CINEMA MONDIAL TOUR SCREENINGS

		FILM: KEISKAMMA DIR: MIKI REDELINGHUYS SOUTH AFRICA, 2007, 90MIN, DOCUMENTARY
		SYNOPSIS: In a South African village, grandmothers, Doctor Carol and the hospice are fighting for hope, humanity dignity and the will to live. Their fight is reflected in an incredible hand-sewn alterpiece, which portrays their strength, passion, tears and laughter.

		FILM: LITTLE VOICES DIR: JAIRO EDUARDO CARILLO COLOMBIA, 2010, 75MIN, DOCUMENTARY
		SYNOPSIS: An animated documentary which depicts the lives of displaced Colombian children who have grown up surrounded by guerrillas. Four stories of children, using and animating their original drawings and voices as they take us along their journey.

		FILM: MAIDS AND BOSSES DIR: ABNER BENAIM, PANAMA, 2010, 58MIN, DOCUMENTARY
		SYNOPSIS: The front doors of Panama’s expensive houses hide a world of ignorance and prejudice. A picture of the peculiar, complex relations between upper-class families and their live-in servants, where intimacy and distance co-exist under one roof.

		FILM: LE MONOLOGUE DE LA MUETTE DIR: KHADY SYLLA, CHARLIE VAN DAMME SENEGAL, 2008, 45MIN, DOCUMENTARY
		SYNOPSIS:The silent monologue is about Amy’s life in Dakar; a life of daily servitude. Constrained to return to her village, to give birth to her daughter, she is filled both with hope and hopelessness. The utterances of other maids echo her situation.

		FILM: POURQUOI? DIR: SOKHNA AMAR SENEGAL, 2005, 8MIN, DOCUMENTARY
		SYNOPSIS:In this short experimental documentary, a Senegalese woman tells her story. For 10 years, she has kept a secret. Her compelling account starkly contrasts with the tranquil images of the sea. Pouriquoi? Is an urgent appeal for respect for women.

		FILM: RUN FOR LIFE DIR: MLADEN MATICEVIC SERVIA, 2010, 72MIN, DOCUMENTARY
		SYNOPSIS:A documentary about three Ethiopian marathon runners, running for their lives in Serbia. Life in Europe is more difficult than they expected: they have no health insurance, and obtaining a Serbian passport is no simple matter.

		FILM: BE CALM AND COUNT TO SEVEN
		SYNOPSIS: Feature début film from Iran tells about people on the country's southern islands who make their living smuggling a variety of goods, on the run from the local police. Shot in a pure, realistic style reminiscent of earlier Iranian masters.

		FILM:Fire Fly
		SYNOPSIS: An improvised mini-feature in which both every day and mythical aspects of China are investigated. With a nice kid playing the lead.

		FILM: Hawi
		SYNOPSIS: All the while improvising, El Batout shot this mosaic film set in Alexandria, where everybody is looking for something or someone. A prisoner is released and is given a special mission, a man is shuffling through the city with his sick horse and a TV presenter needs a guest for his show.

		FILM: Li Xia's Salon
		SYNOPSIS: There are African women and African women. Mthiyane is an African woman. In China, she went into a hairdresser's and said: 'Do something with my hair'

		FILM: Los viajes del viento
		SYNOPSIS: Visual and musical spectacle about an accursed accordion that entangles the player in the life of an artist. An old folk singer has had enough of the accordion's bullying; while a boy feels attracted to this beautiful instrument - and also feels responsible for the old man.

		FILM: Maibobo
		SYNOPSIS: Inspired by the many stories of street children ('maibobos') in Rwanda, the young and committed Niyongabo made this realistic, moving but also critical drama. In his convincing debut, he follows a country boy who moves to town in the hopes of a better future.

		FILM: Pandora's Box
		SYNOPSIS: An estranged family is brought together upon the news of their mother’s worsening illness. But the tough-minded mother is not so keen on spending time with her bickering adult children. With her teenage grandson she meets for the first time, she will develop a profound bond.

		FILM: The Old Donkey
		SYNOPSIS: With as much feeling for irony as for justice, the young director studies the older generation from his home village, the people who do not experience the pros but only the cons of a changing China. Ma, nicknamed the Old Donkey, saw his children leave for the city but refused to give up his land.