Sat 5 Sept WESTBOURNE STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL 1pm Europe, A Successful Story Francesco Paolo Altomonte 65 minutes 12 Is the European Union convenient and to whom? Is it just an empty box or does it involve all citizens? Is it a real conquest or just a making-up to secret the interest of few people? It started in Paris on May 9th 1950 and was consolidated in Rome on March 25th 1957: this Europe seems Unknown for many... This documentary, through the history, shows living Europe to the public, an Europe made of open problems, achieved goals and ambitious projects to fulfill: the kind of Europe that was born after an afflicted past, marked by wars and dictatorships and grown thanks to profound values and brave choices. The result: peace, democracy, liberty, wealth, respect of human rights and solidarity among states - conquest of European integration - has become a resource for all citizens. Documentary. Italy 2pm DUTCH FILMS MONA: a ghost story Terry O’ Leary 8 minutes 12A MONA is a haunting ghost story that crosses the thin line between passion and obsession. Drama. Holland About The Fish And Revolution Margien Rogaar 12 minutes U Two separate worlds come together at an ordinary fishing pitch. Gerard’s marriage has become a drag, his friendships have dwindled and the fish he catches are too small. Drama. Holland Activity Centre Michiel van Dijk & Sjeng Schupp 5 minutes U Horror in the living room. Everything seems to be normal, but slowly things are getting out of hand. Drama. Holland Away Margot Schaap 23 minutes 12 Sophie is going to study and has to say goodbye to her family. At the same time she wants to stay with them, in a warm safe environment. Drama. Holland Big Buck Bunny Sacha Goedegebure 10 minutes U 3D animation about a giant rabbit and three forest bullies. The movie has been created with open source 3D sofeware ‘Blender’ and is all open content. Animation. Holland Den Helder Maartje Pompe van Meerdervoort 37 mins 15 Character study of two brothers on a crossroad in their lives in the most northern tip of Holland: the city of Den Helder. Drama. Holland Impasse Bram Schouw 5 minutes U Without words, we’re left to consider whether love and attraction can break through impasse of human intolerance. Drama. Holland Jolanda 23 Pim Zwier 10 minutes U Short observational film about taking a picture of a cow. The actions lead to achieving an ideal of beauty. Art. Holland Notebook Evelien Lohbeck 5 minutes U Expectations are challenged in this short experimental film which plays with illusions and reality. Animation. Holland Reef Eric Steegstra 12 minutes U Two frogmen are swimming through a mesmerising underwater world full of translucent deep-sea creatures and multicoloured surprises. Drama. Holland Sand Joost van Ginkel 21 minutes 12A Luuk seems to be a good father for his daughter Isabel. But is this the truth? A compelling and romantic story about a truck driver and his daughter who both like to feel the sand. Drama. Holland 4.30pm Taboo / Tabu Aylin Kuryel & Emrah Irzik 24 minutes 15 “Taboo” is a game where players have to describe a world without using five other forbidden words. For this film, custom game cards were prepared for youth to pay. The words on these cards are cultural, political and sexual taboo in Turkey, such as homosexuality, feminism, the Armenian Genocide, etc. the film reveals young people’s ideas and reflections on controversial, taboo-like issues in a playful manner. Documentary. Turkey The Old Fool Who Moved The Mountains / Yugong Yishan Joanna Vasquez Arong 30 minutes 12 From an old Chinese fable to one of the stories in Chairman Mao’s little red book and to a small bar in Beijing owned by a Chinese musician, Yugong Yishan, explores the spirit of the old fool through three generations. Documentary. Thailand Venetian Venice / Venezia Veneziana Elena Ballarin 13 minutes U Documentary film dedicated to the city of Venice’s everyday life, which is quite different from the stereotyped tourist aspects and from the too many false beliefs that are around. Documentary. Italy Clean And Jerk Daniel Quinonls & Jesse Quinonls 10 mins 12A A moving documentary about 4’11 weight lifter Jo Lalvino and her quest to compete in the 2012 London Olympics. Documentary. London Sweat Thomas Hilland 14 minutes 12A In the Northern deep forests of Finland lives local hero Timo Kaukonen - the four times winner of the Sauna World Championships. In temperatures up to 140 degrees Centigrade, the competition has one simple rule: He who sits longest, wins. Documentary. Sweden Project One Yohan Forbes 7 minutes U A cinematic journey through London, the skate boarders reapproporation of the city transforms it into a playground where its usual constraints are far from hire. Shot on location in and around London, Project One shows an exploration in our use of urban space, landscape and architecture. Documentary. London The Youngling / Der Jungling Dave Lojek 9 minutes U Four young woman prepare for a casting in Vienna and are surprised to meet there. A short film about life, matters of the heart, excitment, choice, family ties and a voice recorder with a poem by Heinrich Heine. Comedy. Germany The Cemetery People Allessandro Molatore 3 minutes 12A Over 6,000 people make their home among the tombs of Navotas Cemetery, located in the Philippines. Here entire families live, sleep and even play among the graves. Documentary. Ireland Delphinium: A Childhood Portrait Of Derek Jarman Matthew Mishory 12 minutes 15 Delphinium is a stylized and lyrical coming of age portrait of legendary artist and activist Derek Jarman’s artistic, sexual, and political awakening inpost-war England. Featuring cinematography by Lili Wilde and original score by Steven Severin of Souxsie And The Banshees and the Glove. Drama. USA 6.45pm The Broken Hearts Club Angelo Bell 100 minutes 15 Love-lost couples air out their grievances to an apathetic psychiatrist who prefers treating the criminally insane. Comedy. USA Say Leo Leonid Rybakov 82 minutes 15 This could happen to anyone. If you are 18. If your friends have all settled. Some have started business; some have gone to college; some are in the army. And only you still don't know what you want to be. Like childhood: a fireman or a pilot. And there is no one to ask. You don't speak with your parents and your little sister is too young to understand. There is only one window to the world left to you. The computer screen. Inside there, everything is different: the life of the net. Although it can bring no true human aspects it cannot destroy the desire for friendship, love and emotion. Drama. Russia Freedom Ty Hunter 100 minutes 15 A Chinese woman moves up the street ranks of New York City through the sale of black market goods and human trafficking. Lady Chong creates an empire before a siew of murders puts the police on her tail. But Lady Chong will resort to any tactic to stay out of prison. Feature Length Drama. USA back to schedule