Festival Programme 2016

TAKE ONE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 2016

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HELLO! Funders & Principal Supporters 02 2016 has brought seismic changes in Partners & Staff 00 both the UK political landscape and our relationship with the wider world. A-Z Feature Films & Discussions 00 At a time when isolationism and uncertainty may seem to prevail, it is Festival Events 00 vital to celebrate our connectedness, Youth Programme resourcefulness and creativity. 00

Through our screenings, workshops Short Films 00 and audience conversations, our film Thanks festival brings together a plurality of 00 voices that offer a guaranteed antidote Other Activites 00 to powerlessness. We are grateful to our partners, volunteers and audiences for Festival Planner 00 supporting this adventure. Venue & Ticketing Info 00 This year’s programme features more than 40 films from 20 countries, over 50% of which have been directed or co-directed by women. It shines a light on a diversity of experiences that are testament to the role we can all play in shaping our world for the better.

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STAFF Executive Director: Tamara Van Strijthem Trustees: Keith Armstrong, Simon Bateson, Lucinda Festivals and Volunteers Coordinator: Kirsty Somerville Broadbent, Anna Cwhorow, Garth Reid, Kirstie Shirra, Julie Waugh Wee Green Cinema Coordinator: Catriona Robertson Artistic Director: Simon Bateson Short film programming: Amaya Bañuelos Marco and Giulio Riccardi Patrons: Press and PR: Andrew Eaton-Lewis Ken Loach, Paul Laverty Online Communications: Nicola Hopper

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Sisters: Celebrating female Thanks to support form our Action Heroes, empowerment in all its guises we have a number of FREE tickets available for organisations who work with: Close Up: Moving personal stories • young people not in full-time work from the global frontlines or education • unwaged, vulnerable or at-risk beneficiaries Shared Planet: Inspiration and vision for a sustainable future • those with limited access to the arts as a result of cultural or physical barriers Truth To Power: Agents of • low-income members of community groups change challenging economic that have strong thematic links to specific and political might events in our programme The big view The Bigger Picture: To join other Action Heroes and help us stick of the critical issues of our time to what matters by donating, or to apply for tickets, visit takeoneaction.org.uk/give-take Youth Programme: Great films for 15 - 21 year olds

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THE BEST FILM OF THE FESTIVAL... Present a ticket stub from AS VOTED FOR BY YOU another Take One Action 2016 GO Festival film at the Filmhouse Box Office any time before FOR £5! SUN 25 SEPT | 18:00 Filmhouse, Edinburgh Saturday 24 September (i.e. Anticipated age 15+ before the winning film is announced on the Filmhouse website) to get your Audience Award Screening Take the plunge and join us for the final ticket for just £5.* screening of Take One Action 2016 - as voted for by YOU. *One reduced price Past winners have included Landfill Harmonic, ticket per stub. Only valid when booking The Revolutionary Optimists and Chasing in person by 9pm Ice.This year, whether it’s a much-discussed on Saturday 24 documentary or an exciting newcomer, it will September. All tickets bought for this event have fired the imagination and social spirits of are non-refundable. hundreds of festival goers in the preceding days so, whatever you do, don’t miss it.

A-Z Feature Films & Discussions 05 this playfully made exposé OPENING FILM UK PREMIERE should be required viewing for anyone wondering what they could do to pitch in Tomorrow and save the planet The Hollywood Reporter

WED 14 SEPT | 20:30 A joyful message of hope for a better, greener and more Filmhouse, Edinburgh sustainable future. £10/£8 concs. £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) When contemplating the world our children will inherit, it Book via Filmhouse is easy to become paralysed by the prospect of resource scarcity, species extinction and collapsing ecosystems. For THURS 15 SEPT | 19:00 the directors of Tomorrow (actress Mélanie Laurent and CCA, Glasgow environmental activist Cyril Dion) the problems we face are, £6/£4.50 concs. in the most part, only too well known. What we need are Book via takeoneaction.org.uk solutions. Their globetrotting film spotlights inspiring examples of ordinary citizens, local organisers and activists working Production Original Title: Demain together to devise new, sustainable ways of approaching Cyril Dion & Mélanie Laurent food production, energy, education and the economy. From France urban gardening in Detroit to renewable energy sources in 2015, 118 min Copenhagen, via a remarkable direct democracy initiative in Ages 12+ the Indian village of Kuttambakkan, Tomorrow offers other futures to envision – and invites us to roll up our sleeves and get started today.

Screening with: Traditional Healing (p.41)

Presented in association with: Beyond the screen Find inspiration on your doorstep: join us on opening night, in both Edinburgh and Glasgow, to celebrate the everyday heroes who are making positive change in our communities.

06 A-Z Feature Films SCOTTISH PREMIERE 10 Billion: What’s on your Plate?

FRI 16 SEPT | 17:50 Filmhouse, Edinburgh With the world population expected to reach 10 billion £10/£8 concs. by 2050, how will the world feed itself? £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) Book via Filmhouse Amidst heated debate (and a fair bit of hot air), comes this clear-headed exploration of global food production and SAT 17 SEPT | 19:00 distribution, which investigates different innovations and CCA, Glasgow visions for our future – including artificial meat, insects, £6/£4.50 concs. industrial farming and urban gardening. Book via takeoneaction.org.uk With the environmental, social and political impact of food production increasingly impossible to ignore, and with global hunger in urgent need of our attention, 10 Billion presents Production a unique opportunity to reflect on the role we all play in Valentin Thurn Germany ensuring food sustainability – and the future of our planet. 2015, 102 min La Botanique des Amours (see p.39) Ages 12+ Screening with:

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Beyond the screen We will be joined after both screenings by representatives Presented in association with: from Christian Aid, and by Elli Kontorravdis (Policy and Campaign Officer, Nourish Scotland) (Edinburgh), and Bella Crowe (Scottish Food Coalltion Coordinator, Nourish Scotland) (Glasgow), to explore Scotland’s role in paving the way for a more sustainable food future.

A-Z Feature Films 07 bracingly gorgeous images and meditative UK PREMIERE serenity offer a vicarious respite from all those urgent headlines and deadlines All the Time in the World LA Times

THURS 22 SEPT | 19:30 Life, unplugged. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh In search of a new perspective, a family of five head to the £6/£4.50 concs. remote Yukon wilderness during the long northern winter. Book via takeoneaction.org.uk Living in a small cabin with no road access, no electricity, running water, internet, TV or phone and, most importantly, no clocks or watches, the family and their three pets learn to adapt to a new pace, where laughter and creativity take centre stage. This hopeful, intimate documentary offers a deeply personal record of a desire common to many: that of disconnecting from our hectic, technology-laden lives in order to reconnect with each other, ourselves and our natural environment. Production Suzanne Crocker Screening with: Life Smartphone (p.40) Canada 2014, 87 min Ages 8+

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Beyond the screen INTERACTIVE BIKE-POWERED SCREENING Filmed off grid, All the Time in the World will be presented off-grid, too. Presented in association with: Join us (and join in!) as we pedal through the film, under the stars at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Please bring warm clothing and waterproofs as rain cover is limited. (Doors and bar open from 19:00)

08 A-Z Feature Films SCOTTISH PREMIERE At Home in the World

MON 19 SEPT | 19:00 CCA, Glasgow An intimate and poignant look at a school for refugee £6/£4.50 concs. children in Denmark. Book via takeoneaction.org.uk Shot over the course of a year in a Danish school run by the Red Cross, At Home in the World offers a moving glimpse TUES 20 SEPT | 20:35 into the lives of five children struggling to learn Danish while Filmhouse, Edinburgh adjusting to life in new surroundings. As they await the £10/£8 concs. outcome of their family’s asylum claims, some of the children £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) thrive and build friendships despite their traumatic pasts; Book via Filmhouse others have difficulty containing their fears and sense of alienation. Production With astonishing restraint, the film captures its young Original Title: Et hjem i verden Andreas Koefoed protagonists’ extraordinary resilience and fragility – while Denmark quietly paying tribute to their Danish teachers’ remarkable 2015, 58 min humanity. Ages 12+ Screening with: Fences (p.39), The Girl, Whose Shadow Reflects the Moon(p.40) I am not afraid of the Soldiers (p.40) Winner: Best Medium- Length Documentary

Beyond the screen Stay with us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for effective personal action. We will be joined Presented in association with: by Lisa Stewart, Campaigns and Communications Manager (Oxfam Scotland) and representatives from the Scottish Refugee Council. We’ll also be joined in Glasgow by Selina Hales, founder of RefuWeegee and, in Edinburgh, by a representative from Re-Act.

A-Z Feature Films 09 “TO SPEAK A TRUE WORD IS TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD.” Paolo Freire

Film still: Checks and Balances (p.10) gripping...hilarious...profound... a vigorous record of the press at work SCOTTISH PREMIERE The Hollywood Reporter Checks and Balances

SAT 24 SEPT | 15:15 Filmhouse, Edinburgh What drives those who risk so much to hold power to £10/£8 concs. account? £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) Book via Filmhouse The 2014 Algerian presidential election is in full swing when documentary filmmaker Malek Bensmaïl embeds himself in the newsrooms of the French-language daily El Watan. Among the country’s most outspoken critics of the incumbent regime – in power for 17 years and seeking a fourth term – the newspaper’s staff have been targets of attacks from both the government and Islamist insurgents, yet they continue to fight for a free, independent press. Production With remarkable access, Bensmaïl captures their daily reality, Original title: Contre-Pourvoirs Malek Bensmaïl in which arguments over word choice, religion, political Algeria ideology and punctuation abound, yet what transpires most 2015, 97 min strongly is the journalists’ dedication, camaraderie, and dark Ages 12+ humour. Against the worrying backdrop of a tough crackdown on investigative reporting, Checks and Balances offers inspiring Official selection: proof, if it were needed, that democratic debate is thriving on Algerian soil, if not in its corridors of power.

Screening with: Concerning the Bodyguard (p.39)

Presented in association with: Beyond the screen Join us after the film to explore the importance of and challenges faced by an independent press, with guests including Rachel Hamada (journalist, The Ferret and This Is Africa).

A-Z Feature Films 11 UK PREMIERE A Farm of Passage

SUN 18 SEPT | 20:35 The 2008 economic crisis heralded a wave of Filmhouse, Edinburgh unemployment in Spain. For many, losing their job led to £10/£8 concs. losing their home. In the midst of this social devastation, £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) a new solidarity was born. Book via Filmhouse

This beautifully restrained documentary follows individuals WED 21 SEPT | 19:00 of all ages and social backgrounds, who meet weekly at a CCA, Glasgow community centre – the eponymous Farm of Passage – in £5/£4.50 with GFT Youth Card the Catalonian city of Sabadell. The group’s objective is to Book via takeoneaction.org.uk prevent evictions by providing legal advice, challenging banks’ lending terms or, as a last resort, advocating outright civil disobedience. As members share their stories and seek Production help from one another, the Farm of Passage offers a tangible Original title: La Granja del Pas chance, for those who have been left behind, to build a new Silvia Munt sense of dignity: one born of defiance and mutual support. Spain 2015, 82 min Exploring the realities behind the statistics, the film provides Ages 15+ fascinating insight into a community’s fundamental refusal to be defeated by unjust economic policies.

Screening with: No Place Like Home (p.41) Presented in association with:

Beyond the screen Join us after the film to explore “economy for wellbeing” and other inspiring responses to inequality, with guests including Lisa Stewart (Campaigns and Communications Manager, Oxfam Scotland) and a representative from Unison Scotland.

12 A-Z Feature Films a powerful film [...]; a skillful study in landscape SCOTTISH PREMIERE as well as character Globe and Mail Fractured Land

FRI 23 SEPT | 20:35 Filmhouse, Edinburgh Caleb Behn is an inspiring First Nations law graduate, £10/£8 concs. taking on the oil and gas industry to protect his people’s £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) land, water and culture in the wilds of Northern Canada. Book via Filmhouse From an early age, Caleb witnessed the devastating environmental SAT 24 SEPT | 19:00 impact of fossil fuel extraction. The advent of fracking dramatically CCA, Glasgow increased the damage meted upon the land, with trillions of litres £6/£4.50 concs. of water taken from the rivers, which are indigenous communities’ Book via takeoneaction.org.uk lifeblood, polluted and pumped underground. Mixing breathtaking cinematography of Northern British Columbia with candid interviews, Fractured Land captures Production Caleb’s emerging sense of purpose and leadership as he Damien Gillis & Fiona Rayher Canada learns that, to save what he values most, he must leave 2015, 78 min it behind. Arming himself not with hunting gear but with Ages 12+ degrees in law and political science, Caleb embarks upon a new journey: to represent his people in the centuries-long battle to protect their land and the very core of their culture.

Screening with: No Place Like Home (p.41) Official selection:

Beyond the screen Stay with us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for creative, effective personal action. We are delighted to welcome the film’s protagonist, Caleb Presented in association with: Behn, to both screenings. In Edinburgh he will be joined by Sally Foster-Fulton (Head of Christian Aid Scotland) and Dr Annalisa Savaresi, (Enviornmental Law, University of Stirling) and in Glasgow by Chris Hegarty (Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Christian Aid Scotland).

A-Z Feature Films 13 insanely compelling, UK PREMIERE well-orchestrated and explosive documentary A Good American Soundvenue

THURS 15 SEPT | 17:50 Before Snowden, there was Bill Binney: the remarkable Filmhouse, Edinburgh story of a former high-ranking NSA analyst turned £10/£8 concs. whistleblower. £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) Book via Filmhouse In the late 1990s, NSA analyst Alfred Binney – a gifted mathematician and genius codebreaker – helped devise FRI 16 SEPT | 13:00 a powerful data gathering and analysis programme, with Filmhouse, Edinburgh built-in privacy protections. ThinThread was a cheap, fast and £6/£4.50 concs. effective tool to sift through metadata. The problem? It was Book via Filmhouse too cheap. Weeks before 9/11, ThinThread was shut down in favour of a more expensive, privacy-invasive programme that allowed the NSA to boost its budget but proved one of the FRI 16 SEPT | 17:40 costliest, largest failures in the agency’s history. GFT, Glasgow £5/£4.50 (with GFT Youth Card) This gripping, cinematic documentary serves as an Book via GFT impassioned warning against the revolving door between government and the intelligence industry – a cosy relationship that threatens individuals’ right to privacy as well as national Production security, and whose implications for democracy are far too Friedrich Moser insidious to allow for any complacency. Austria 2015, 100 min Ages 15+

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Beyond the screen We are delighted to be welcoming the film’s director, Friedrich Moser, and its protagonist Bill Binney, to these screenings. Friedrich Moser will also be holding a Masterclass on his film making process for filmmakers and film students on the 16th September - see p.34 for full details”

14 A-Z Feature Films “THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED IS NOT CONSENT IF IT IS NOT INFORMED” Edward Snowden

Film still: A Good American (p.14) UK PREMIERE A Haunting History

TUES 20 SEPT | 18:00 A young lawyer returns to South Sudan with the fervent Filmhouse, Edinburgh hope of seeing the rule of law overcome lawlessness and £10/£8 concs. brutality. £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) Book via Filmhouse Following a long and bloody civil war, South Sudan gained independence in 2011. Anuol Deng returns to the country of his birth after years in exile. He looks forward to applying the knowledge he has gained to play his part in building the world’s newest nation and, above all, to help establish a fair and robust legal system. The challenges abound: Anuol struggles for acceptance – not only from the country’s authorities and institutions, but also Production Femke & Ilse van Velzen his countrymen. Soon, a new civil war erupts; as the violence Netherlands mounts and the guns return, Anuol is forced to flee once 2015, 70 min again. Ages 15+ A Haunting History captures the hope and frustration of a young man attempting to heal himself and his country by overcoming the trauma of violence through the fight for peace and justice. Official selection: Screening with: Nascent (p.40)

Beyond the screen Join us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for creative, effective personal action. Guests include Dr Zoe Marks (Global Development Academy, University of Edinburgh) and Sandy Biggar (Mercy Corps).

16 A-Z Feature Films a vital reminder of the importance of artistic SCOTTISH PREMIERE and journalistic freedom IndieWire Hooligan Sparrow

SAT 17 SEPT | 20:35 Filmhouse, Edinburgh Brave, daring exposé of human rights abuses and £10/£8 concs. governmental intimidation in China. £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) Book via Filmhouse Director Nanfu Wang follows maverick gender activist Ye Haiyan (aka Hooligan Sparrow) as she protests against local SUN 18 SEPT | 19:00 authorities’ failure to hold officials accountable for a string of CCA, Glasgow sexual abuse cases against children. Soon, both Wang and £6/£4.50 concs. Haiyan are branded enemies of the state and subjected to Book via GFT intimidation, with Wang forced to film in secret and smuggle her footage of out the country. Documenting harassment, interrogation and surveillance by Production uniformed and secret police, Wang’s nervy camerawork vividly Nanfu Wang USA/China conveys the grip of repression that leads so many in China to 2016, 84 min police themselves into silence - and embodies the incredible Ages 15+ courage of those who refuse to give in.

Screening with: No Offense (p.40)

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Presented in association with: Beyond the screen Join us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for creative, effective personal action, with guests including Naomi McAuliffe (Scotland Programme Director, Amnesty International).

A-Z Feature Films 17 SCOTTISH PREMIERE Kafana (Enough, Already!)

MON 19 SEPT | 17:50 Having survived 40 years of political and environmental Filmhouse, Edinburgh hardships, the Sahrawi people have had enough of £10/£8 concs. waiting. £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) Book via Filmhouse Western Sahara has been under Moroccan occupation since 1975. Its population, who have endured four decades of forced exile in the most hostile desert region, have been denied self determination despite numerous UN resolutions. Yet the Saharawi people have built, within their refugee settlements, a democratic self-administration that boasts equal rights for women, religious freedom and universal access to healthcare and education. Production Juan Antonio Moreno & Their chemical engineers, pharmacists and other Silvia Venegas professionals, most of whom have been educated and trained Spain in Spain or Cuba, return to this desert patch out of a deep- 2015, 72 min rooted sense of duty - and in the hope that their collective Ages 12+ struggle will result in independence. Kafana, meaning “Enough, Already!” is their cry of anger - powerfully conveyed in this sober documentary, which offers a Official selection: stirring testament to their defiance.

Screening with: Fences (p.39) and Body Team 12 (p.39)

Beyond the screen Presented in association with: Join us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for creative, effective personal action, with guests including representatives from the Global Health Academy.

18 A-Z Feature Films rooted in the best SPECIAL cinematic soil there is — PRESENTATION emotional truth The Hollywood Reporter The Olive Tree

FRI 23 SEPT | 19:30 Royal Botanic Garden, Alma works on her family’s farm. Like many young Spaniards’, Edinburgh her future is being shaped by the country’s devastating £6/£4.50 concs. economic crisis – as is her relationship to the past. Book via takeoneaction.org.uk To make ends meet, her father has been selling some of SAT 24 SEPT | 15:30 their most ancient olive trees to foreign buyers. For Alma’s GFT, Glasgow grandfather, whose olive groves have been his life’s work, his £5/£4.50 (with GFT Youth Card) pride and a vital connection to family tradition, the loss of one Book via GFT particular, two-thousand-year-old tree, proved too much. He has not uttered a word since and refuses to eat. Convinced that her grandfather’s recovery depends on the Production tree’s return, Alma sets off on a quixotic road trip across Europe Original title: El Olivo Icíar Bollaín to re-claim it from its new corporate owners. Her quest peppers Germany/Spain this tender film with plenty of humour. It also embodies a hope 2016, 98 min shared by many: to say “basta” and make up for the damage Ages 15+ inflicted on the country’s landscape and its communities.

Screening with: Inside Italy’s Handmade Amusement Park (p.40) and Seed Saver (p.41) Official selection: Beyond the screen We will welcome Director Icíar Bollaín and/or Screenwriter (and TOA Patron!) Paul Laverty to both screenings.

INTERACTIVE BIKE-POWERED SCREENING. Presented in association with: In Edinburgh the film will be presented as a bike-powered screening under the stars at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Join us (and join in!) as we pedal through the film. Please bring warm clothing and waterproofs as rain cover is limited. (Doors and bar open from 19:00).

A-Z Feature Films 19 “WE CANNOT SOW SEEDS WITH CLENCHED FISTS. TO SOW WE MUST OPEN OUR HANDS.” Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Film still: 10 Billion: What’s On Your Plate? (p7) You’ll never look at poverty [...] the same again SCOTTISH PREMIERE Michael Moore Poverty, Inc.

THURS 22 SEPT | 18:00 Filmhouse, Edinburgh To solve a problem as complex as poverty, good £10/£8 concs. intentions don’t suffice – but could some charities be £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) making the problem worse? Book via Filmhouse Investigating the darker side of generosity, this challenging documentary asks some of the most pressing questions facing international development and aid agencies the world over. Shot over four years and drawing from over 200 interviews with aid donors and recipients from more than 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. revisits decades of foreign aid and international development policies. It focuses on Haiti as epitomising the Production most egregious failures of the system – implying, at its most Michael Matheson Miller USA provocative, that some aid organisations stand to benefit from 2015 perpetuating the very poverty they aim to save people from. Ages 12+ In search of alternatives, the film spotlights promising initiatives and suggests a new way of thinking is urgently required.

Screening with: Tablo A (p.41) Official selection:

Beyond the screen Presented in association with: Joins us after the film to explore new initiatives in international development with guests Jane Salmonson (CEO, NIDOS), Chris Hegarty (Senior Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Christian Aid Scotland) and Mukami McCrum (Kenyan Women In Scotland Association).

A-Z Feature Films 21 Exhilarating [...] Easily ranks UK PREMIERE among the year’s best films Rogerebert.com Radical Grace

SAT 17 SEPT | 18:00 A group of U.S nuns take on their bishops, the Vatican Filmhouse, Edinburgh and a Republican senator in their battle for social justice, £10/£8 concs. affordable healthcare and the place of women in the £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) church. Book via Filmhouse Like many American nuns, Sisters Simone Campbell, Jean Hughes and Chris Schenk have dedicated their lives to working for and within the community. Aware of their country’s shocking health inequalities, they opted in 2012 to publicly support Obama’s Affordable Care Act – disobeying their bishops and earning a censure from the Vatican for their “radical feminism” and overemphasis on social-justice work. Production Rebecca Parrish Through their service, their advocacy for those on the margins USA and their struggle for women’s religious equality, these 2015, 75 min women are transforming American politics — and the Church Ages 15+ itself. Regardless of your spiritual leanings, this affectionate portrait of women grappling with their conscience and their duty offers a relatable and inspiring tribute to the power of compassion. Official selection: Screening with: Gratitude (p.40)

Beyond the screen Join us after the film for inspiring conversations on feminism and social justice, with guests including representatives from Justice and Peace Scotland.

0622 A-Z Feature Films ‘Rough Stage’ shows touchingly how Maher’s art expresses a UK PREMIERE stance in its own right. Doc Point Rough Stage

TUES 20 SEPT | 19:00 CCA, Glasgow Maher is a man with a dream: to stage a contemporary £6/£4.50 concs. dance performance in the cultural centre of his home town, Book via takeoneaction.org.uk Ramallah. A former political prisoner, Maher now shuns political engagement, yet his choreography expresses a defiant stance WED 21 SEPT | 17:50 Filmhouse, Edinburgh in its own right, evoking a complex relationship between £10/£8 concs. oppression, identity, community expectations and artistic £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) practice. Despite his talent, Maher faces incomprehension and Book via Filmhouse exasperation from his family, while the show is threatened by a severe lack of funds. Undeterred, Maher perseveres: “We have to change something during our lifetime. If not, what is the Production Toomas Järvet meaning of one’s existence?” Estonia 2015, 74 min Filmed with remarkable restraint, Rough Stage allows Maher’s Ages 15+ body to do most of the talking. Whether he dances alone or with others, in a barren desert or in the middle of the busiest roundabout, he embodies the need for freedom of movement and thought, and the wider struggle for free, creative expression in Palestine. Official selection: Screening with: One Million Steps (p.41)

With the support of: Beyond the screen We look forward to welcoming the film’s director, Toomas Järvet, and Maher Shawamreh himself, who will take part in a short performance after the film.

A-Z Feature Films 23 “I AM NO LONGER ACCEPTING THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE. I AM CHANGING THE THINGS I CANNOT ACCEPT” Angela Davis

Film still: Sonita (p.26) Superb, gut-punching SPECIAL exploration of the PRESENTATION global arms trade Variety Shadow World

WED 21 SEPT | 17:50 GFT, Glasgow This visually dazzling exploration of the global arms £5/£4.50 (with GFT Youth Card) trade lays bare a shocking nexus of lobbying, corruption, Book via GFT slush funds and illicit deals. Mixing archival footage and interviews with leading journalists, philosophers, whistleblowers and, most chillingly, a jailed ex-arms dealer, artist filmmaker Johan Grimonprez revisits over forty years of armed conflicts and interventions. Encompassing the Iran-Contra affair, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the War on Terror and the BAE Al Yamamah arms-for-oil scandal, Shadow World highlights the nefarious and uniquely destructive dynamics of profiteering. It Production Johan Grimonprez exposes how the business of war has fostered corruption, USA / Belgium dictated economic and foreign policies and undermined our 2016, 90 min democratic institutions. Ages 16+ Existing at the crossroads where art, documentary, history and politics intersect, Shadow World weaves a seamless narrative of breath-taking scope, that ultimately exhorts viewers to Winner: Best Documentary re-write the story, demand greater transparency and achieve EIFF 2016 meaningful oversight.

Beyond the screen Official selection: Join us after the film to explore Scotland’s relationship with the arms trade. We look forward to welcoming the film’s co- writer and one of its protagonists, Andrew Feinstein (founder of Corruption Watch and author of the book that inspired the film), as well as representatives from CAAT.

A-Z Feature Films 25 triumphant, (...) absorbing, (...) SCOTTISH PREMIERE endlessly surprising The Guardian Sonita

FRI 23 SEPT | 19:00 Meet the headstrong teenage Afghan artist whose CCA, Glasgow talent is as big as her dreams. £6/£4.50 concs Book via takeoneaction.org.uk Young Sonita Alizadeh works as a cleaner at a school for refugees in Tehran, one of many undocumented Afghan immigrants keeping under the radar of Iranian authorities. SAT 24 SEPT | 20:35 Except Sonita has no intention of keeping her head down: in a Filmhouse, Edinburgh country where women are not allowed to sing solo, she wants £10/£8 concs. to live on her own terms and succeed as a famous rapper, £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) musician and artist. Book via Filmhouse Soon, Sonita’s mother makes a surprise visit: she is to be sold as bride (price tag: $9,000) to enable the family to buy her Production Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami brother a wife. Defiant, Sonita pleads with the film’s director to Iran / Germany / Switzerland intervene, turning her story – and the documentary – around. 2015, 90 min Ages 12+ The film, which has deservedly been gathering awards worldwide, movingly captures Sonita’s journey to empowerment and womanhood, as she finds her voice as an artist and a campaigner. Winner: Audience Award (Documentary) & World Screening with: Another Kind of Girl (p.39) Cinema Grand Jury Prize

Beyond the screen We look forward to welcoming the film’s director, Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, to both screenings. She will be joined, in Edinburgh, by a representative from Shakti Women’s Aid Presented in association with: - celebrating 30 years of providing help for BME women, children and young people facing forced marriage or domestic abuse. Rokhsareh will also be holding a Director Masterclass - see p. 34 for full details.”

26 A-Z Feature Films a fresh take on much- discussed events, […] SCOTTISH PREMIERE ensuring that the crucial role of women in the Arab Spring is not ignored The Trials of Spring The Hollywood Reporter

WED 21 SEPT | 20:35 Filmhouse, Edinburgh What is the legacy of Egypt’s revolution for the women £10/£8 concs. who took part? £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) Book via Filmhouse Thousands of women joined the 2011 protests in Cairo. This documentary gives voice to three of them: Hend Nafea, a young, observant Muslim whose activism led to her brutal arrest and torture; Khadiga el-Hinawi, a widow who offered succour to the protestors, and Mariam Kirollos, a Christian feminist and human rights researcher. As their stories interweave, the film tracks their battle against social prejudice, state-sanctioned sexual violence and a biased judiciary – under three successive regimes. It provides a complex portrait Production Gini Reticker of a movement struggling to define its goals and to recover USA hope from the ashes of a revolution that ended in brutal 2015, 80 min repression. Ages 15+ The history of African women’s leadership in political and social movements often remains unsung. As this record illustrates, their resilience, solidarity and hope in the face of renewed oppression is nothing short of heroic. Official selection: Screening with: Suleima (p.41)

Beyond the screen Join us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for creative, effective personal action, with guests including Dr Ebtihal Mahadeen, Jordanian feminist and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

A-Z Feature Films 27 let the story absorb you, SPECIAL EVENT transport you and take you under. Engaging with the ugly side of fashion will lead to changing it The True Cost The Guardian

SAT 17 SEPT | 14:00-18:00 What is the price of fast fashion? This urgent wake-up Glasgow School Of Art call provides a shocking overview of the consequences FREE of our addiction to cheap, disposable clothing. Book via takeoneaction.org.uk Through its global investigations, from the garment factories of Bangladesh to the cotton fields of India,The True Cost evidences SUN 18 SEPT | 14:00-18:00 a reality of exploitation, ecological destruction and health disasters Grassmarket Centre, that would make anyone question the true cost of our bargains. Edinburgh FREE Not content with destroying the planet through its manufacturing Book via takeoneaction.org.uk process, fast fashion is also clogging landfills and destroying local clothing industries in emerging economies. Where does responsibility lie? With the garment factory owners, cracking Production Andrew Morgan down on their workers’ requests for higher wages and improved USA working conditions? With the retailers that keep squeezing 2015, 92 min costs down – or the consumers? The solutions are complex and Ages 12+ multifaceted; what is clear is that they are urgently needed – and that we all have a role to play.

Screening with: The Little Seed (p.40) Official selection: Beyond the screen Join us for a special afternoon of FREE activities including swapshops and mending and upcycling workshops, courtesy of Oxfam DIY (Glasgow) and Re-Made in Edinburgh. The film will be followed by a conversation with guests including Thulsi Narayanasamy (Senior International Programmes Officer, War Presented in association with: On Want), Francis Stuart (Policy and Research Advisor, Oxfam Scotland) and BeYonder Textile, a new “profit for purpose” organisation based in Scotland. The workshops and screening R A D I A L are FREE but advanced booking is advised.

28 A-Z Feature Films SCOTTISH PREMIERE Walls

THURS 22 SEPT | 19:00 CCA, Glasgow 3 walls, 6 countries. A portrait of division and common £6/£4.50 concs humanity. Book via takeoneaction.org.uk More than 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the appetite for erecting barriers between nations still remains: 41 walls currently divide communities, shutting out dialogue, SAT 24 SEPT | 18:00 Filmhouse, Edinburgh feeding mistrust and resentment. Seeking to understand their £10/£8 concs. impact, this stunning documentary focuses on individuals £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) living on either side of the Spain/Morocco, US/Mexico and Book via Filmhouse South Africa/Zimbabwe borders. Its intimate, observational scenes present a nuanced portrait of lives shaped by division. Production While the foundations of a Europe based on free movement Original title: Muros Pablo Iraburu & Migueltxo Molina crumble, a sizeable portion of the U.S. electorate chants for Spain a colossal wall to be built along its Southern border. How 2015, 80 min do we rescue the discourse on migration from the growing Ages 15+ intolerance that overshadows the debate? From afar, it can feel easy to argue over the moral implications or usefulness of physical borders - this timely film delves into the heart of these divides. Official selection: Screening with: About a Mother (p.39) My Brother (p.40) Refugee Blues (p.41)

Beyond the screen Join us after the film for inspiring conversations and opportunities for creative, effective personal action, with guests including Dr Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock (Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh).

A-Z Feature Films 29 Earnest, direct and [...] SCOTTISH PREMIERE surprisingly dramatic The Hollywood Reporter When Two Worlds Collide

SUN 18 SEPT | 14:45 This immersive film charts the titanic clash between GFT, Glasgow Peru’s president, hungry for economic legitimacy, and his £5/£4.50 (with GFT Youth Card) country’s most outspoken environmentalist, desperate Book via GFT to protect indigenous lands from destruction. Upon signing the 2008 Free Trade Agreement between Peru MON 19 SEPT | 20:35 and the U.S.A, President Garcia opened up rainforest territory Filmhouse, Edinburgh to foreign logging, oil, gas, and mining companies. The £10/£8 concs. absence of consultation and the threat posed to previously £4.50 Under 21 (with valid ID) protected lands led to fierce opposition from indigenous Book via Filmhouse Amazonian groups, headed by Alberto Pizango. As the government continued to ignore their pleas, a tense war Production of words escalated to protests before erupting into deadly Heidi Brandenburg Sierralta violence. & Mathew Orzel Peru/UK Filmed over eight years, When Two Worlds Collide captures 2016, 103 min a volatile political and environmental crisis and explores the Ages 15+ power imbalance between those conserving their natural environment and those determined to monetise it. With breathtaking access, it highlights the conflicting visions that Winner: World Cinema are shaping the fate of the Amazon – and our planet’s future. Documentary

Beyond the screen Join us after the film for inspiring conversations and Presented in association with: opportunities for creative, effective personal action, with guests including Nick Dearden (Director, Global Justice Now), Dr Patricia Oliart (Coordinator, Cultural Narratives of Crisis and Renewal) and a representative from Unison Scotland.

30 A-Z Feature Films “THERE’S REALLY NO SUCH THING AS THE ‘VOICELESS’. THERE ARE ONLY THE DELIBERATELY SILENCED, OR THE PREFERABLY UNHEARD.” Arundhati Roy

Film still: When Two Worlds Collide (see p.30) Festival Events FREE CAMPAIGNER WORKSHOP

SAT 24 SEPT | 10:00 Filmhouse, Edinburgh

SUN 25 SEPT | 10:00 CCA, Glasgow

FREE ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Actively seeking change can be be fun, TO BOOK PLEASE EMAIL: sustainable and hugely rewarding. These [email protected] informative and empowering workshops will Please state which city you wish give you the confidence and encouragement to attend, with a brief description to make a real difference. of your interest and hopes for Are you new to the idea or practice of campaigning? taking part. Perhaps you need refreshing and inspiring to get back in the saddle, so that you may give time more effectively to the things you care about? Grow your skills and inspiration; hear from other ordinary ACTIVISM IS THE RENT campaigners and get to grips with the building I PAY FOR LIVING ON blocks of developing an effective campaign. THIS PLANET. These free workshops will be led by Kirstie Shirra. ALICE WALKER Kirstie is a freelance campaigner with over 15 years experience of working with ethical organisations and causes to promote social and environmental justice. We are also delighted to welcome First Nations activist, attorney and author, Caleb Behn. Caleb’s campaign to represent his people in their battle to protect their land and rivers from the damages of extractive industries is documented in the powerful documentary Fractured Land, screening as part of this year’s programme (p13).

Festival Events 33 DIRECTOR MASTERCLASSES

SCOTTISH DOCUMENTARY INSTITUTE AND TAKE ONE ACTION PRESENT TWO FREE EVENTS AIMED AT FILMMAKERS AND FILM STUDENTS:

FRIEDRICH MOSER Director of A Good American (p.14)

FRI 16 SEPT | 14:30 ECA (Hunter Lecture Theatre) Edinburgh

FREE BUT TICKETED book via takeoneaction.org.uk

Making corruption visible: The Story of A ROKHSAREH GHAEMMAGHAMI Good American Director of Sonita (p.26)

Mass surveillance is hot political topic, but FRI 23 SEPT | 14:30 how do you make it cinematic? Austrian ECA (Hunter Lecture Theatre) Edinburgh director Friedrich Moser will share his experiences about diving into one of the most FREE BUT TICKETED controversial issues of our times, visualising book via takeoneaction.org.uk the revolutionary surveillance program “ThinThread,” handling highly classified Blurring the lines: walking into, not over, materials, the corruption at NSA and his someone’s life collaboration with codebreaker-whistleblower As creative artists for whom ethics lie at Bill Binney. the core of their practice, documentary With support from the Austrian Cultural Forum filmmakers routinely face difficult decisions when exploring controversial issues or filming vulnerable individuals. Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, who started her documentary career with animated works, had to grapple with a particularly sensitive journey when the very act of filming her young protagonist’s story opened up life-changing prospects. Don’t miss this opportunity to delve into one of 2016’s most successful documentary films.

34 Festival Events “IF YOU THINK YOU ARE TOO SMALL TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, TRY SLEEPING WITH A MOSQUITO” Dalai Lama XIV

Film still: The Little Seed (see p.40) Youth Programme

YOUTH PROGRAMME: Many of our screenings are selected with youth audiences in mind.

Whether you are aged 15-21 and taking advantage of £4.50 tickets, or a committed teacher/youth worker bringing a group, there is plenty on offer to inspire you.

Look out for the Youth Strand symbol for great films for 15-21 year olds! Bringing a group

Contact us about opportunities to meet our contributors before or after screenings. We also have a limited number of free tickets available to organisations working with 16-25 year-olds not in education or full-time work. See Community Ticket Fund on p.5 or visit takeoneation.org.uk/give- take for details on how to apply. Film still: Sonita (p.26) SCHOOLS SCREENINGS

SHORT FILMS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

THURS 15 SEPT | 10:00 Filmhouse, Edinburgh SECONDARY SCHOOLS: SONITA Book via filmhousecinema.com SCREENING, FOLLOWED BY AUDIENCE MON 19 SEPT | 10:00 DISCUSSION Platform, Glasgow Book via glasgowfilm.org/theatre/schools/ TUES 20 SEPT | 10:00 booking Filmhouse, Edinburgh Book via filmhousecinema.com Our fun and ever-popular short film screenings encompass the best new short TUES 20 SEPT | 10:00 films from around the world, that spotlight Platform, Glasgow issues of power, conflict, gender equality, Book via glasgowfilm.org/theatre/schools/ food, education and the environment, with booking a strong focus on the rights of the child. A unique mix of animation, fiction and Meet the headstrong teenage Afghan artist documentary for ages 9+. whose talent is as big as her dreams. As an illegal immigrant in Iran, Sonita should be keeping her head down. Yet in a country where women are not allowed to sing solo, she wants to succeed as a rapper. Her family have other plans... When Sonita learns she is to be sold as a bride, she pleads with the film’s director to intervene, turning her story – and the documentary – around.

Suitable for ages 12+

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION MAKES US INFINITE. JOHN MUIR

Youth Programme 37 Short Films

A vibrant selection of inspiring and powerful short films from around the world, screening alongside feature films throughout the festival.

Film still: The Girl, Whose Shadow Reflects The Moon (see p.40) ABOUT A MOTHER (PRO MAMU) ANOTHER KIND OF GIRL BODY TEAM 12 A moving homage The hopes and dreams of 17 A tribute to the men and to mothers’ love and year-old Khaldiya, who lives in women who helped curtail resourcefulness the Za’atari refugee camp in the spread of Ebola in Liberia. Dina Velikovskaya | 7:20 min | 2015 Jordan. David Darg | 13:17 min | 2015 | USA | Russia Khaldiya Jhibawi | 9:29 min | 2015 Screening with Kafana (p.18) Screening with Walls (p.29) | Jordan Screening with Sonita (p.26)

LA BOTANIQUE DES AMOURS CONCERNING THE BODYGUARD FENCES Observers have found that A cinematic transposition of A humourous reflection on plants may have an emotional Donald Barthelme’s short the barriers we put up (with) life. Could it be love? story on a dictator’s last days, in our lives. Anne-Sophie Cayon & Laura Nicolas read by Salman Rushdie. Natalia Krawczuk | 6:55 min | 2015 | 4:37 min | 2014 | Belgium Kasra Farahani | 10:06 min | 2016 | USA | Poland Screening with 10 Billion: What’s on Screening with Checks and Balances Screening with At Home in the your Plate? (p.7) (p.11) World (p.9) and Kafana (p.18)

THE GIRL, WHOSE SHADOW GRATITUDE I AM NOT AFRAID OF THE SOLDIERS REFLECTS THE MOON An invitation to savour today Yazan, who lives in a Palestinian Walaa, 16, is from Dara’a in - and all that we have to be refugee camp, no longer wants Syria. This is her first film. It thankful for. to fear the Israeli soldiers’ tear won’t be her last. Louie Schwartzberg | 6:21 min | gas and bullets. 2015| USA Walaa Al Alawi | 5:01 min | 2015 | Jordan Rinske Bosch | 20:12 min | 2015 | Screening with Radical Grace (p.22) Netherlands Screening with At Home in the World (p.9) Screening with At Home in the World (p.9)

Short Films 39 INSIDE ITALY’S HANDMADE LIFE SMARTPHONE THE LITTLE SEED AMUSEMENT PARK This darkly humourous This beautiful animation Meet Bruno, who single- animation suggests it may be illustrates how, sometimes, handedly built an amusement time we stopped staring at all it takes for us to notice the park where all rides are inspired our screens. damage we unintentionally by the movement of nature. Chenglin Xie | 3 min | 2015 | China cause is a new perspective. Great Big Story | 2:06 min | 2016 | USA Screening with All the Time in the Chaïtane Conversat | 2015 | France World (p.8) Screening with The Olive Tree (p.19) Screening with The True Cost (p.28)

MY BROTHER NASCENT NO OFFENSE A personal tribute to the Two children on opposing In this dystopian animation, unsung contributions of sides of Central African cartoonists are mercilessly migrant workers across the Republic’s civil war find an executed for offending globe. unexpected connection. those in power. One of them Audrey Yeo | 2:02 min | 2016 | USA Lindsay Branham & Jon Kasbe | 6 attempts to strike back. Screening with Walls (p.29) min | 2015 | CAR / USA Kris Borghs | 6:40 min | 2016 | Belgium Screening with A Haunting History Screening with Hooligan Sparrow (p.16) (p.17)

NO PLACE LIKE HOME ONE MILLION STEPS REFUGEE BLUES Under threat of eviction from A tap dancer joins protesters Inspired by W.H. Auden’s her countryside home, a self- in Istanbul, turning her work, Refugee Blues is a reliant woman struggles to performance into a statement documentary poem from the preserve her way of life. of solidarity. jungle in Calais. Cat Bruce | 12:42 min | 2015 | UK Eva Stotz | 20:38 min | 2015 | Stephan Bookas & Tristan Daws | Screening with A Farm of Passage Germany / Netherlands 6:11 min | 2016 | France, UK (p.12) and Fractured Land (p.13) Screening with Rough Stage (p.23) Screening with Walls (p.29)

40 Short Films SEED SAVER SULEIMA TABLO A (HAITI - THE The portrait of a man whose The portrait of a woman who BLACKBOARD) work is counteracting our defied her family and the A story of deprivation and planet’s staggering loss of authorities to embrace the hope, directed by internally seed diversity. revolution in Syria. displaced children in Haiti. Kenneth Price | 5 min | 2015 | USA Jalal Maghout | 15:04 min | 2014 | Mario Torrecillas | 6:35 min | 2015 Screening with The Olive Tree (p.19) Syria / Lebanon | Spain Screening with The Trials of Spring Screening with Poverty, Inc. (p.21) (p.27)

TRADITIONAL HEALING A young woman dances in a devastated forest. Then a miracle occurs. Raymond Caplin | 2:25 min | 2014 | Canada Screening with Tomorrow (p.6)

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