LIDF Encore 1 at the ROXY BAR AND SCREEN

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.

Session 1

My House (Casa Mia)

Director: Debora Scaperrotta, Italy, 2007, 64 min

On the outskirts of Bucharest, two 14-year-olds live together in an apartment. With no family to support them, Alex and Petronel, still children but already adults, struggle to cope. Casa Mia follows the lives of these young street children as they set out on two very different journeys, one in pursuit of a dream, the other in search of a home.

Session 2

For My Children (Por Mis Hijos)

Director: Aymee Cruzaleguí, Spain, 2007, 16min

What is a woman willing to do to make a better life for her children? Norma, a Latin American immigrant in Barcelona, struggles with the pain of solitude, forced to live away from her family in order to support them.

Beirut: All Flights Cancelled

Director: Katia Saleh, 2006, UK, 22min

During the stifling summer of 2006, Beirut-born film maker Katia Saleh documented the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah that left ordinary Lebanese families in a state of chaos, fleeing their homes for shelter in overcrowded schools and hospitals. Meanwhile, those who still had electricity were receiving graphic email images of the victims – all deemed too shocking to be broadcast at the time. Amid the chaos, the director and her mother face the difficult choice of whether to stay in the country or try to get a precious foreign visa and leave.