Empowering Scotland's Ethnic and Cultural Minority Communities
Piripkura Documentary: Brazil (2017) | Directors: Renata Terra, Bruno Jorge, Mariana Oliva | Running Time: 81 mins | Portuguese with English Subtitles In observance of World Day of Social Justice In this chronicle of an expedition, the Amazonian habitat of the only two nomadic Piripkura, can only be protected if there is proof they are still […]
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. […]
A Thematic Conference on hate crime motivated by racial and religious prejudice
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 […]
A night to celebrate Scotland’s diverse communities, hosted and styled in the fashion of a Traveller ceilidh, a traditional ‘gathering’. The evening will invite & support Travellers and non-Travellers to contribute and celebrate music, traditional food and spoken word. This Ceilidh will be both a Celebration of North East Traveller culture and its links to […]
We plan to organise an Indoor Highland Games celebrating Scottish culture and incorporating elements of diverse local cultures, such as those of the local Eastern European, South Asian, Chinese, Gaelic speaking and Arabic Communities. The day will include: • A range of sporting events such as wellie tossing, caber throwing, tug-o-war and a selection of […]
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