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LIDF Encore at the Roxy

Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom
LIDF Encore at the Roxy

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Session 1 FIGHTING THE SILENCE Director: Ilse van Velzen and Femke van Velzen, 2007, The Netherlands, 53min More than 80,000 women and girls were raped in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the war that raged there in the late 1990's. A taboo subject in the Congo, as in many countries, victims were often shunned by their families and communities. As a result, rape has now become not just a weapon of war but a part of the culture in which young men and women are raised. Survivors tell of the brutality they experienced, husbands talk of the pressures that led them to abandon their wives. A father explains why he has given up on his daughter’s future. Soldiers and policemen share their often shocking views about why rape continues to flourish in the Congo, despite the war having officially ended in 2003. Fighting the Silence tells the story of ordinary people offering a glimmer of hope in their struggle to change society. Session 2, 4.30pm POSSESSED Director: Martin Hampton, 2007, UK, 21min “Young British documentary maker Martin Hampton's shocking depiction of lives blighted by obsessive hoarding.” Nick Holdsworth, Variety Possessed enters the complicated worlds of four hoarders; people whose lives are dominated by their relationship to possessions. Mobile phones, books, food containers, pieces of paper – all are taking over the lives of these 'collectors'. The film questions whether hoarding is a symptom of mental illness or a revolt against the material recklessness of consumerism. When does collecting become hoarding and why do possessions exert such an influence on our lives? This film recently won the Silver Egg (second prize) at Emir Kusturica's Küstendorf Film Festival in Serbia. THREE BLIND MEN Director: Kanu Behl, 2007, India, 7min In Delhi there is a street permanently set aside for public demonstrations – Parliament Street. Every day, people converge on the street to protest about all manner of issues. But today on the street, something slightly unusual happens. Three blind men encounter an elephant. While the various different protests go on around them, the men try to decide what the elephant is. Is it a buffalo? A camel? Or maybe a wall? This is one of a series of films made for Why Democracy?, a documentary project using film to start a global conversation about democracy. For more information see www.whydemocracy.net THE ITALIAN DOCTOR Director: Esben Hansen, Denmark/Afghanistan, 2006, 28mins Italian doctor Alberto Cairo is a man with a mission: to help people crippled by landmines walk again. In his fifteen years as head of the Red Cross Orthopaedic Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, Alberto has helped over 50,000 people regain their mobility, but he fights a continuing struggle to reintegrate them into Afghan society. With a mixture of humour, patience, anger and cajoling, he tries to persuade an ageing woman and an eight-year-old boy that they have the strength to overcome their different disabilities and take their first tentative steps. A deeply moving, multi award-winning short film. The Roxy loves good films and good drinks. The LIDF provides the films and the Roxy does the rest. Come and enjoy a relaxing Sunday afternoon of both. The Encore runs from 3.00pm to 6.30pm and consists of two sessions. A single ticket gets you into both or just one screening. Tickets: £3.00. THE ROXY BAR AND SCREEN, 128-132 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON " Voted in best five cinemas in London - Time Out " Roxy Bar & Screen is an independent bar / restaurant / screening venue created in order to bring together cutting-edge digital screenings in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere where audiences can enjoy high-quality food and drink in stylish surroundings. "...a rather fab venue." Time Out