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Special preview screenings

INTERNATIONAL FILM DAY: STORIES FROM CITIZEN ARTISTS

31st July 2022
Time: 2pm- 6pm
Tickets: Free

Three films aiming to give voice to diverse experiences, encourage empathy and make peaceful change.

This afternoon of special screenings is the finale to our ‘World Citizens’ weekend exploring the relationship between art making, post-conflict healing and community building.

Following each film we offer a space for discussion and dialogue, led by distinguished panels.

Registration is essential and places are limited.

CLICK HERE to register

 


 

bonfires

BONFIRES

2PM 

Young Northern Irish bonfire builder Stevie has been given his father's old 1970s camera.

His uncle hopes it will give him a new outlet for his energies, uncovering the joys of printing his own black & white pictures in an old darkroom.

But Stevie soon finds himself drawn back to the bonfires - this time with a camera round his neck.

A rival gang and a revenge raid soon lose Stevie both his camera and his growing friendship with Melanie - and, with them, his hopes for the future. Can those hopes be rekindled?

 

maths

MATHS

3.15PM 

There is another reason I like maths.

Yeah?

My teacher is a ride.

One plus one equals two and two plus two equals four but not everything in life is so ‘straight’ forward.

Lisa longs for the simplicity of Maths class to extend outside of school however our world beyond contains prejudice and a wide range of views.

Through inspired action can our community move from a mindset of negative division to more positive addition?

 

my neighbour, my killer

MY NEIGHBOUR, MY KILLER

5PM

Could you ever forgive the people who slaughtered your family?

In 1994, hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutus were incited to wipe out the country’s Tutsi minority. From the crowded capital to the smallest village, local ‘patrols’ massacred lifelong friends and family members, most often with machetes and improvised weapons. 

Then government put in place the Gacaca Tribunals — open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbours and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while traumatized survivors are asked to forgive them and resume living side-by-side. 

Filming for close to a decade in a tiny hamlet, award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion has charted the impact of Gacaca on survivors and perpetrators alike.

Through their fear and anger, accusations and defences, blurry truths, inconsolable sadness, and hope for life renewed, she captures the emotional journey to coexistence.