Maria Velez-Serna and Dr David Archibald discuss the films made in Scotland during the war, looking at how the conflict was pictured for Scottish audiences, and how the cinema trade’s commercial interests converged with the state’s militaristic rhetoric.
Friday 10 October 12-10pm
Anti-Slavery International CCA 1ST Floor Atrium
One victim of slavery is identified every four days in Scotland. Slavery is said to occur when someone is forced to work through mental or physical threat of punishment, is dehumanised and treated as a commodity and denied their freedom of movement. Modern day or contemporary slavery includes hereditary slavery found predominantly in West Africa, bonded labour found predominantly in South Asia, human trafficking predominantly found in Europe, forced labour and child labour worldwide. It is estimated that over twenty million individuals are currently living in slave-like conditions around the world. Anti-Slavery International was founded as the Anti-Slavery Society in 1839 by Thomas Clarkson and others, whose work was instrumental in the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the subsequent abolition of slavery in the British colonies, including America and the Caribbean. The organisation has continued the fight against slavery over the years, and has been active in 20 countries. Tragically, Anti-Slavery International marks its 175th year of operational existence in 2014 due to the fact that so many people are still enslaved today. Now you have the opportunity of joining the efforts of Anti-Slavery International by creating a volunteer Local Anti-Slavery Group in Glasgow to support its work. Local AntiSlavery groups are wholly independent and are not affiliated with any political party. Come along and find out what they do. www.antislavery.org/english/
Document 12 Youth Programme For the first time in British history, a recent referendum offered the chance to vote on the destiny of a certain nation to 16 and 17 years old individuals. In response to this, Document 12 offers a look at life around the world from a young person’s perspective: films not just for young people, but in many cases by them: fresh insights for viewers of all ages on community empowerment, asylum, and life in general through the eyes of a coming generation. If Document had a mission statement, it might have something to do with attempting to provide a platform for as many people from as many different backgrounds, cultures, places, circumstances and ages as possible, to show us the world through their eyes: the concept of ‘human rights’ starts as an act of witness which becomes an ethical critique. For that to mean anything, surely everyone has to be involved? Recommended for those aged 15 and older. The Youth Jury Prize will be awarded on Sunday October 12 at the Document 12 Closing Gala, 8.30PM in CCA5.
Youth Jury Members Scott Blair Ruth Darby Ewan McAleer Luke Murphy Chaired by Michael Richardson from LGBT Youth Scotland
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Agitate, Educate, Inspire, Organise, Uncover... Saturday 11 October 12.00 noon –11.00 pm
The RiB Project Bookstall CCA 1ST Floor Atrium
The Radical Independent Book-fair project (RIB) has been running stalls, coordinating and collaborating on events since 2006 when it premiered at Document 4. Though it began as a joint idea between Variant magazine, angry artworks and AK Press & Distribution, its roots go back to counter cultural events organised by
the Free University Network and the Scottish Bookfair of Radical Black & Third World Books, as well as the support and campaigning groups Artists in Solidarity and Workers City from the early 1990s. RIB acts as a support structure for a number of individuals and groups who produce publications, information and materials for sale, view and free distribution. With the ideas of mutual aid and solidarity at its forefront, this long term project plays an important part in helping to fill the gap left by the lack of alternative bookshops in Glasgow.
The RIB project is pleased to be supporting Document for the ninth year running. Want a bookstall at your next (preferably free entry) Glasgow based event? Please contact Euan at rib@ angryartworks.com Facebook search - Glasgows Radical Independent Bookfair project www.ribproject.org
“not by the book” ...the RiB project
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EVENTS Friday 10–Sunday 12 October
Radical Film Archive CCA Electron Club
The Radical Film Archive started when founder, Michael Dunn, was given a hard-drive that was supposed to be thrown out. Instead of disposing of it he decided to use it as the basis of a self-education resource. Things change so fast: the examples of our film history are almost forgotten the day after they are recorded, as the total sum continues to grow. There are so many overlooked films out there to learn from, but it can be overwhelming to choose. As such, Dunn holds events for people to discuss what they think should be in or out of the archive, gives access to the films and encourages screenings. By creating this archive together, all have the chance to share in preserving rare and under-told stories that could be so easily lost.
Saturday 11 October 2-4pm
The Common Good Awareness Project CCA Electron Club
Film (2PM) and discussion (3PM). The film was made to create awareness and understanding of the Common Good, and to support the Portobello Park campaign, where a dangerous precedent through the use of private bills could have a devastating effect on Common Good assets across the country. We will be discussing 3 issues concerning the Common Good:
1. Scotland’s Common Good Fund is 500 years of our common stuff! Our publicly owned assets preserved from across Scotland are now worth tens of millions of pounds- but their value has dwindled, mostly due to mismanagement of the fund by the elected city councillors who are its stewards. We believe these assets, part of our working class history, should be used for us as a social networking tool across the country, and to help empower communities, particularly young folk, who have most to lose if these assets are allowed to conveniently disappear.
2. The Farmhouse
Saturday 11 October 12-1.30pm
Spirit Of Revolt Archive Project
The Farmhouse is an old building in Elder Park, Govan and is part of the Common Good Fund. By transforming it into an independent resource centre, we are creating a template for Scotland, showing others how to identify and bring Common Good assets back into community use.
CCA Electron Club
3. Participatory Action Research
Short film, chat and mini-exhibition about the Spirit of Revolt.
The Farmhouse Project welcomes all participants from the planning stages to building as well as deciding how the resource will be used. By documenting the project on video, we will capture the key interests and concerns of those involved. Our local issues are in reality city wide ones, so the model could be spread across the city as a whole. Come and find out how we will do this.
The Spirit of Revolt was founded in 2012 as an archive of dissent which chronicles the story of Anarchists and Libertarian-Socialists in Glasgow, Clydeside and the wider area, past and present. This record of everyday struggle for a fairer life has industrial and cultural activism at its heart- a colourful and empowering history. Come and find out what SOR does, and how you could turn Glasgow’s radical history into useful tools for future action. spiritofrevolt.info
Saturday 11 October 5.15–7.15pm
Ankur Arts Networking Event: Arts and Human Rights CCA Club Room
Representing Others - Getting it Right Are you an artist or aspiring documentary filmmaker with a passion for making work about Human Rights issues? Are you interested in the connection between art and actuality, especially in challenging circumstances, or as part of human rights campaigns? Ankur Arts invites you to an open discussion event with photographer Alexandra Fazzina, documentary filmmakers May Abdalla and Sean McAllister, journalist Billy Briggs and a representative from Amnesty International Scotland. You can hear first hand accounts of the practicalities, challenges and the ethics of working in conflict zones, or on campaigns to highlight social injustice and other human rights struggles. Join us for what promises to be a stimulating evening of shared experience and exploratory conversation on the important question of how we know what’s going on in the world. Ankur Productions is an awardwinning arts organisation with a remit to increasing diversity in the arts in Scotland. Ankur acts as a catalyst, advocate, producer and champion for diverse arts in Scotland by enabling artists from diverse backgrounds to be ambitious and by cultivating audiences with a curiosity for a wide variety of artistic work. Following the event, Ankur welcomes you to join them for an informal gathering in the back room of the CCA 1st Floor Bar from 7-8PM. www.ankurproductions.org.uk
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Carla Novi: Rana Plaza Saturday 11 October 7.30 – 9.30 pm CCA Club Room
Film Sunday 12 October 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm CCA5
Performance Document 12 will play host to the premiere of artist Carla Novi’s new film and performance piece centred on the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh. Although Document is a film-festival in name, it is a multiarts festival at heart- celebrating not only film’s ability to draw attention to human rights abuses but referencing journalism, visual arts, theatre and art performance as tools to educate and inform. In February 2013, Carla Novi was invited to take part in Britto International Artists Workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As part of her project she visited a garment factory in Dhaka to interview women workers. Two months after her return to Glasgow, the garment factory that she visited in Rana Plaza collapsed, leaving more than 1,000 workers dead- one of the worst industrial disasters in history. In the wake of the tragedy, Novi returned to Bangladesh and recon-
Sunday 12 October 12.30 pm – 2.30pm
camcorder guerrillas: the meme and the message CCA Club Room
nected with survivor Dilora Begum. In collaboration with Begum, Novi has crafted a new performance piece that fuses themes of globilisation, workers and women’s rights, and the economic- and the ethicaltoll our desire for fast-fashion has taken on the developing world. As a prelude to the performance itself, Novi will screen a documentary film that follows this personal journey: from her first visit to Dhaka before the factory collapsed, to her return a year later, where she witnesses the aftermath of the tragedy. As the artist deals with her own pain and loss, she embarks on a mission to try to find the fifteen garment workers that she met in Rana Plaza before the catastrophe. The film will be screened in the CCA Club Room at 7.30PM on Saturday October 11. Novi will be in attendance for a Q & A afterwards to shed light on the project and answer any questions from the audience. The performance will take place in CCA 5 at 4PM on Sunday October 12. The estimated running time is 1 hour.
Don’t complain about the media – be the media. See some new camcorder guerrilla shorts made here in Glasgow with United Glasgow Football Club and with Scottish CND, and meet Life Mosaic- some international filmmakers from Fife who make films with indigenous communities all over the globe. Longterm friends and collaborrators with Document, camcorder guerrillas are a Glasgow community-based, voluntary collective of professional filmmakers, artists and activists, working together to make and showcase documentaries for those concerned with human rights, welfare and social justice initiatives. Join them for this screening and discussion. camcorderguerillas.wordpress.com
Saturday 11 October
TYCI Podcast CCA
TYCI is a collective run by women who care about things. Composed of artists, musicians, bloggers, writers and producers based in Glasgow, TYCI is a website, a zine, a radio show, a podcast and live event series promoting all things woman, with contributors based across the world. Through their radio programmes, podcasts and live events, TYCI aims to promote female performers, booking the likes of PINS, Honeyblood, Bdy Prts, LAW, Conquering Animal Sound and CHVRCHES. Each TYCI live event also raises money for charity, having previously supported organisations like Rape Crisis, Scottish Women’s Aid, Forward UK, Women For Women International and Refuge. TYCI also works in collaboration with other groups to organise one-off exhibitions, pop-up events and information sessions. For Document 12, TYCI members Anna Hodgart and Amanda Aitken will be streaming a podcast live from the CCA throughout the evening of Saturday 11 October- capturing the activity and buzz of the festival, exploring feminist and female-centric issues, and profiling some of the women involved.
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Sunday 12 October 12.00 noon – 6.00 pm
Dearest Scotland CCA 1ST Floor Atrium
Founded in February of this year, Dearest Scotland is an a-political letter writing campaign focussed on crowdsourcing a vision for Scotland by the public for a common good. Since its inception, its founder, Cat Cochrane has sought to collect letters from all over- from the Borders to Shetland, Fife to Skye and from Scots around the world, Dearest Scotland aims to create a modern and coherent portrait of contemporary Scotland in this age of flux. The project hopes to culminate in an exhibition in early 2015 of all the letters collected throughout the year. So come and write your vision of a better Scotland today. Someone will definitely be listening. www.dearestscotland.com
Sunday 12 October 3.00 pm – 4.45pm
Fully Focussed: From The Ground Up CCA Club Room
Director and members of the young production team behind Riot From Wrong (CCA5 Sunday 12 October 1.15-2.45PM) and the youth-led media organisation Fully Focused bring you From The Ground Up – a workshop which looks at genuine youth-led real and raw documentary filmmaking on a shoestring budget: How to organise and maximise team effort even when many members of the team may have little or no media experience, while still aiming to deliver a high-end, high impact product that pulls no punches. This workshop will also look at Citizen Source-led Media vs The Mainstream Media, and how to respond quickly to events while still remaining true to the facts as they unfold. Suitable for young people from age 14. www.fullyfocusedproductions.com
Sunday 12 October 5.00 pm – 6.30 pm
Marc Ellison
Child Soldiers And Life After The Lord’s Resistance Army: A Post-Conflict Journalism Masterclass CCA Club Room
Marc Ellison is an award-winning data- and photojournalist based in Glasgow, Scotland. He has produced multimedia work from Canada, Mali, South Sudan, Uganda, and the United Kingdom. Marc’s masterclass at Document 12 will include: case studies of his time in Uganda, the ethical, cultural and logistical challenges of working with women who have survived trauma, and his active campaign against the superficial tactics of “parachute journalism”. Marc won a Canadian Association of Journalists award for his work with female Ugandan child soldiers, the inaugural Canadian Open Data Innovation Award for his ‘Lobby Watch’ series in the Toronto Star, an IDRC Award for International Journalism, the Martin Newland Award for Print Reporting, and won the World Bank’s 2013 Picture Inequality photo competition. In 2014, he was also awarded a $2,500 hostile environment training bursary by the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma. He has covered a broad range of topics, including: the censorship of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s Facebook page; the reintegration of female child soldiers in Uganda; bed bugs in social housing; refugees in South Sudan; missing First Nations women in Canada; reality radio shows in Mali; gay rights; crisis mapping; mining; child soldiers living in Canada; African cyber-crime; crime; municipal and federal elections; FASD in First Nations communities; education in Indian schools, and even burlesque dancing. http://www.marcellison.com
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Sunday 12 October 10.30 pm – Close
The Bygone Photobooth Company CCA Saramago Café Bar
As such HRFN works to foster an international environment conductive to the screening and promotion of human rights films worldwide.
‘’Paying homage to the bygone era of analogue photography, when a photograph was a rare keepsake in a gentleman’s bill-fold”...
www.humanrightsfilmnetwork.org
The Bygone Photobooth Company disguises state of the art technology within antique photography equipment, with a combination of bespoke, hand crafted backdrops, vintage props and a nostalgic setting: “The result is a single moment of a special day; captured on paper, a memory that will never fade.”
Have you been affected by sexual violence?
Come and get your picture taken at the Festival Closing Party- the perfect keepsake of Document 12... www.bygonephotobooth.co.uk Friday 10–Sunday 12 October 12.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Creche
UWS Room 1st Floor Maryhill Mobile Creche provides excellent quality childcare, through a team of highly skilled workers, for children from birth to 16 years. MMC operates: 1. A mobile creche service delivered throughout Glasgow supporting voluntary organisations working with disadvantaged families and communities.
For support and information please call Rape Crisis Scotland Helpline Freephone
08088 01 03 02
Minicom (for deaf access)
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2. Respite service for vulnerable families in North Glasgow. 3.Dunard After School Care, supporting local parents/ carers in education, training and employment. Through these services we actively promote opportunities for personal achievement to develop each child’s capacity as a successful learner, a confident individual, a responsible person and an effective contributor within their own community and to society at large. Please note that the creche can accommodate a maximum of 10 children at a time- as such, and to ensure that workers can attempt to meet the needs of as many users as require the service, parents/carers will be asked to register for a specific time slot when they arrive.
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EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions Thursday 9–Sunday 12 October
Picture Window CCA Saramago Café Bar
Founded in April 2012 by artists Annie Crabtree and Eileen Daily, Picture Window specialises in producing performance and projection work for public spaces. The project’s aim is to confront the audience with the challenge of contemporary art in unexpected contexts. Contemporary documentary practice has moved from a search for empirical fact and a singular truth, to negotiating a world of perspectives and truths. Contemporary documentary thus draws itself ever closer to visual art. Through the collision of documentary and video art, Picture Window will examine where the border now lies between the genres and what the blurring of these lines could mean for the future of both practices. This year’s installation will be an ambitious display of projection spanning the height of the building’s interior courtyard. Sound will be provided by wireless headphones, allowing you to roam free on all levels. Picture Window at Document 12 will use as its point of departure the Body in relation to Culture; the Self in relation to Society. Alongside the new work the short films: National Heritage (Jean Castejon 2013) and Desire for a Civilisation (Caroline Astudillo 2014) will be screened throughout the weekend.
Thursday 9–Sunday 12 October
Sarah Roberts: Home CCA 1st Floor Bar
Working with people who have moved to Scotland from elsewhere, Sarah Roberts has undertaken a research-based photographic exploration of the concept of home. The participants come from a wide range of backgrounds and from a variety of countries including Peru, Afghanistan, Slovakia, Italy, Lithuania, the USA and Somalia. With so much negative media attention surrounding the issue of immigration, not only in the UK but also around the world, Home is an attempt to counteract this harmful rhetoric and celebrate the diversity that immigration creates. While the objects photographed are specific to individuals, the body of work as a whole demonstrates the universality of some of the main indicators of home, with family, friendship and culture at the forefront. While the specifics may change, there is a commonality in the things that we as human beings hold dear. Group research and interviews with each participant form the basis of this project, enabling the photographer to build a picture of the universal qualities of the meaning of home, whilst also looking at the distinctly different aspects that are important in making the individual feel at home. Photographing each person in a similar way against a plain background demonstrates the universal connections between all of us as human beings. The resulting body of work consists of large scale portraits of each individual, displayed alongside montages of images of objects that symbolise different aspects of each person’s sense of home. By displaying the images in this way, there is no direct correlation between the individual and the objects. This has been done partly to preserve the anonymity of the participants, but also to demonstrate the intriguing mix of universality and individuality of the subject.
Friday 10 – Sunday 12 October 12.00 noon – 10.00 pm
Videotheque
CCA Sauchiehall St Foyer Did you miss a film in CCA5 that you really wanted to see? Was there something you wanted to watch in CCA4 on at the same time as something else you wanted to watch in CCA5? Would you just like to watch the one you did see again? Don’t worry, as the Document Videotheque returns so that you can catch up on the small screen with anything you missed on the big one. Situated inside the main entrance to the CCA and open throughout festival hours, the Videotheque offers the entire Document 12 screening programme- free- for your viewing pleasure. To access, please inquire at the Document 12 information desk in the foyer, just behind CCA main reception.
www.sarahrobertsphoto.com
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In the context of increasing number of hate crimes against Muslim women and Islamophobia as a whole, Amina MWRC aim to empower Muslim women and ensure they have appropriate support and access to information and services. If you need to speak to someone about any issue you may have (e.g. domestic abuse, forced marriage, benefits advice, family issues) please call our helpline 0808 801 0301 between the hours of 10.00 am and 4.00 pm, Monday to Friday.
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Music CCA Saramago Café Bar Thursday 9 October 10.30 pm
Monica Halfrican Modifier
Hot! Hot!, came out on El Rancho records, and live reviews support the band’s claim that the blend of Fuzz, reverb and NAMM chops translates well to audiences... halfrican.bandcamp.com
Helge Kuhl and an appearance on Dave Seaman’s Renaissance Masters compilation, Modifier embarked on a global journey of writing, recording and producing their own unique brand of electronica. Their new EP ‘Haptic’ is out now on High Sheen Records.
Monica
Modifier
New Glasgow 6-piece specialising in slow grooves and eclectic pop.
Modifier is Sean Kerwin and Chris Shelswell, two musicians living on opposite sides of the earth, creating electronic music between the UK and New Zealand. After a string of prolific releases on Voco, Paintwork and Microrave Records, killer remixes for Karin Park, Grand National,
Modifier’s gadget driven live set ebbs and flows through a shifting sonic landscape ranging from uplifting melancholic to abrasive electronic. Made for the mind as much as the body, Modifier exemplify intelligent dance music.
own special groove as the rhythm section drives the tempo up to 7 beats to the bar behind the twin voices of Fred and Eva...
cussion. The Ballad of Mable Wong’s line up is down to a two piece for this gig, but will not lack any of the punchy, polyrhythmic patterns listeners have become accustomed to.
Halfrican Halfrican began in 2012 as a solo project of Sancho Buna. Jet Jackson soon joined the group, and Choi Paul came later. Their debut release, Hot!
Friday 10 October 10.30 pm
La Grande Zaza The Ballad Of Mable Wong The Yawns La Grande Zaza
La Grande Zaza is a thin-skinned lover... Formed in Montpelier in 2011, this French-Scots outfit stop off for one night in the CCA on their mini-tour of Scotland. Shaped by the rich cultural mix of the Midi region of Southern France, yet uniquely themselves, La Grande Zaza reference a dizzying array of styles from Balkan to klezmer, folk to flamenco, chanson to swing in their
Glasgow meets Paris meets Montpelier in this fusion of songs and tunes to dance and dream to.
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The Yawns
The Ballad Of Mable Wong
With a sound that meanders somewhere between indie pop and post punk, sparkly guitar lines lace themselves between tumbling bass lines, rolling drums and vocals seep into every gap, the songs floating on an air of mystery and melancholy. Too tight to be ‘slacker’, too drunk to be ‘pop’, The Yawns are forever trapped in limbo...
Rory McIntyre and Michael Kent have been writing music together since 2005. They are inspired by film music, and bands such as Tortoise, Papa M and Battles, to name but a few. Originally The Ballad of Mable Wong started as a 3-piece which progressed into a foursome with Laurie Pitt on drums and Joanne Murtagh on per-
theyawnsband.bandcamp.com
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MUSIC
Saturday 11 October 11.00 pm
Panda Su Leyla Josephine & Sam Small/ Patricia Panther/ Birdcage DJs Panda Su
Half Portuguese, born in the rural Highlands of Scotland and having spent her formative years deep in the forests of Fife, PANDA SU found her own voice with the release of the critically acclaimed Sticks and Bricks EP in 2009. Her follow up EP I Begin was released to even greater critical acclaim with the title track being awarded Single of the Month in The List (May 2011), whilst the EP was described in Audioscribbler as, “Arguably the most engaging record of the year”. In the USA, the EP also met with great commendation, with Best New Bands view that, “The EP becomes better and better with each listen… immediately evoking Sufjan Steven’s older albums”. www.pandasu.co.uk
Leyla Josephine & Sam Small (spoken word) Leyla Josephine is a performance artist and poet from Glasgow. You
can usually find her in pubs shouting about feminist issues, nightclubbing, and Beyonce.
Quines’ Dare to Care (Adam Smith Theatre & Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh).
Sam Small is a poet from Glasgow, host of Inn Deep’s monthly poetry night and a founding member of The High Flight Fanzine team.
soundcloud.com/patricia-panther
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Patricia Panther Patricia is a composer, actress and singer songwriter based in Glasgow. She experiments with an electronic multi-genre sound, resulting in music that is uniquely weird but interesting. Theatre credits include: composer/ songwriter and actress for The National Theatre of Scotland’s Glasgow Girls (The Citizens Theatre & Theatre Royal Stratford East), Composer/songwriter for Stellar
Birdcage DJs Fresh off the back of another amazing alternative pride party and recently listed as one of Groupons best alternative club nights in Glasgow, Birdcage DJs Mia & Caity will be bringing you their hand picked selection of house, disco remixes and hip hop to get you up dancing all night long. Birdcage approaches its 3rd year bringing an alternative queer monthly club night, held in Broadcast- details of their nights can be found at: facebook.com/birdcageglasgow
Sunday 12 October 11.00 pm
Tut Vu Vu Junto Club VSO DJ Set Junto Club
The Junto Club were formed with the simple and impossible ambition of creating original music. In truth, their music is entirely derivative- derivative of the lives they lead and the bands they love. Borrowing sound and vision from their idols Morodor, Suicide, Bowie, through hooks and rhythm they aim to shake the heart and move the feet. Indie, electronic, disco- call it what you will at the Junto Club... soundcloud.com/clubjunto
Tut Vu Vu Since 2007, Tut Vu Vu have embarked on a series of accidental musical happenings, film scores and artistic collaborations realised through continually shape shifting line-ups and instrumentation. Returning to
Glasgow as the original 3 piece, Tut Vu Vu (Matthew Black, Jamie Bolland & Raydale Dower) offer a unique brand of fresh experimental, industrial, up tempo zee music. soundcloud.com/tut-vu-vu
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Document 12 Festival Launch
7.00 pm – 8.00 pm CCA Saramago Café Bar
Reception
sponsored by
8.00 pm – 10.00 pm CCA5
Opening Film:
God Loves Uganda
Roger Ross Williams USA 2013 / 90 mins The Evangelical movement in the United States is a multi-million dollar machine. With fewer and fewer people to convert in the steadily secularised west, missionaries trained at American churches go over to Uganda, where their anti-gay preaching is accepted. This movement, fuelled by American money and idealism, produced a noxious flower– Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which made death one of the possible penalties on the legal statute for homosexual activity. Committed to the idea that God wanted all forms of “sexual immorality” eliminated from the earth, it was the reason why Uganda had dismantled its successful AIDS programme in favour of an abstinence-only policy. God Loves Uganda is a powerful film that explores the standoff between Gay Rights and Fundamentalist Christianity in 21st century Africa. Through interviews with activists, missionaries, church leaders and politicians, Williams has crafted a film that tries to understand the shortsightedness of brand-name Christianity in a place where people are not legally allowed to be who they are. “In the well-known trope... a white man journeys into the heart of darkness and finds the mystery of Africa and its unknowable otherness. I, a black man, made that journey and found– America.” – Roger Ross Williams Full Frame Inspiration Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the Dallas International Film Festival Best Feature Length Documentary at the Ashland Independent Film Festival Audience Award Documentary at the Mountain Film Festival Best Overall Documentary at the DocuWest Film Festival Sheffield Youth Jury Award at the Sheffield Doc/Fest Grand Jury Pink Peach Feature at the Atlanta Film Festival Jury Award for Documentary Feature at the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
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Friday 10 October 2014 12.00 noon–1.05 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
ments the struggles of these wayward street children and the samaritans who look out for them in an inspirational story of personal resilience. Vigilance in Filmmaking Award, Nashville Film Festival 2013 / Special Mention Best Documentary, Zurich Film Festival 2013 1.15 pm–2.30 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
2.45pm – 3.45 pm CCA4
Eibe Maleen Krebs
Zelim’s Confession
Germany 2014 / 65 mins
Edward R. Murrow Award (Investigative Journalism), Overseas Press Club of America / Amnesty International Award, San Sebastian International Human Rights Film Festival 12.00 noon – 1.15 pm CCA5
Youth Programme
These Birds Walk
Omar Mullick & Bassam Tariq
Natalia Mikhaylova Russia 2013 / 60 mins
Birsen
Pauline Van Tuyll & Karen Kuiper Netherlands/Turkey 2014 / 49 mins Birsen was not diagnosed with Autism until she was in her early twenties. Since then she has written a memoir, and works with researchers, doctors and teachers to create a better understanding of the condition. Juxtaposing her personal life with her public one as an activist and writer, this documentary is a candid portrait of an articulate, impassioned young woman. Followed by panel Q & A 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm CCA5 Scottish Premiere
Simultaneously heart-wrenching and life-affirming, These Birds Walk docu-
Best Documentary, Potsdam Sehsüchte 2014/ National Film Prize LAVR 2013 Document 12 International Jury Award: Nomination for Best Film
Viva Chile Mierda
In Karachi, Pakistan, a runaway boy's life hangs on one critical question: where is home? The streets, an orphanage, or with the family he fled in the first place?
Attempting to help him is Asad- a young ambulance driver and former street kid, he sees something of himself in these children, and reluctantly but regularly risks his life to reunite them with their families.
Zelim, a 20-year-old Chechen living in the North Caucasus, is arrested one morning without charge. Over five days of brutal torture, the police try to extract a confession for crimes he did not commit. Thanks to his resilience Zelim manages to survive, and escapes to Norway. While Zelim battles nightmares and oppressive memories in his new home, his family in Ingushetia try to clear his name. Director Natalia Mikhaylova returns to the five fateful days that changed his life, in the complex story of a modern refugee.
3.45 pm – 5.15 pm CCA5 Scottish Premiere
Pakistan 2013 / 77 Mins
Filmed over nearly three years, These Birds Walk is the story of Omar, a high-spirited young boy of 9 or 10 who is living in a house for runaways; he has fled his difficult rural home life for the dangerous streets of Karachi, and is trying to find a safe haven somewhere amidst the chaos of his country and his family.
Followed by discussion with Dr Francesco Sindico, Director, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance www.strath.ac.uk/scelg/
Hearsay
Ten people, blind from birth, describe how they imagine colour and light; how they dream; what they picture it must feel like to steer a car. Originality of perception pre-empts the condition of blindness. Shot in a crisp black and white, Hearsay is a unique documentary experience that questions the preconceptions of the sighted on the blind, and provides us with new perspectives on our own viewing habits.
Development Mechanism, and asks the fundamental questions "What happens when we manipulate markets to solve the climate crisis? Who stands to gain and who stands to suffer?"
Adrian Goycoolea USA 2013 / 89 mins
The Carbon Rush Amy Miller
Canada 2012 /83 Mins The Carbon Rush takes us around the world to meet the people upon whom the western governments' carbon credit schemes have the greatest impact: From indigenous rain forest dwellers, to assassinated Campesinos, to the lost livelihoods of waste pickers at landfills, the film travels across four continents looking at projects working through the United Nations Kyoto Protocol-designed Clean
Chile, 1974: Under the cloak of darkness, Pinochet’s military intelligence service raid the home of the filmmaker’s Aunt Gaby. She, together with her husband and brother, are blindfolded and taken to a secret military prison to be interrogated. For three weeks they are tortured and terrorised. No one knows where they are. Their children are kept under armed guard. Were it not for the help given to them by one young prison guard, they would not have coped. That guard was Andres ‘Papudo’ Valenzuela- who several years later would be the first military intelligence officer to admit to the crimes committed by the dictatorship...
Friday 10 October 2014
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5.45 pm – 7.15 pm CCA4
Hong Kong: Out of the Shadows Sam Wild
A film five years in the making, Hong Kong: Out of the Shadows explores how many of the city’s residents are struggling to achieve full democracy while also confronting economic injustice. Interviews with major political players and people from civic society underpin the film and outline how– for many- direct action and protest remain the key platform through which frustrations are articulated in the absence of a fully democratic political system. The stories of two people- one a highly-paid British expat accountant, the other an impoverished Chinese migrant- provide two very different perspectives on life in this heavilypopulated metropolis.
Liz Mermin
Man For a Day
Katerina Peters
UK 2014 / 30 mins
Amazing Azerbaijan
Women’s Programme
UK Premiere
Azerbaijan 2013 / 60 mins For Eurovision 2011, a sugary duet with the unintentionally ironic title “Running Scared” won the contest for this oil and gas-rich, secular Shia, former Soviet Republic. The competition claims to be an apolitical celebration of cultural unity; but when the President of Azerbaijan declared the victory a national achievement, he offered the nation up to the harsh glare of the international spotlight, for better or worse. There is a duality to this Eurasian country: one is a shiny democratic republic the government proudly puts on display for visiting journalists and dignitaries. The other is a repressive and corrupt land with no respect for freedom of expression or assemblyone in which bloggers are arrested on trumped up charges, peaceful protesters are violently beaten, and journalists are threatened- or even killed...
Germany 2012 / 96 mins Gender activist Diane Torr’s worldwide appearances and workshops are now legendary. For the past thirty years, the main focus of this performance artist’s work has been an exploration of the theoretical, artistic- and even practical- aspects of gender identity. Katarina Peters’ documentary observes a Diane Torr workshop in Berlin, in which a group of openminded women come together to discover the secrets of masculinity. What makes a man a man and a woman a woman? Precisely when and where is gender identity formatted? How much is nature and how much nurture? Each of Torr’s workshops represents an open-ended laboratory experiment in social behaviour in which the question is posed: is it possible to deliberately play out different roles and create a space in which to transgress both masculine and feminine characteristics? Best Documentary, KIEL Transgender Film Festival 5.30 pm – 6.45 pm CCA5
Cantos
Charles Petersman Cuba/Switzerland 2013 / 75 Mins It has been more than fifty years since the communist party took power in Cuba. Under the pressure of the economic blockade and questionable government policies, what started as an egalitarian dream has turned into a more sober reality. Cantos follows the lives of four people who do not know each other but whose fates are united by difficult living conditions: a farmer who dreams of one day travelling; an activist who worries about the future for her daughter; a husband who is thinking about leaving the country; an old man who wants to help his sick friend. An intimate, poetic confession about finding your own path and the meaning of life in the rubble of a utopian paradise. Viktor Award, Munich International
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Friday 10 October 2014 Documentary Festival 2014 / Special Mention of the Cinéma Suisse Jury, Nyon Visions du Réel 2013 Document 12 International Jury Award: Nomination for Best Film 7.30 pm – 9.30 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
Conflict 1949 || 1979 Josef Kaluf
Lebanon 2013 / 52 mins Josef Kaluf was an only child. In the Lebanese civil war that consumed the nation from 1975 to 1990, his father Georges played a significant role: he was a fighter with the Kata’eb, the militia of the right wing Maronite Christian Phalange, the most effective- and feared- armed group. Kaluf seeks to understand how a man who was a loving and caring father could potentially be a ruthless killer at the same time. Conflict 1949 || 1979 is an intimate open letter sent from one generation to another, in a powerful and moving confrontation between father and son. “The truth hurts, but silence kills.” — Desmond Tutu, 1999 Followed by Q & A with director Josef Kaluf Document 12 International Jury Award: Nomination for Best Film 7.00 pm – 8.30 pm CCA5 UK Premiere
The Moscow Trials Milo Rau
Germany 2013 / 86 mins In 2012, images from the trials of members of Pussy Riot caused indignation around the globe. In Russia itself, though, the event was merely viewed as an almost commonplace expression of the oppression exerted by Putin’s Russia on “dissident” art. The Moscow Trials recaps the history of this dispute between artists and orthodox believers– in the form of political theatre. In March 2013, Milo Rau, the Swiss founder of the International Institute of Political Murder, transforms a stage at the Moscow Sakharov Center into a courtroom for a three-day show trial. Rau assembles real-life actors (artists, politicians, church leaders, citizens and lawyers) in this fictional court to hold a “trial-show” in which the missions and limits of critical art are debated, as art confronts religion,
“dissident” Russia confronts the “real” Russia. The 3-day-trial, stormed by the Russian authorities and by units of Cossacks, led to an international scandal and a travel ban against the director. The film documents the project and illuminates the historical and political backgrounds to it. 8.45 pm – 10.35 pm European Premiere
The Hand That Feeds Robin Blotnick USA 2013 / 88 mins Shy sandwich-maker Mahoma Lopez sets out to end abusive conditions at popular New York restaurant chain ‘Hot and Crusty’. The epic power struggle that ensues turns a single city block into a battlefield in America’s new wage wars. Blotnick captures the uncompromising enthusiasm and tenacity of workers
fighting for respect as much as for better terms. A modern David and Goliath tale, The Hand that Feeds is an entertaining and inspiring look at contemporary workers rights in the developed world. Followed by skype interview with director Robin Blotnick (technology permitting). Audience Award Winner Encore Screening, Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2014 Best Documentary Feature, 2014 Sidewalk Film Festival 2014 “Best of Fest” Encore Screening, AFI DOCS 2014 Document 12 International Jury Award: Nomination for Best Film
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and abuse by their employers... so far, so depressingly typical. However, their position is a peculiar one- as their employers are diplomats. Despite the skills demanded of them in their roles mediating the complex subtleties of foreign relations, these particular grandees seem oblivious to basic employment laws. They are also in theory immune from prosecution. The lawsuits which follow publicly raise a question of international significance: should diplomatic immunity supersede universal human rights? Followed by panel discussion/Q & A 2.15 pm – 2.30 pm CCA4 Free Screening
I Love Hooligans 12.00 noon – 2.00 pm CCA4
Courage, Condoms and Power: 10 years of Media Co-op From fatherhood in Fife to AIDS in Angola to Scottish teenagers and porn: a curated showcase of films to celebrate the 10th birthday of Media Co-op. In line with Document’s special focus this year on Access To Justice, we’ve picked shorts and clips by the glasgow-based workers co-operative Media Co-op that explore gender, feminist activism, immigration and children’s voices, from cartoons to mini-documentaries and participatory films. In conversation with Document cofounder Paula Larkin, Media Co-op’s Lucinda Broadbent and Louise Scottand special guests from some of the films- will discuss the potential of film to create real social impact. How do you get a message across, avoid preaching, keep viewers entertained, and touch their hearts ? Come along and explore these questions with Media Co-op. 12.00 noon – 1.30 pm CCA5 Scottish Premiere
Youth Programme
Nowhere Home
Margreth Olin Norway/Spain 2012 / 90 mins Filmmaker Margreth Olin follows a number of boys from Salhus, a Norwegian centre offering temporary residence to unaccompanied asylum-
seeking children.
Jan Dirk Bauw
Traumatised by what they have witnessed in Afghanistan, Hussein is entirely dependent on his brother Hassan, and the support they receive from the Norwegian state. Goli, who stayed there, now lives back in Kurdistan. He was deported from Norway the day after he turned 18.
Netherlands 2013 / 13 mins
While all the boys at Salhus hope for an extension of their asylum status, the threat of deportation as they reach adulthood hangs over all their heads- and the uncertain futures that await them in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the other war-torn countries from which they come. A visceral and provocative film, Nowhere Home scrutinises one of Europe’s major moral dilemmas: does a country in crisis become a safer place by default once you’re grown up? Introduced by Diana Rix of the Refugee Survival Trust Best Norwegian Documentary, Bergen International Film Festival 2012/ Best Documentary, The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival 2013 1.45 pm – 3.05 pm CCA5 UK Premiere
Access to Justice: The Gray Zone of Diplomacy Sandra Budesheim & Sabine Zimmer Germany/Spain 2014 / 59 mins Three domestic workers have to fight for their rights in a German court after falling victim to exploitation
Violence and fighting with rival fans are the bread and butter of football hooligans. The protagonist of this film feels unconditional love for his club. There is nothing he enjoys more than a scrap with the other side- and he has the arrest sheet to show for it. He and his friends love shouting homophobic insults at their opponents across the stadium. The only problem is, he himself is gay. Not that he has shared that with his friends... An animated film about a real-life paradox. NB: Whilst entry to this screening of I Love Hooligans is free, all events in Document 12 are ticketed- as such, please collect your complimentary ticket from the CCA box office in advance. 2.40 pm – 3.05 pm CCA4 Scottish Premiere
A Sacrifice
Theo Hessing Tibet 2014 / 25 mins Since 2011, 131 Tibetans have set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule. The Chinese response to this wave of self-immolations has been to criminalise the suicides and arrest their friends. In response to this desperate situation, Lhamo Kyab is returning to Tibet with a message of hope. “I remembered the indescribable happiness when I reached Nepal and
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support of many men- fight to change popular opinion on this discredited aspect of their cultural inheritance.
Banaz: A Love Story Deeyah Khan UK 2012 / 70 mins Banaz Mahmod was a young British woman from a Kurdish background who lived in suburban London. In 2006, she was murdered and “disappeared” by her own family. A large section of the Kurdish community were complicit in the act. It was a case which shocked the entire world and received enormous international press coverage; but until now, the voice of Banaz has never been heard. The film contains heart-breaking footage of Banaz herself, detailing the horrors she was facing and accurately predicting her own brutal murder- but showing also her warmth, beauty and courage. Through the tragedy, what emerges is a story of love…
for the first time saw the Tibetan national flag flying. So I decided to plant a Tibetan national flag where many Tibetans could see it”. Despite facing a brutal response, Lhamo Kyab remains defiant. “It’s not that the Tibetans are doing this to prove their heroism - these are the only options left to them”... Jury Award: Best Documentary, Let’s All Be Free Festival 2014
3.15 pm – 5.00 pm CCA5 UK Premiere
Women’s Programme
When The Time Comes Charles Gay
France/USA 2013 / 13 mins The Samburu are a semi-nomadic tribe in Kenya who continue the traditional and controversial practice of female circumcision. Gay’s film highlights the inter-generational debate taking place in their community, where girls and women- now with the
The story of an ordinary British teenager, whose relationship with a boy called Rahmat put her life in danger- and how her own video messages from beyond the grave finally led to the convictions of her father and uncle. Across the world, thousands of women like Banaz are victims of so-called ‘honour killings’ every year. Banaz: A Love Story is a stark and devastating exploration of a fatal and all too common culture clash in modern Britain. Introduced by representatives from Amina, Rape Crisis Scotland, Glasgow Women’s Aid and White Ribbon Scotland. Emmy Award- Best International Current Affairs Film, Peabody Award Winner 2013 Please note that this film includes graphic content which may be distressing to viewers. 3.20 pm – 4.15 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
Youth Programme
Since I was Born
Laura Delle Paine France 2013 / 54 mins Dheisheh refugee camp on the West Bank is home to over 13,000 people, who live in just 1.5 square kilometres
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of land. Eleven year old Tamer is one of them.
that is Berlin has led to street protests.
Like all the children from the camp, Tamer dreams of liberating his country, and plays at being a member of the resistance. His father, Nader, a former fighter, tries to protect his son from the dangers of life under Israeli occupation. But he also wants to help him fulfill his dream of seeing the sea.
Rent Rebels is a kaleidoscope of the tenant-led fight against displacement from their neighbourhood communities: ranging from the occupation of the town hall to a camp at Kottbusser Tor, anti-eviction activism to the struggle of senior citizens for their community centre and for age-appropriate flats, a new urban protest movement is on the rise.
Situated just 40 km away, the Mediterranean is almost inaccessible to most Palestinians. They need special permission to go there, which is virtually impossible to obtain. Nader will do everything he can to make his son’s dream a reality. But will he succeed? A moving and different look at the realities of occupation. 4.30 pm – 5.50 pm CCA4 Scottish Premiere
Rent Rebels
Gertrud Schulte Westenberg & Matthian Coers Germany 2014 / 78 mins Berlin: in the last few years the capital has changed a lot. Flats that were once considered undesirable are now being purchased as secure investments for the upwardly mobile. The near-chronic shortage of affordable housing in the large metropolis
5.15 pm – 6.20 pm CCA5 UK Premiere
Encounter With A Lost Land Maryse Fargour France 2013 / 62 mins Jaffa is one of the most ancient cities in the world, where inhabitants of all religions lived together. Patrice Boureau was the chief director of a French hospital in the city from the 1930’s to 1952. His children were born and raised there during this period. Maryse Gargour sets out to find Boureau’s children, and the children of other French resident families, some of whom had lived in Jaffa since the 19th century. Based on correspondence, diplomatic and audiovisual archives, and the personal stories she uncovers, Encounter With A Lost Land reveals the everyday dynamics of life in a historic Palestine
that has changed beyond recognition. Nominated Best Feature Documentary/Best Director: Feature Documentary, Madrid Film Festival Document 12 International Jury Award: Nomination for Best Film 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
The Story of Mister Love Dagmar Smržová
Czech Republic 2013 / 73 mins In Czech, the surname of Jiri Laska means “love”. Jiri is thirty, lives in the village of Batnovice under the mountains, and suffers from schizophrenia. However, he is not the sadly common stereotype of the melancholic patient in the residential ward. Jiri runs his own website, for which he films highly original content... Director Dagmar Smrzova’s new documentary looks into the everyday life of a fascinating man who has found his own way to mediate the difficult balance between his world and the one society presents him. Followed by Q & A
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Women’s Programme
Kismet
Nina Maria Paschalidou Greece/Cyprus 2013 / 52 mins In this light hearted but incisive documentary, the filmmakers explore how Turkish soap operas made for, by and starring women are changing cultural mores in Muslim countries. The genre may be roundly dismissed in western critical circles, but soap operas in the Arab world offer a unique platform to speak frankly on the topic of women’s autonomy. One part media deconstruction, one part anthropological study, Kismet is a refreshing look at the representation of women in the media from a different angle. Followed by panel discussion with speakers from Digital Desperados and Engender.
Judgement In Hungary Eszter Hajdu
Hungary 2013 / 105 mins
Mare Mater
Patrick Zachmann France 2013 / 52 mins Patrick Zachmann’s mother was born in Algeria, but made a home and a life in France. Through powerful images caught on video and still photographs, he re-examines his own family history- and compares it with that of the North African migrant workers of today, and their relationship with the sea (mare) which seperates each of them from the mother (mater) they left behind... Zachmann, a member of the prestigious Magnum Photo Agency, presents a striking and thoughtful meditation on family and exile.
For three years, a film crew followed the trial of four members of a Hungarian gang accused of a series of racially-motivated murders of six Roma- including a five year old child. It took more than a year to apprehend the culprits. Once the case went to court, it dragged on due to a lack of evidence and gross police misconduct.
The film follows the lives of three Roma families who hope the trial can give them justice for their loved ones. They want to believe that the accused will be punished and trust in the state to protect them. But can the
24 DOCUMENT 12 Roma ever truly place their trust in the Hungarian justice system? The judicial hearings on this unprecedented and bloody series of murders started in March 2011 and ended in August 2013. Despite the media frenzy surrounding it, Director Eszter Hajdu’s crew were the only ones documenting every day of this socially significant and extraordinary trial. A dark, compelling film about a struggle for justice which raised large concerns for Hungarian society as a whole in addressing the spectre of historic race hatred. Followed by panel discussion / Q & A with director Eszter Hajdu and Claude Kahn (UN Human Rights Adviser). Grand Jury Prize, One World Film Festival 2014 / Best Film Award, Trieste Film Festival 2014 / Premier Prix, 20th Nancy-Lorraine International Film Festival / Documentary Award, Wiesbaden goEast 2014 Document 12 International Jury Award: Nomination for Best Film 9.00 pm – 10.15 pm C CA4 UK Premiere
Stone Cold Justice
Gabi Weber In collaboration with GRAMnet Australia 2014 / 45mins The Israeli army is both respected and feared as a fighting force. But now the country’s military is facing a backlash at home and abroad for its treatment of children in the occupied territory of the West Bank. A joint investigation by Four Corners and The Australian newspaper reveals evidence that shows the army is targeting Palestinian boys for arrest and detention. Reporter John Lyons travels to the West Bank to hear the stories of children who claim they have been taken into custody, ruthlessly questioned and then allegedly forced to sign confessions before being taken to court for sentencing. Followed by panel discussion with Keith Hammond from GRAMNet.
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Sunday 12 October 2014
12.00 noon – 1.00 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
Biodiversity
When Elephants Dance, the Grass Gets Beaten Jan van de Berg
Netherlands 2014 / 25 minutes Almost three quarters of the available land for agriculture in Cambodia has been sold to companies that produce for export only. As this is disastrous for local food production, the World Food Programme supports vulnerable sectors of the population with food aid. In the meantime, the exile of farmers continues: Since 2003, more than 400,000 Cambodians have been chased off their land as a result of land grabbing for profit. When Elephants Dance, The Grass Gets Beaten is the first film released under the Silent Land project, which tells the stories of farmers around the world who fight to maintain control of their land and play an essential role for the food security in their region. Silent Land is a sequel to the multiple award-winning documentary “Silent Snow” (2011).
Defenders of the Spirit Forest
Rod Harbinson
World Premiere
UK 2014 / 26 mins Cambodia’s remote Cardamom
mountains are a remaining jewel of biodiversity in a country where rain forests are dwindling fast. Still home to rare species like the Siamese crocodile and Asian elephant, the forest is under great pressure from people exploiting its natural resources.
take care of his family in the future. Both are up against the popular Said, a natural leader with a disarming smile... 1.15 pm – 2.30 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
Women’s Programme
Defenders of the Spirit Forest explores these pressures from the perspective of the local indigenous people who have been custodians of the forest for generations. For them, the forest and its creatures are part of a rich spiritual world that is respected and revered. Now their lives are under threat from a proposed hydro-electric dam which could sweep away their land and the sacred forests on which they depend... 12.00noon–1.00pm CCA5 UK Premiere
Youth Programme
A Goat For A Vote
Jeroen Van Velsen Netherlands 2014 / 45 mins Some believe the best way to understand a society is to look at its children. Three students in Kenya compete to become the next school president. Winning the election not only gives them the possibility of power and respect, but guarantees them a future in Kenyan society. Magdalene has to prove herself in a boy-dominated school which has never been led by a girl. Harry, from a poor family, hopes to win so he can
Tell Me of the Seas
Reza Allamehzadeh Iran/Netherlands 2014 / 71 mins A tale of two mothers and two daughters: one set imagined (Roya and Darya), the other real (Azar and Nina)- all four of whom share the same prison cell. Imaginary Roya is a young sketch artist who is arrested on the day her exhibition was to open in Tehran. Real Azar is a young mother incarcerated with her daughter Nina in Evin prison. An unusual combination of actual with imagined histories, these elements interplay to form a powerful narrative around events which were
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3-4.45PM on Sunday October 12 in the CCA Club Room. Please see Events for full details. 2.45 pm – 3.30 pm CCA4 Scottish Premiere
Youth Programme Shorts
Love and Rubbish Hannah Polak Russia 2013 / 8 mins It is estimated there are up to five million homeless people in Russia, about a million of whom are children. And the numbers are still rising.
all too real: using “Roya’s drawings” (from infant Nina’s first steps in prison to her own appearance before the Death Committee) to describe the shocking- and true- story of political prisoners killed as a result of Khomeini’s Fatwa in 1988, and buried in unmarked mass graves in Khavaran. Does Darya- the imaginary daughter of Roya- get the chance to fulfill her mother’s wishes by finding Nina and retrieving the lost sketches of her own childhood in prison? 1.15 pm – 2.45 pm CCA5
Youth Programme
Riot From Wrong
Fully Focussed UK 2012 / 63 mins In 2011 Britain saw the largest case of mass civil unrest this century. On the fourth day of the riots, in the face of devastation and destruction, nineteen passionate young Londonerswho had recently joined the nascent Fully Focussed Community- came together to take positive action. They called an emergency meeting to discuss what they could do about the wave of unrest sweeping the capital. Their conclusion was to put on hold a previously agreed film project in order to go out into the streets of London and capture as much footage, interviews and insight into the rioting as possible.
The critically acclaimed documentary Riot From Wrong is a result of that positive action. It represents the journey of the Fully Focused young people to discover and understand what really happened that summeran unflinching look at the people at the heart of the disorder, many of them completely excluded from mainstream reporting of the events. All 19 FFC steering group members played pivotal roles in its creation. Making it was an invaluable experience for all involved- and all share the belief that the issues surrounding the causes of the riots must not be swept under the carpet. Fully Focused Community are a not for profit organisation dedicated to social change through youth led media. Our projects are led by young people, for young people. Our aim is to inspire young minds across London and beyond to create industry level film and documentary. Training is offered in every area from pre-production to promotion, marketing and campaign creation. We strive to work creatively with young people building prominent platforms for expression and critical debate. Followed by panel Q & A with Teddy Nygh, Kyle Adair-Whyte, Melina Martinez, and Jake Whyte Fully Focussed will also be running a workshop in documentary filmmaking techniques for interested young people. This will take place from
Director Hanna Polak travelled to a giant dump on the outskirts of Moscow that is inhabited by more than 1,000 of the homeless. Love and Rubbish focuses on the fate of the dump’s child inhabitants who- despite living in unimaginable conditions- do not stop dreaming of a better future away from the endless heaps of garbage.
Faridullah’s Day Off
Taj Mohammah Bakhatari & Jens Pedersen
UK Premiere
Afghanistan 2013 / 17 mins During the war in Afghanistan, the family of 11-year-old Faridullah lost their home, and for several years now they have been forced to live in a refugee camp. In order to survive, Faridullah and his parents borrow money from the owner of a small brick factory and then repay him by doing hard daily work. Faridullah wants to go to school- but in the current situation, this seems like an impossible dream. Although he must labour every day making bricks- and is subject to the frequent berating of his perpetually displeased boss- Faridullah is full of an admirable energy and hope. He believes that soon everything will be better...
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Sunday 12 October 2014 Apna Haq
FAT / VOW Media
Scottish Premiere
India 2014 / 18 mins Four young girls from the slums of New Delhi created this film in order to help make a change in their community- by raising awareness about the lack of toilets and its implications for women. Working together with F.A.T (Feminist Approach to Technology) and Voices of Women Media (VOW Media) who provided workshops to train them in multimedia skills, they created a body of photography documenting their everyday lives, a radio show and short films to campaign for their cause. In this way they seek to kickstart a movement which will ultimately sway the actual policy makers. An inspiring short film about the next generation of feminist activists in India.
years of his grandfather’s life- a significant period of which was spent in Auschwitz.
3.45 pm – 5.00 pm CCA4
New Scottish Voices
Greenfingers
Gary Marshall UK 2014 / 14 mins Exploring the transition from asylumseeker to refugee through the story of one man, Greenfingers follows Ako Zada- an engineer and human rights activitist from Kurdistan, now living in Glasgow- in the weeks after gaining refugee status and leave to remain in the UK. A meditation on the desire for a place to call home and the search for identity in a new land.
Untold Story
Pawel Grzyb
World Premiere
Scotland 2013 / 30 mins Director Pawel Grzyb returns to Poland to investigate the first 24
Through interviews with family members, Grzyb pieces together the missing years: is it possible his grandfather could himself have been one of the experimental test subjects of the infamous SS Doctor Josef Mengele? Followed by panel Q & A 5.15 pm – 6.05 pm CCA4 UK Premiere
Women’s Programme
475: Break The Silence Hind Bensari
Morocco 2013 / 47 mins In March 2012, Amina Fillali, a 16 year old girl from a small town in Morocco, took her own life- after she was forced to marry the man who raped her. Compelling young women- including minors- to marry their rapists is a practice that is common and legally accepted in Morocco. In order to break the long silence on this issue, filmmaker Hind Bensari set out to examine commonly-held views and the opinions of the legal estab lishment, as well as the work of activists in fighting against the brutal culture of victim blaming. Bensari’s film also attempts to engage with the survivors- allowing them to tell to their stories for the first time. This film features frank discussion of rape and abuse. Viewer discretion is advised. 4.00 pm – 5.00 pm CCA5
Carla Novi: Rana PlazaPerformance
Artist Carla Novi and survivor Dilora Beghum present their response to the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh, where more than 1000 workers died when the garment factory in which they were employed collapsed. Novi’s film outlining the background to the tragedy will screen at 7.30PM on Saturday October 11 in the CCA Club Room. Please see Events for full details.
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Tales From The Organ Trade Ric Esther Bienstock Canada 2013 / 82 mins Hundreds of thousands of people die each year of kidney failure. Most of them are simply unable to find a donor due to strictly regulated medical systems. Demand far outweighs supply, so desperate patients turn to the black market, where in developing countries the poorest sell their organs. The director travels to the USA, the Philippines, Kosovo, Turkey, Israel, Canada and Moldova to collect testimony from donors, patients, doctors and prosecutors. This investigative documentary unleashes a debate about the ethical and legal aspects of the global trade in human organs and poses a provocative question: Is it moral to save one’s own life at the expense of the quality of someone else’s?
Global Awareness Award, World Media Festival / Golden Eagle AwardInvestigative Reporting, CINE, USA / Golden Sheaf Award, Yorkton Film Festival / Silver Screen Award, US International Film & Video Festival / Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards / Amnesty International Award, San Sebastian International Human Rights Film Festival / Golden Palm, Mexico International Film Festival / Best Documentary/Best Director, DocUtah / Best Sign of the Times Award, Documentary Edge Film Festival / Best Feature Documentary, Tenerife International Film Festival / Special Jury Prize, Nevada International Film Festival 6.20 pm – 7.30 pm CCA4 Scottish Premiere
Women’s Programme
Mothers
Huijing Xu China 2013 / 68 mins In the Chinese village of Ma, almost all women of child-bearing age are
either sterilised or made to wear a birth control ring after having their first child. The one-child policy put into place 30 years ago has resulted in repercussions including legal penalties for extra children and what can only be described as “birth control policing”. Xu Huijing returns to his village to tailgate the government officials whose current job is playing cat-andmouse with one woman who refuses to go through the sterilisation surgery. As Rong Rong is forced into hiding, we get a glimpse of the bureaucracy and statistics that strip away a woman’s right to bear children. Special Mention, Doc Fest Sheffield / Special Mention, Chicago International Film Festival Please note that CCA4 will finish screenings on Sunday 12 October approximately 1 hour before the Document 12 jury prize awards and closing gala, commencing in CCA5 at 8.30 pm. We would be delighted if you could join us for this.
Friday 10 October 2014
8.30 pm – 10.30 pm CCA5
Closing Gala Document 12 Awards
International Jury / Women’s Jury/ Youth Jury/ Audience Award The award ceremony will be followed by a screening of American Vagabond as the closing event of Document 12.
American Vagabond Susanna Helke
Finland/Denmark 2013 / 85 mins James ran away from his parents’ home because they didn’t accept that he is gay. He tries to find refuge in San Francisco with his boyfriend, Tyler. They thought they would find a community in the world’s gay Mecca. Instead, they end up sleeping in a park and panhandling in the city’s gay neighborhood. They find themselves stranded in a world of homeless people and the community of other kicked-out queer youth. Eventually, James has to face his past and the place he has left behind. American Vagabond is the coming of age story of a young gay man. Special Jury Prize/Q Hugo Film Award, Chicago International Film Festival 2013/ Jury Award Winner Best Documentary, Image Out Document 12 International Jury Award: Nomination for Best Film
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