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MON 14 AUG
Westbourne Studios 6–11pm

FILMMAKERS AGAINST WAR

6:00

In Whose Interest
David Kaplowitz 30 minutes 15
Filmaker David Kaplowitz leads us on a fast moving journey through the past fifty years of US intervention, questioning the motives and examining the effects of US foreign policy from Guatemala, Vietnam, East Timor, El Salvador, Palestine and Israel. Documentary London, England

6:30

Robert Newman History Of Oil
Robert Newman 55 minutes 15
Comedian Rob Newman gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years, placing oil centre stage as the cause of all commotion. Documentary London, England

7:25

Fallujah
Deep Dish TV 30 minutes 15
After a major US led offensive launch in November 2004, two thirds of the Iraqi city of Fallujah was destroyed, leaving thousands of its citizens homeless. Documentary London, England

7:55

Baghdad Days
Hiba Bassem 35 minutes 15
Hiba, a young woman from Kikuk, returns to Baghdad after the war, to finish her studies. The film is a diary of her search for work, a place to live, and the struggles to come to terms with her position as a woman on her own. Drama London, England

8:30

Omar Is My Friend
Mounaf Shaker 15 minutes
A student at Baghdad uni works as a taxi driver to support his wife and four daughters. As he negotiates his taxi around checkpoints, tanks and traffic jams, he talks about work, lack of petrol, electricity, his daughters, and his aspirations. Documentary London, England

9:00

Between The Wars
Emily Woof 13 minutes 15
A poignant drama that charts the relationship between an asylum seeker and a war veteran living on the same council estate in London. Drama London, England

9:30

Sir, No Sir
David Zeiger 85 minutes 18
A film about the GI movement against the war in Vietnam and the profound impact it had on American society, this is the story that has never been told on film before. Documentary London, England