NEW YORK GYPSY HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL

3RD EDITION 1 Ð 9 OCTOBER 2009

 

THURSDAY 1ST OCTOBER 2009

 

6:00 Ð 6:22                  A FAMILY DIVIDED BY VALON IMERI, OLIVIA STARR

                           (22 MINS, KOSOVO/USA) WORLDWIDE PREMIERE

 

6:30 Ð 7:10                  THE SOURCE BY JAAP DE RUIG (40 MINS, ROMANIA/HOLLAND)

7:15 Ð 9:00                  BAKLAVA BY ALEXANDER PETROV (106 MINS, BULGARIA)

                           9:00 Ð 10:00       Q&A _ ALEXANDER PETROV

FRIDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2009

6:00 Ð 7:10                  ROMALE BY YORAM PORATH (68 MINS, ISRAEL/SLOVAKIA)

 

7:15 Ð 8:05         THE FORGOTTEN HOLOCAUST_ (60 MINS, UK/EUROPE)

8:10 Ð 9:40                  LECTURE ON THE PERSECUTION AND GENOCIDE OF EUROPEAN ROMA, SINTI AND GYPSIES DURING WWII BY PROFESSOR MICHAEL STEWART.

9:45 Ð 10:15       MOVING STORIES BY LUCY KAYE (27 MINS, UK)

SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER 2009

5:00 Ð 5:50                  WHAT MAGDALENA SAID BY MICHAEL STEWART

                           (50 MINS, UK/CZECH-SLOVAKIA)

6:00 Ð 6:30                 Q&A WITH PROFESSOR MICHAEL STEWART            

6:40 Ð 7:40                  HIDDEN SORROWS BY MICHELLE KELSO

                            (90 MINS, ROMANIA) 

7:45 Ð 9:45         LECTURE: BY THE HONORABLE IAN HANCOCK

 

SUNDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2009

5:00 Ð 6:15                  OUR GARBAGE DUMP, OUR HELL AND HEAVEN

PLAY BY ELLA VERES (75 MINS, ROMANIA/USA)

6:15 Ð 6:45         PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH

PLAYWRIGHT ELLA VERES (30 MINS, ROMANIA/USA)

6:55 Ð 7:25                  INVISIBLE NEIGHBORS BY MONA HAFEZ, BARBARA KOCH

                           (30 MINS FRANCE/GERMANY)

7:30 Ð 7:55         PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH

IVANA TODORROVIC, FILMMAKER AND ROMA ADVOCATE

8:00 Ð 9:00         BESHENCEVO: A CURRENT HISTORY BY HANNAH COLLINS AND EDOUARD CHILINE (54 MINS, RUSSIA/UK)      

9:05 Ð 9:25         WE ARE PEOPLE, AMEN SAM ROMA BY YOUNG ROMA

FROM PETROSANI (20 MINS, ROMANIA/AUSTRIA)

        

9:30 Ð 10.00       THE LAST DAYS OF SULUKULE BY KATALYN BARSONY

                           (20 MINS, HUNGARY) WORLDWIDE PREMIERE

 

        

MONDAY 5TH OCTOBER 2009

 

6:00 Ð 6:15                  AS WE SEE IT BY YOUNG ROMA FROM ALSOSZENTMARTON

                                    (15 MINS, HUNGARY)

 

6:15 Ð 6:26         THE FIRST DAY BY HANNAH SKRINNER (11 MINS, UK/SLOVAKIA)

 

6:30 Ð 7:2O        TRAIN OF FREEDOM BY KARINA CORREA, PETRIT PULA

                            (50 MINS HUNGARY)

7:30 Ð 7:55         PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH

FILMMAKER KARINA CORREA

 

8:00 Ð 8:14         JAN YOORS WEAVING TWO WORLDS BY DAVID DOORE

(14 MINS, USA)

                           8:15 Ð 8:45           PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH KORE YOORS

 

9:00 Ð 9:40         ATTACKS AGAINST ROMA PEOPLE BY JANOS JOKA DAROCZI

(40 MINS, HUNGARY)

9:45 Ð 10:45         PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH ROMA ADVOCATE BOGLARKA FEDORKO:

SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF ROMA IN HUNGARY

 

TUESDAY 6TH OCTOBER 2009

 

6:00 Ð 6:56                  PORRAIMOS (ÔTHE DEVOURINGÕ) BY ALEXANDRA ISLES

                                    (56 MINS)

7:00 Ð 7:30         PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH

FILMMAKER ALEXANDER ISLES

7:40 Ð 8:30         STRANGERS FROM THE INSIDE BY ERIC DARMON,

JULIETTE JOURDAN (52 MINS, FRANCE/CZECH REPUBLIC)

8:30 Ð 9:30         PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH

FILMMAKERS ERIC DARMON AND JULIETTE JOURDAN

9:40 Ð 10:10       UKRAINE 2008 - SCHOOL SEGREGATION BY

KATALYN BARSONY (28 MINS HUNGARY/UKRAINE)

 

WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 2009

6:00 Ð 6:530       LASHI VITA (BEAUTIFUL LIFE) BY KATALYN BARSONY

                                    (28 MINS, HUNGARY/ITALY)

6:30 - 7:00        LOOKING FOR MY GYPSY ROOTS BY BRENDA KELLY,

JENNY RICHARDS (28 MINS, HUNGARY/UK)

7:00 Ð 7:55                   SEARCHING FOR THE 4TH NAIL BY GEORGE ELI

(55 MINS, USA)

8:00 Ð 8:30         PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND Q&A WITH FILMMAKER GEORGE ELI, SONS ALEX AND CRISTOPHER AND PRODUCER NIKHIL MENELCHUK

8:40 Ð 9:40                  ROMA STORIES BY GIOVANNI PRINCIGALLI

(59 MINS, ITALY)

 

9:45 Ð 10:05       MUSIC AND DAILY LIFE IN STOLIPINOVO BY

FOUNDATION ROMA (18 MINS, BULGARIA)

 

         THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2009

 

6:00 Ð 7:00                  SUNG LIFE BY NATIONAL ROMA CENTRE (56 MINS, MACEDONIA)

 

 

7:10 Ð 7:40         HOPELESS IN SWEDEN  BY JANOS KOVACS,

JANOS JOKA DAROCZI  (27 MINS, HUNGARY/SWEDEN)

 

7:45Ð 8:55          GUCA BY MILIVOJ ILIC (71 MINS, SERBIA)

 

9:00 Ð 10:00       HEAVEN MURDERED BY MARC BENERIA (54 MINS, SPAIN/USA)

Friday  9TH OCTOBER 2009

 

6:00 Ð 7:25         I HAVE DREAMT OF WORKING AS A HAIRDRESSER

BY LIDIJA MIRKOVIC (74 MINS, GERMANY/SERBIA)

 

7:30 Ð 9:20         GYPSY CARAVAN BY JASMINE DELLAL  (109 MINS, USA)

 

 

Saturday  10TH OCTOBER 2009

 

6:30 Ð 7:10                  THE SOURCE BY JAAP DE RUIG (40 MINS, ROMANIA/HOLLAND)

 

7:15 Ð 9:00         BAKLAVA BY ALEXANDER PETROV (106 MINS, BULGARIA)

9:15 Ð 9:30          ORACLE BY TODOR MADOLEV  (16 mins, BULGARIA)

 

 

 

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