Ouaga Girls Documentary: Sweden, Burkina Faso, France, Quatar (2017) | Director: Teresa-Traore Dahlberg | Running Time: 83 mins | Mooré and French with English Subtitles In observance of International Women's Day. A group of young women tweak machines and hammer away at a school for auto mechanics in Ouagadougou in this poetic story about life choices, […]
Films for refugee children, for their friends and for everyone else. This creative documentary (episode film) without dialogues takes the viewer on a journey into children’s worlds of different countries, real and dreamed. In these cinematic miniatures, which were designed by filmmakers from countries such as Syria, Iran, Jordan, Germany and Colombia, the whole emotional range of refugee children is renegotiated.
Stitching Palestine Documentary: Palestine (2017) | Director: Carol Mansour | Running Time: 78 mins | Arabic with English subtitles In observance of Nakba Day. Twelve Palestinian women sit before us and talk of their life before the Diaspora, of their memories, of their lives and of their identity. Their narratives are connected by the enduring […]
Lady of the Harbour Documentary: The Netherlands, China (2017) | Director: Sean Wang | Running Time: 90 mins | Chinese, Greek and English with English subtitles In observance of World Refugee Day. Nearly two decades ago, Chinese immigrants came to Greece traveling along the similar route as the current refugees. Suzanne is one of them. […]
With vitality, humour and unexpected situations, this film paints an unusual portrait of a group of young friends living in a refugee camp in the middle of the stony Saharan desert.
In observance of International Day of Tolerance. Destierros Documentary: Canada (2018) | Director: Hubert Caron-Guay | Running Time: 92 mins | Spanish with English subtitles Viscerally immersed in the experience of Central American migrants on their perilous route to the United States, Destierros provides a sobering account of the desperation, perseverance, and humanity of people […]
In observance of International Migrants Day. Compulsory Figures Documentary: Poland (2018) | Director: Ewa Kochańska | Running Time: 72 mins | Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, English, with English subtitles Julia Polniuk (10) trains figure skating - and there is not much time left for her to succeed in sports and to meet her family’s expectations. After […]
In observance of Holocaust Memorial Day. Four Parts of a Folding Screen Documentary: UK (2018) | Director: Anthea Kennedy, Ian Wiblin | Running Time: 83 mins | German with English subtitles Based on documents found in Berlin archives, Four Parts of a Folding Screen explores exclusion, statelessness and the legalised theft and sale of everyday […]
In observance of World Day of Social Justice Of Love & Law Documentary: Japan, UK, France (2018) | Director: Hikaru Toda | Running Time: 94 mins | Japanese with English subtitles Fumi and Kazu are partners in love and law; they run the first law firm in Japan set up by an openly gay couple. […]
Welcome to the first instalment of the GRAMNet / BEMIS 2022 Film Series. As the series continues in its digital format, we ask to you join us in celebrating World Social Justice Day by watching Anam Abbas’ powerful documentary, This Stained Dawn, which chronicles the lead up to the multi-city Aurat March (Women’s March) in Pakistan. The film is […]
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