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Films
and videos by international artists and directors play on rotation
for the duration of the exhibition. Programming ranges from documentaries
on art and culture under the siege of war to reflections on war
and violence by artists. Films and videos will be shown in Castle
House as public screenings with optional discussion groups afterwards.
Admission is free.
De Duiveljager The Devil Hunters
Thu 19 Mar 8pm
Netherlands | 2000 | 106mins | Dir Sluik/Kurpershoek Collection: Netherlands Media Art Institute
This film shows the interrogation of a dutch soldier, Johannes Tilder, who ended up in the Croation army during the war in Yugoslavia when he witnessed & took part in genocide activities.
The Dream of Sparrows
Thu 26 Mar 8pm
Iraq | 2005 | 75mins | Documentary | Dir Hayder Daffar
A snapshot of life in Baghdad during the US/UK occupation and war on the ground, Daffar describes this documentary as the Iraq you cannot find "on the internet, on the news... bombs and explosions," but a country where people live, and survive, and artists aspire for more.
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Arabs and Terrorism
Thu 2 Apr 8pm
USA | 2007 | 135 mins | Documentary | Dir Bassam Haddad
Director Bassam Haddad interviewed over 100 right-wing American policymakers, political Middle Easterners, media personalities, scholars and others. Haddad asks them what they think about the “war on terrorism” and examined definitions of terrorism, state terrorism, and terrorism and resistance.
Waltz With Bashir
Thu 9 Apr 8pm
Israel /Germany/France | 2008 | 90min | Documentary/Animation Dir Ari Folman
Animated anti-war movie by Ari Folman looks at the
subconscious effects of war on both the director himself and a group of old friends who served in the Israeli army during the invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
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