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"3 days of politically radical, boundary-pushing cinema celebrating activism and resistance like only Bristol knows how. The eclectic programme includes shorts, docs and historical dramas on the Poll Tax riots, gentrification in Marseille, Filipino trade unionism, the Great Famine, the Attica prison rebellion +much more. "
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A event held at The Trinity Centre on Saturday 22nd October. The event starts at 11:00.
Day 2 find us at The Trinity Centre:
Factory to the Workers
(Srđan Kovačević, 2021, Croatia, 105 mins)
Croatia, 2005. A machine tools plant is taken over by its workers. The only successful example of a factory occupation in post-socialist Europe. Ten years later, the rebellious employees behind the occupation strive to prevent a production shutdown. Sustainability depends on the sacrifices of the workers protecting their livelihood from the threats of a ruthless economy. For 5 years, director Srdan Kovacevic follows the inside story of the people who struggle to keep the once prestigious factory running. A decade later, can the slogan “Factory to the Workers” be kept alive, or is it just a dream?
BRFF International Short Film Submissions 2022
(Various, 97mins))
Our International Short Films Submissions showcases the new work of radical film makers from around the world. From gentrification in the USA to trade unionism in the Philippines. From Lebanon’s economic crisis to an oral history of living through COVID in the UK for people with learning disabilities and much more. The selected films not only challenge us politically but also explore a multitude of different ways to represent the world in film all of them imaginative, affective and thought provoking.
British Radical Newsreels of the early 20th Century & Campaigning Video Today
(Various 90mins)
Join us for a session introduced by Sam Stevens who will introduce and explore some of the first campaigning films made by Alongside him, Shaun Day, from ReelNews, will consider how activist newsreel continue today the proud tradition of political newsreel production in the UK and will screen some of his latest productions.
Shelter. Farewell to Eden
(Enrico Masi, Italy, 2019, 81mins)
A portrait of European boundaries. While food and goods are able to travel across all frontiers, there are severe restrictions for human beings. Pepsi plays the role of a 21st century transgender version of Joan d’Arc, standing for human rights and requesting asylum for the most marginalized communities. She finds the strength to tell her intimate story, which recalls the ancient myth of Europa.
Nothing About Us Without Us
(ReFOCUS Media Lab Collective, 2021, 30 mins)
The film serves as a call to action for mainstream media to develop a new standard of engagement with the communities they report upon. Filmed by a core team of citizen journalists who continue to chronicle the struggles faced by asylum seekers and refugees on Lesbos, Greece since 2019.
Black 47
(Lance Daly, Ireland/Luxembourg/Belgium, 92 mins. R15)
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who returning home after fighting for the British Army abroad, he discovers his mother died of starvation and his brother was hanged after stabbing a bailiff during his eviction from his farm. Shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalisation of his people and his family the protagonist embarks on a revenge mission through the whole class structure of English domination.
Entry requirements:
Factory to the Workers
(Srđan Kovačević, 2021, Croatia, 105 mins)
Croatia, 2005. A machine tools plant is taken over by its workers. The only successful example of a factory occupation in post-socialist Europe. Ten years later, the rebellious employees behind the occupation strive to prevent a production shutdown. Sustainability depends on the sacrifices of the workers protecting their livelihood from the threats of a ruthless economy. For 5 years, director Srdan Kovacevic follows the inside story of the people who struggle to keep the once prestigious factory running. A decade later, can the slogan “Factory to the Workers” be kept alive, or is it just a dream?
BRFF International Short Film Submissions 2022
(Various, 97mins))
Our International Short Films Submissions showcases the new work of radical film makers from around the world. From gentrification in the USA to trade unionism in the Philippines. From Lebanon’s economic crisis to an oral history of living through COVID in the UK for people with learning disabilities and much more. The selected films not only challenge us politically but also explore a multitude of different ways to represent the world in film all of them imaginative, affective and thought provoking.
British Radical Newsreels of the early 20th Century & Campaigning Video Today
(Various 90mins)
Join us for a session introduced by Sam Stevens who will introduce and explore some of the first campaigning films made by Alongside him, Shaun Day, from ReelNews, will consider how activist newsreel continue today the proud tradition of political newsreel production in the UK and will screen some of his latest productions.
Shelter. Farewell to Eden
(Enrico Masi, Italy, 2019, 81mins)
A portrait of European boundaries. While food and goods are able to travel across all frontiers, there are severe restrictions for human beings. Pepsi plays the role of a 21st century transgender version of Joan d’Arc, standing for human rights and requesting asylum for the most marginalized communities. She finds the strength to tell her intimate story, which recalls the ancient myth of Europa.
Nothing About Us Without Us
(ReFOCUS Media Lab Collective, 2021, 30 mins)
The film serves as a call to action for mainstream media to develop a new standard of engagement with the communities they report upon. Filmed by a core team of citizen journalists who continue to chronicle the struggles faced by asylum seekers and refugees on Lesbos, Greece since 2019.
Black 47
(Lance Daly, Ireland/Luxembourg/Belgium, 92 mins. R15)
Set in Ireland during the Great Famine, the drama follows an Irish Ranger who returning home after fighting for the British Army abroad, he discovers his mother died of starvation and his brother was hanged after stabbing a bailiff during his eviction from his farm. Shocked by the famine's destruction of his homeland and the brutalisation of his people and his family the protagonist embarks on a revenge mission through the whole class structure of English domination.
Entry requirements:
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