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Booking information: Masterclasses are free of charge.
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Moving Worlds: Cinemas of Migration returns with a diverse and contemporary programme of documentary and drama films from Austria, France, Germany, Spain, UK, and the USA. A selection of masterclasses, workshops and special events with filmmakers and digital media practitioners, contributes to a festival whose focus on migration is as timely as it is distinctive. Through powerful stories revealing the emotional and material effects of contemporary migration within and outside Europe, Moving Worlds addresses the movement of individuals and families across national borders. Themes at the forefront of the programme include: migrant youth identities and cultures; intergenerational family relationships; local responses to the arrival of refugees in a small town; daily encounters between frontline service providers and asylum seekers; the lived tensions between secular and religious identities; individuals undertaking perilous journeys in pursuit of a better life for themselves and the families left behind. We are honoured to host three Irish premieres at Moving Worlds. Neukölln Unlimited, directed by Agostino Immondi and Dietmar Ratsch, opens the festival telling the story of three young Lebanese siblings living in Berlin and their passion for hip-hop and streetdance. Welcome to Shelbyville, directed by Kim Snyder, offers a glimpse of America at a crossroads – how a community in the Bible belt grapples with rapidly changing demographics. Les Arrivants (‘The Arrivals’), directed by Claudine Bories and Patrice Chagnard, captures the highly charged encounter between social workers in Paris and newly arrived asylum seekers and their families from Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Eritrea – with or without passports or luggage. Film directors, actors, writers and community activists as guests of Moving Worlds bring with them a passion for creative storytelling, allied to a conviction about the centrality of film and social media in mobilising new audiences and generating inclusive public dialogue about migration and social justice. The programme includes a series of masterclasses and workshops, building on content from the films and introducing parallel learning strands throughout the festival. Acknowledging the importance of young people’s participation in public debates about cultural identities and citizenship, the festival accords special status to two Youth Media workshops, which include: Youth Cultures and Digital Communities: ‘I’m Not Who You Think I Am’, facilitated by the festival’s social media consultant in residence, Howard Pyle (Ogilvy and Mather, New York), and a ‘Global Urban Music’ workshop with DJs Double V and iZem. Moving Worlds: Cinemas of Migration is a unique collaboration between the Forum on Migration and Communication (FOMACS) and the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC): Alliance Française, British Council, Goethe-Institut Ireland, Instituto Cervantes Dublin and the Austrian Embassy Dublin, in association with the Irish Film Institute (IFI). We wish to acknowledge all who have generously contributed to Moving Worlds. Specific thanks to the US Embassy Dublin for their patronage and support, and to Atlantic Philanthropies and Dublin Institute of Technology. Festival Programme Team |
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2010 ● 96 mins ● Germany ● Subtitled ● Documentary ● Director: Agostino Imondi, Dietmar Ratsch  Siblings Hassan (18), Lial (19) and Maradona (14) are talented musicians and breakdancers growing up in Berlin’s notorious Neukölln district. Hip-hop and streetdance are their language and their passion. Their family is from Lebanon and lives in constant danger of being deported from Germany. To prevent this from happening, Hassan and Lial plan to use their artistic talents to provide the necessary financial support for their family to secure a residency permit. The resulting pressure sees a rivalry arise over who should be the family’s primary breadwinner. Meanwhile, Maradona gets himself into more and more trouble, and is suspended from school. He is at a crossroads, torn between motivation and resignation, between his siblings’ ambitious lifestyle and the street credibility of his crew. This documentary goes beyond the typical clichés about migrants in ‘problem’ areas to portray the everyday lives of three youths struggling for their family’s right to stay in Germany. Hassan and Lial Akkouch, who star in the film, will attend the screening. Q&A TO FOLLOW SCREENING Hassan Akkouch Lial Akkouch |
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Agostino Imondi Agostino Imondi was born in 1975 in Basel, Switzerland. From 2000 to 2003 he worked as director of photography and editor for the Australian TV station ‘Channel 31 Melbourne’. From 2003 to 2004 he took the Director's class at ‘Scuola di Cinema’ in Rome. His first short film Waking up the Nation was screened in official competitions at various international film festivals. Dietmar Ratsch Dietmar Ratsch was born in 1970 in Soltau, Germany. From 1993-2000 he worked as a freelance cinematographer for various broadcasters and production companies. In 1998 he was also a steadicam and crane operator for SWR (German TV). He studied Documentary Film Making at Baden-Württemberg Film Academy from 1995-2000, where Eislimonade Für Hong Li was his graduation film. He founded Indi Film GmbH in 2001.  DJ Youth Workshop: Global |
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2009 ● 76 mins ● China/UK ● Subtitled
● Documentary ● Director: Xiaolu Guo
This revealing portrait of contemporary China in the post Marxist era explores the facets of Chinese socio-political life, by putting it in the context of globalisation and individualisation. Personal stories unfold in an unexpected straightforwardness and with a striking sense of humour: an old peasant who has lost his land, a millionaire chatting with his mate in a stock exchange office, a young migrant who comes to the city to wash cars, a weapon factory worker who wishes Mao was still alive, a successful hotel owner who praises the government’s liberal economy policies, and young kids who dream of becoming famous western artists - all addressing contemporary issues that trespass borders and blur the socio-political lines into a globalised world of shared values and collective problems.
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Xiaolu Guo was born in 1973 in a Chinese fishing village and comes from a family of sea lovers. Her grandfather was a fisherman, and her father was sent to a labour camp in his 60s because he wanted to paint the sea instead of being a farmer. At 18 she left her hometown and studied at Beijing Film Academy. She received an MA in cinema and literature, and has worked as a filmmaker, poet and novelist. She now divides her time between Europe and China. Her films include Locarno ‘Golden Leopard’ award-winning She, A Chinese (2009), How is Your Fish Today? (Winner ‘Grand Prix’, Creteil Women’s Film Festival 2007) and documentaries Once Upon a Time Proletarian (Venice and Toronto official selection 2009) and The Concrete Revolution (First Prize at International Human Rights Film Festival Paris 2005). Her novels are translated into 23 languages, notable among them are A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (2007), Village of Stone (2004), 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (2008), and UFO in Her Eyes (2009).
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2006 ● 93 mins ● Austria ● Subtitled ● Documentary ● Director: Arash T. Riahi  A family’s story, typically crazy and exceptional at the same time. A film about home and exile, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters and all the other relatives, close and distant, in an extended Persian family. Some of them emigrated to Europe or America, though the majority has stayed in Iran. Regardless of all the danger involved, they secretly meet after 20 years at a place which won’t raise suspicion among the Iranian authorities: Mecca. They come from America, Sweden, Austria and Iran to laugh, argue, cook and celebrate. This is accompanied by an excessive amount of hugging and kissing, and also a clash between Muslim and Western cultures. Q&A TO FOLLOW SCREENING |
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Arash T. Riahi Arash T.Riahi was born in Iran in 1972 and is an award-winning Austrian-Iranian independent filmmaker and screenwriter who has lived in Vienna since 1982. After studying art and cinema, he started working as a freelance journalist, scriptwriter and director for the Austrian national broadcaster ORF in 1995. He founded the production company Golden Girls Filmproduction in 1998. He has written, directed and edited several award-winning documentaries, shorts, experimental films, music videos and commercials and has made two documentaries The Souvenirs of Mr. X and seven-time award-winning Exile Family Movie. His first fiction feature, For a Moment, Freedom, has won 30 international awards since its premiere at the Montreal World Film festival in 2008 and was Austria's official Oscar entry in 2010. Masterclass with Arash T. Riahi WED 8 DEC – 14.00 GOETHE INSTITUT Personal stories about family migration and displacement can be both painful and transformative. How can the filmmaking process – from shooting to editing – offer a method of working through the trauma of being displaced? What role does humour play as a storytelling strategy, mirroring the coping mechanisms of refugees more generally? What are the ethical questions associated with securing family consent and agreement in relation to publicly screening personal migration stories? In this masterclass, Arash T. Riahi draws from his film Exile Family Movie to explore the challenges of translating profoundly personal and intimate material into a narrative that has popular appeal to different audiences. |
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2009 ● 74 mins ● USA ● Documentary ● Director: Kim Snyder  Welcome to Shelbyville is a glimpse of America at a crossroads. In one town in the heart of America's bible belt, a community grapples with rapidly changing demographics. Longtime African-American and White residents are challenged with how to integrate with a growing Latino population and the more recent arrival of hundreds of Somali refugees of Muslim faith. Set on the eve of the 2008 Presidential election, the film captures the interaction between these residents as they navigate new waters against the backdrop of a crumbling economy and a promising new Administration. Through the vibrant and colourful characters of Shelbyville, the film explores immigrant integration and the interplay between race, religion, and identity. Ultimately, the story is an intimate portrayal of a community’s struggle to understand what it means to be American. Q&A TO FOLLOW SCREENING |
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2009 ● 103 mins ● UK/France/Germany ● Drama ● Subtitled ● Director: Xiaolu Guo  This is the story of Mei, an enigmatic young woman bored with life in her provincial Chinese village. Her longing for a different life takes her first to a city in her own country, where she finds love, and loses it. Still searching, she migrates to England, drifting and rootless. Through this journey and the people Mei meets, She, a Chinese conjures the mix of cultures in the early 21st century and how people, lifestyles, consumer goods, and music all cross borders. Although these cross-cultural currents bring about a degree of chaos in Mei’s life, she finds the will to escape isolation, and to follow her desires, come what may. John Parish's score is the perfect sonic landscape to accompany the story of a young Chinese migrant woman. Q&A TO FOLLOW SCREENING |
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Spain ● 2008 ● 95 mins ● Drama ● Subtitled ● Director: Chus Gutiérrez  Chus Gutiérrez’s latest feature was inspired by a frequent occurrence that confronts Spaniards when they open their newspapers: the news that yet more bodies of illegal immigrants have washed up on their shores, a mere 25 miles from Africa. When Leila, a Moroccan immigrant living in Spain, comes to identify the corpse of her younger brother in the Strait of Gibraltar, she decides that she must take him back to her parents in her Moroccan village. Despite the expense, she makes the journey with Martin, a funeral home owner who initially critical of Islam, eventually comes to understand her religion. The film explores the human connection that takes place between these two very different people on a journey that will change their lives forever. Q&A TO FOLLOW SCREENING |
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Chus Gutiérrez Tom Gaisford Rafael Quirós Rodríguez |
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France ● 2009 ● 113 mins ● Subtitled ● Documentary ● Directors: Claudine Bories, Patrice Chagnard  Caroline and Colette are social workers on the frontline. All day long, they assist families who are seeking asylum in France. Every day, there are new arrivals from different parts of the world – Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Eritrea – with or without passports, with or without luggage. Two very different women, they adopt contrasting responses to the often overwhelming needs of the arrivals. Caroline is young, impulsive and irascible. Colette, who’s older, is compassionate but disorganised. Facing them are the ‘arrivals’, exhausted, wounded but obstinate – exasperating at times and moving at others. The film portrays this tense and explosive confrontation between the women and the newcomers where each defends his or her own role. Q&A TO FOLLOW SCREENING |
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Claudine Bories Patrice Chagnard Marielle Bernard Conversation with Marielle Bernard, who was the coordinator of social services at CAFDA, a reception centre for asylum seeking families in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, and in which Les Arrivants was filmed over a protracted period. CAFDA (centre d’accueil pour les families demandeurs d’asile) was founded in 2000 to deal with the accommodation and social needs of asylum-seekers arriving with families. |
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 Youth Culture and Digital Communities Workshop: ‘I'm not who you think I am' THU 9 DEC – 14.30 GOETHE INSTITUT Online communities and digital communications are a central feature of youth relationships all over the world. Recent generations are the first to be unbound by geographic and language barriers when choosing friends and socialising. From communities based on skill or interest (such as gamers) to those shaped by ethnic, gender, sexual or religious identity, young people have a new world of opportunity to find and define their peer group. This workshop explores a small sample of communities to address emerging cultural identities, social hierarchy, and barriers such as the ‘digital divide’. Supported by: Crossing Cultures: Dublin City Dialogues FOMACS/Office for Integration (OFI), Dublin City Council  Social Media & Emerging Platforms: Turning audiences into participants SAT 11 DEC – 10.00 CINEMA 3, IFI The need to convince communities to care about a message is of increasing importance to many organizations – whether grassroots activists or Fortune 500 companies. From creating viral concepts to empowering evangelists, this workshop explores the role of social media and emerging digital technology as tools for amplifying messages in the support of social justice. With little more than an Internet account and a Facebook page, we have the ability to engage a global audience – but somehow it's just not that easy! This workshop covers practical planning and tactics for grassroots and policy engagement that filmmakers, advocates and activists can employ. Howard Pyle, Social Media Consultant in Residence at Moving Worlds Howard Pyle is a digital strategy expert and creative technologist with 15 years of experience. His work spans both digital and traditional media, with an emphasis on fostering community engagement and creating innovative ways to tie media channels together. In June 2010, Howard joined Ogilvy & Mather as Senior Partner, Global Director of Digital Platforms to work exclusively on their ‘Smarter Planet’ campaign for IBM. Prior to Ogilvy, he was Executive Director of Creative Development at TBWA \ Digital Arts, a global creative and strategy group focused on developing digital experiences and social media programs. Clients include Nissan (Zero Emissions), GSK, Pepsi (Refresh Project) and Visa Mobile. As Co-Founder and Creative Director of the boutique agency Local Theory, he developed integrated campaigns and digital strategies for Nokia, National Geographic, Fremantle Media and others. His work for Nokia included a branded TV show shot on mobile phones, distributed online and aired internationally on MTV. Prior to Local Theory, he was President & COO of Counts Media, developers of the mobile community Yellow Arrow and mobile products for Lonely Planet and Blue Man Group. Howard also serves as Chair of the International Digital Advisory Group for FOMACS. In 2010, Howard became a creative advisor to Roger Waters for digital and social media for the upcoming 30th anniversary tour of Pink Floyd’s, ‘The Wall’. He is also an accomplished photographer represented by Corbis and Getty Images. |
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Forum on Migration and Communications (FOMACS) FOMACS is a public digital media project, producing documentary film, photography, radio and animation on the theme of migration and social justice in Ireland. FOMACS works collaboratively with advocacy organizations and diverse national/international partners: filmmakers, photographers, journalists, cultural institutes, arts organizations, curators, urban planners, theatre practitioners, writers, academics, teachers and youth groups. www.fomacs.org |
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European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) EUNIC is a network of international cultural relations institutes from the member states of the European Union. Formed in 2006, it has 30 members from 26 countries, with a collective presence in 150 countries. EUNIC seeks to facilitate cultural co-operation; to create lasting partnerships between professionals, to encourage greater understanding and awareness of the diverse European cultures and to encourage language learning. It achieves this through its work in the arts, languages, youth, education, science, intercultural dialogue and development sectors. |
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