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From: Forced Migration List <fmlist@qeh.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:50 AM
Subject: Events: documentary film screening and panel discussion: 'Stop-Over'
To: FORCED-MIGRATION@jiscmail.ac.uk
Dear all,
Please see below for information regarding a documentary film screening in London on 27 March.
Best wishes,
FM List Moderator
From the organisers:
As we are keen to have audiences in attendance who have a specialist interest in the film's subject matter we would like to offer yourself and your networks special discounted £5 tickets (instead of the usual £7). You can claim this offer by calling Riverside Studios on 020 8237 1111 and quoting the discount code 'DocHouse Offer', or through the cinema's website www.riversidestudios.co.uk.
On Thursday 27th March at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, DocHouse is excited to present the rare and intimate film by Swiss-Iranian director Kaveh Bakhtiari, STOP-OVER.
Kaveh Bakhtiari's debut documentary is a close-quarter portrait of a group of Iranian immigrants who are stranded and struggling to survive in Athens. Intimate and unflinching, Stop-Over is a rare insight into the dehumanising effects of life in limbo for undocumented migrants in Europe. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with experts in the field.
More details are in the press release below. Please also see the event on our website: http://bit.ly/1fg8lYC
DocHouse Presents
STOP-OVER
Thursday 27th March | 8pm | Riverside Studios | £7 (£5 concession)
Dir. Kaveh Bakhtiari
Switzerland / France - 2013 - 100 mins
Illegal immigration is never far from the headlines, but it is a rare and vital thing to see beyond the propaganda to the people at the heart of the issue with the honesty and humanity of 'Stop-Over'.
Swiss-Iranian first time director Kaveh Bakhtiari visits his cousin Mohsen, who is living illegally in Athens with a small group of other undocumented Iranian men. Greece was supposed to be their gateway into Europe, but having been abandoned by their smuggler, they find themselves trapped, leading a shadow life in the boarding house of fellow Iranian immigrant Amir. The constant fear of being picked up by the police, the hopeless search for fake papers and the monotony begin to take their toll. The only way out is to brave the treacherous onward journey alone, or to give in and find a way back to Iran.
Filming intimately from within the group, but nevertheless an outsider because of his legal credentials, Bakhtiari elegantly captures the camaraderie and struggles of these men, caught in a terrible limbo.
Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival 2013
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival 2013
The film will be followed by a post-screening panel discussion including:
Kate Mara - Human rights activist and director of Into the Fire
Ismail Ismail - A Somalian national who spent time living undocumented in Athens
Guy Taylor - Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION: http://www.dochouse.org/film-screening/Stop-Over/378
Riverside Studios: http://www.riversidestudios.co.uk/
From: Forced Migration List <fmlist@qeh.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:50 AM
Subject: Events: documentary film screening and panel discussion: 'Stop-Over'
To: FORCED-MIGRATION@jiscmail.ac.uk
Dear all,
Please see below for information regarding a documentary film screening in London on 27 March.
Best wishes,
FM List Moderator
From the organisers:
As we are keen to have audiences in attendance who have a specialist interest in the film's subject matter we would like to offer yourself and your networks special discounted £5 tickets (instead of the usual £7). You can claim this offer by calling Riverside Studios on 020 8237 1111 and quoting the discount code 'DocHouse Offer', or through the cinema's website www.riversidestudios.co.uk.
On Thursday 27th March at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, DocHouse is excited to present the rare and intimate film by Swiss-Iranian director Kaveh Bakhtiari, STOP-OVER.
Kaveh Bakhtiari's debut documentary is a close-quarter portrait of a group of Iranian immigrants who are stranded and struggling to survive in Athens. Intimate and unflinching, Stop-Over is a rare insight into the dehumanising effects of life in limbo for undocumented migrants in Europe. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with experts in the field.
More details are in the press release below. Please also see the event on our website: http://bit.ly/1fg8lYC
DocHouse Presents
STOP-OVER
Thursday 27th March | 8pm | Riverside Studios | £7 (£5 concession)
Dir. Kaveh Bakhtiari
Switzerland / France - 2013 - 100 mins
Illegal immigration is never far from the headlines, but it is a rare and vital thing to see beyond the propaganda to the people at the heart of the issue with the honesty and humanity of 'Stop-Over'.
Swiss-Iranian first time director Kaveh Bakhtiari visits his cousin Mohsen, who is living illegally in Athens with a small group of other undocumented Iranian men. Greece was supposed to be their gateway into Europe, but having been abandoned by their smuggler, they find themselves trapped, leading a shadow life in the boarding house of fellow Iranian immigrant Amir. The constant fear of being picked up by the police, the hopeless search for fake papers and the monotony begin to take their toll. The only way out is to brave the treacherous onward journey alone, or to give in and find a way back to Iran.
Filming intimately from within the group, but nevertheless an outsider because of his legal credentials, Bakhtiari elegantly captures the camaraderie and struggles of these men, caught in a terrible limbo.
Official Selection: BFI London Film Festival 2013
Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival 2013
The film will be followed by a post-screening panel discussion including:
Kate Mara - Human rights activist and director of Into the Fire
Ismail Ismail - A Somalian national who spent time living undocumented in Athens
Guy Taylor - Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
TICKETS AND MORE INFORMATION: http://www.dochouse.org/film-screening/Stop-Over/378
Riverside Studios: http://www.riversidestudios.co.uk/
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