Dates: July 18-20, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française Auditorium
Time: 6pm
Entry: Free
July 18, 2011
Son of Babylon by Mohamed Al-Daradji, Iraq (2010 – 1h30)
In the days after the fall of Saddam Hussein, a young Kurdish boy and his grandmother venture through Iraq on a quest to find their missing father/son.
July 19, 2011
Winter’s Bone by Debra Granik, United States (2010 – 1h40)
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her missing father while trying to keep her family intact.
July 20, 2011
Amreeka by Cherien Dabis, United States (2009 – 1h36)
When a divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son move to rural Illinois, they find their new lives replete with challenges.
The films are presented by Film Aid International & Film Forward in partnership with the Sundance Institute with the aim of advancing cultural dialogue.
All films will be preceded by a short film produced by refugees in Kenya.
For more information visit: www.filmaid.org/festival
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