Screenings

2010

Burden of Proof premiered in Dublin on 18 June as part of a European-wide series of events marking World Refugee Day.

Dublin City Public Library Screenings:

Ballymun Library, December 2 and 16, 2.30pm

Cabra Library, December 15 and 21, 3.00pm

Central Library, December 2, 10.30am.

Charleville Mall, December 7, 3.30pm

Coolock Library, December 8 and 15, 3.30pm

Pearse St., Daily at 3pm

Walkinstown Library, December 6, 3.30pm and 7 pm

Burden of Proof

Burden of Proof is a short animated film about the asylum process in Ireland. It works with animation, voiceover narration and sound track to remind audiences of the historical context for the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees. This short 3 min project portrays the journey that a mother and son take in order to reach Ireland, apply for asylum and access safety.

The film was made in conjunction with FOMACS and the Irish Refugee Council and premiered in Dublin on 18 June as part of a European-wide series of events marking World Refugee Day. The animation will have an accompanying information guide and will serve as an educational tool to reach different audiences, including primary and secondary schools; and NGO outreach and community-led programmes.

Animator/Designer: Siobhan Twomey (FOMACS)

Script Writer: Róisín Boyd (Irish Refugee Council)

Aodán Ó Coileáin: Sound Designer and Post-production (FOMACS)

Produced by: FOMACS