Liverpool Radical Film Festival 2014

liverpoolradicalfilmfest.org.uk
Various Venues around Liverpool
13th - 16th November 2014

A diverse range of films, exhibitions, talks and social events will take place during the festival (13th - 16th November) which will seek to challenge social, political and cultural perspectives.

Festival Exhibition

Open daily throughout the Festival (13th – 16th November)
11am – 6pm @ The Well, Roscoe Street

In addition to our usual series of screening events, Liverpool Radical Film Festival have curated a special exhibition of artist moving image, which will be installed at The Well for the duration of the film festival. This exhibition of experimental works by women, seeks to explore other ways of viewing and differing approaches to what makes a political image.

The Film That Buys The Cinema (2013)

7pm onwards, Thursday 13th November
@ The Well, Roscoe Street
FREE EVENT

To kick off the Festival we are delighted to be showing a film which explores the power of film and of community action. We will be joined by several guest speakers to discuss this and other grassroots cinema projects.

The Cube Bristol, is a non-profit, volunteer run cinema, progressive social space and one of the last vestiges of radicalism in an increasingly neo-liberalised city landscape. Faced with losing their lease, Cube staff ran a 15 month campaign to raise the £185,000 required to keep the building, a seemingly impossible feat. Featuring artists such as Beardyman and Portishead, this 70-minute film comprised of one-minute contributions is a labyrinthine journey of light and sound capturing the essence of the deeply loved cinema; an artistic capsule and an extraordinary rendition of what the Cube is all about.

Radical Snippets

7pm onwards, Friday 14th November
@ The Well, Roscoe Street
FREE EVENT

A Melee of conscious content! A diverse menu of short films by independent talents: documentarians, experimentalists and storytelling folk. An array of films to provide and stoke the senses. If you would like your film screened at this event contact Hayley on h.trowbridge@live.co.uk

And then if all that isn’t enough…there will be an after-party from 9pm onwards @ The Well were we will welcome the crowd from Critical Mass after their monthly ride social and get into the social vibe furhter with music and a dabble at radical bingo!!!! There will be a bar and refreshments available to buy.

Cultures of Resistance

12:45pm – 2:45pm, Saturday 15th November
@ Next to Nowhere, Social Centre, Bold Street
FREE EVENT

A trip around the world exploring how are and creativity can be ammunition in the battle for peace and justice. Featuring, Iranian Graffiti artists and rappers, women’s movement leaders in Rwanda, Brazilian musicians, Palestinian photographers, Israeli dissidents, and many more…

The weekly Vegan cafe at the venue will be open from 12 – 5pm for people to buy lunch.

What’s going on in Rojava, Syria?

3pm – 6pm, Saturday 15th November
@ 81 Renshaw Street
FREE EVENT

Rojava, in North-East Syria is a complex and ever-changing place, which sees women at the forefront of fighting ISIS and for equality. But what are the histories, policies, and ideologies, which underpin this story? We will short short documentaries and hear from Kurdish women activists Sema Yildiz (activist and photographer) and Berivan Naz (activist and academic). Join us to discuss the function of modern imperialism and its consequences in the Middle East.

Late lunch and refreshments available to buy @ 81 Renshaw Street.

When I Saw You (2012) and Q & A

7pm onwards, Saturday 15th November
81 Renshaw Street
FREE EVENT

Liverpool Rise for Palestine continue to allow the voices and narratives of the Palestinian people to be heard with their special screening of an award winning feature film from Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir who will join us at the event via Skype. Her warm, supple and heart-felt film about a child among refugees displaced into Jordan after the 1967 war suggests a poignant connecting between statelessness and the experience of losing a father.

MiniCinema

12 – 2pm, Sunday 16th November
@ Fredericks, Hope Street
FREE EVENT

A child friendly screening event of thought-provoking film. Bring the family to spend brunch-to-lunchtime with the Liverpool Radical Film Festival. An alternative way to relax on a Sunday!

Lunch and refreshments available to buy from Fredericks and The Well.

Unfold: A Conversation

2pm – 4pm @ The Well, Sunday 16th November
FREE EVENT

An open discussion, joined by invited speakers, addressing the work and themes of the moving image exhibition which has been programmed for the Festival.

Gay Football Screening

4:30pm – 6:30pm, Sunday 16th November
@ The Well
FREE EVENT

2014 saw the opening of a much needed debate on the rights of gay people within sport. This session exhibits two films concerning gay men in football:

Justin (2011, 3o min): Justin Fashanu, the only openly gay professional footballer committed suicide in 1998. The moving memories of people who knew him best create a poignant portrait of this brave and ridiculed person.

Brighton Bandits (2007, 40 mins): Debunking the myth that gay men don’t play football, Brighton Bandits not only captures the passion for football in the gay community but also allows the players to emerge as people with bold stories to tell.

Indie Insurrection

The Finale Event!
7pm onwards, Sunday 16th November
@ The Well
FREE EVENT

Headlines dragging you down? Stop ranting at the TV and come watch a selection of independent media showing exactly what people power can do in your city and beyond. A range of local and global resistance speakers will join us, including guests from the Liverpool Anti Fracking group and the Anti Cuts movement.

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