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, available in advance on-line, or on the door.

Session 1.

Session 1Beautiful Country(Biutiful Cauntri)
Director: Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D'Ambrosio and Giuseppe Ruggiero, 2007, Italy, 73min

Toxic waste, illegally dumped near farms and crops, is killing farmers and their cattle and poisoning Italy's beautiful Campania region.

A single officer in charge of environmental protection tries to cut through the bureaucracy and corruption to find out who is responsible and how it can be stopped.

Session 2.
 

Tres Pesos
Director: Ruth Cross, UK/Cuba, 2007, 58min

An intimate insight into the lives of a group of young Cuban 'reggaeton' musicians living in Parraga, a barrio on the outskirts of Havana, an area avoided by the police but home to the city's underground music scene.

Reggaeton - a mix of Jamaican and Latin American music - is a dynamic force in the lives of the musicians and their families, offering them a way out of their poverty in a country with an uncertain future.

Tehran Backyard (Hayat Khalvat e Tehran)
Director: Roxana Pope, 2007, Scottish, 28min

Pari lives on the outskirts of Tehran. Each day she travels over six hours into the sprawling city to work as a cleaning lady. Her husband is blind, she has five children and two grandchildren and at 65-years-old is still the main breadwinner for her family. Set against the backdrop of major demonstrations in Tehran over the countries right to have nuclear power and celebrations marking the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. An intimate portrait of an extraordinary woman.

Tehran Backyard was nominated for a Royal Television Award!