Westbourne Studio 15 August

Filmmakers Against War

 

6pm

Hani's Nephew (Bridget Resis) 40 minutes 12A     

In Iraq, Hani's nephews diabetes threatened his sight, in London he hopes doctors can help.   

 

6.05 pm

Stop Killing My Kids (Bridget Resis) 20 minutes 15         

Brian Haw has lived for more than 3 years in Parliament Square in London, protesting against the treatment of children in Afghanistan and Iraq by the use of depleted uranium and cluster bombs.

 

6.25 pm

Bushed (Mark Watson) 3 minutes               

Comical anti-Bush / anti war / anti television video rant by Zaskar entertainment, with music by Moby.

 

6.30 pm

Red Florence (Hannah Bayman) 20 minutes 12      

It's November 2002 and Britain & US are preparing to invade Iraq, but in Florence, Italy, a million people are descending for the first ever European Social Forum. An exhilarating trip with original techno and samba soundtrack.

 

6.50 pm

Merchandising Murder (Mark Watson) 3 minutes            

Comical comparison between the costs of Bush's merchandise on his website, and the cost of the Iraq war.

 

6.55 pm

Contempt Of Conscience (Joe Jenkins) 15 minutes U      

Joe started this film before he joined the Peace Tax Seven, a group who are with holding Tax due to the war in Iraq, which they see as immoral.

 

7.10 pm

Mother Power  (George Olson) 5 minutes               

A music video showing the senselessness of war, with images from Iraq.

 

Victims (Mark Watson) 3 minutes               

Current figures for civilian casualties in Iraq range between 22,000 and 100,000. One is a tragedy.

 

7.20 pm

Field Day (Jeanne Marie Spicuzza) 20 minutes 15  

A group of youths invite an unsuspecting history student to play a surreal war game, which reckons the past and proves a worthy lesson for the future.                                                             

7.40 pm

C.I.R.C.A. (Mark Watson) 20 minutes                     

The clandestine insurrectionist clown rebel army, invaded the offices of Labour MP Hilary Benn and then shut down an army recruitment centre. Laughs where had by all.

 

9 pm

A Letter To The Prime Minster: Jo Wilding's Diary from Iraq (Julia Guest) 75 minutes 15     

Jo Wilding's remarkable journey from forming a children's circus in Iraq to travelling into Falluja, when even Al Jazeera had left, to stand alongside civilians trapped and targeted by US Forces.

 

10.15 pm

A Wall Is A Wall Is A Wall (Pilar Zaratiegui Gomez) 3 minutes U

Animated short about the wall in Palestine with a special soundtrack by Fun-da-mental.   

 

10.20 pm Drinks and music in the bar.