Mosaïques Festival Of World Culture will be staged at Ciné Lumière between 3rd and 12th June 2010.
The festival will include UK Premieres, preview screenings, and director Q&As.
“Presenting films from over 15 countries, this year's programme takes us on a journey from Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon and Iraq to Rwanda, Mali, Cambodia and Brazil. Offering audiences a selection of the most outstanding new World Cinema, Mosaïques continues to engage leading directors, along with thought-provoking writers, who bring a diverse range of cultures closer to home.”
Whisper With The Wind, directed by Shahram Alida, will open the festival on 3rd June, presenting an “emotive drama” set in the heart of Kurdistan. In this year's line-up, UK premiere of Moroccan film Casanegra, directed by Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, offers “a moving portrait” of two childhood friends chasing their dreams in the chaotic city of Casablanca. Uncovering the brutal reality of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, The Day God Walked Away captures “with unnerving realism” the atmosphere of fear through a young woman's eyes.
A preview screening of London River, directed by Rachid Bouchareb, will be shown on 5th June, followed by a Q&A with co-producer Bertrand Faivre.
Brazil takes centre stage with three films appearing in the programme this year, Esmir Filho's The Famous And The Dead, UK premiere of Laís Bodanzky's The Ballroom and BAFTA award-winning director Walter Salles' Linha De Passe.
UK premiere of Lebanese film Everyday Is A Holiday offers a road trip in which three women undertake a chaotic journey to visit their husbands in a prison situated in the middle of the desert.
Mosaïques takes to “the biggest screen in Britain” with a preview screening of Journey To Mecca at the BFI IMAX, transporting us back to the 14th century when the heroic traveller Ibn Battuta made his epic journey to Mecca. For those curious about how the Hajj was captured on film, Ciné Lumière will screen Roads To Mecca, a documentary which follows the film crew as they attempt to portray one of history's most enduring rituals.
In this year's festival, there is a special spotlight on Romani gypsies. The UK premiere of Khamsa portrays the flight of a young boy from his foster parents to his native gypsy camp in Marseille. Focusing on a community on the edge of society, Tony Gatlif's latest film Freedom, which closes the festival, reveals the hardships of a gypsy family journeying through France during the Second World War.
Amongst the guests in attendance this year are Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director of Casanegra, the creative team behind Roads To Mecca, including director and producer Taran Davies, and Duane Baughman and producers of the documentary Bhutto that looks at the iconic Benazir Bhutto and her dynasty.
For more information on the event, visit the festival’s official website here.
The festival will include UK Premieres, preview screenings, and director Q&As.
“Presenting films from over 15 countries, this year's programme takes us on a journey from Morocco, Algeria, Lebanon and Iraq to Rwanda, Mali, Cambodia and Brazil. Offering audiences a selection of the most outstanding new World Cinema, Mosaïques continues to engage leading directors, along with thought-provoking writers, who bring a diverse range of cultures closer to home.”
Whisper With The Wind, directed by Shahram Alida, will open the festival on 3rd June, presenting an “emotive drama” set in the heart of Kurdistan. In this year's line-up, UK premiere of Moroccan film Casanegra, directed by Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, offers “a moving portrait” of two childhood friends chasing their dreams in the chaotic city of Casablanca. Uncovering the brutal reality of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, The Day God Walked Away captures “with unnerving realism” the atmosphere of fear through a young woman's eyes.
A preview screening of London River, directed by Rachid Bouchareb, will be shown on 5th June, followed by a Q&A with co-producer Bertrand Faivre.
Brazil takes centre stage with three films appearing in the programme this year, Esmir Filho's The Famous And The Dead, UK premiere of Laís Bodanzky's The Ballroom and BAFTA award-winning director Walter Salles' Linha De Passe.
UK premiere of Lebanese film Everyday Is A Holiday offers a road trip in which three women undertake a chaotic journey to visit their husbands in a prison situated in the middle of the desert.
Mosaïques takes to “the biggest screen in Britain” with a preview screening of Journey To Mecca at the BFI IMAX, transporting us back to the 14th century when the heroic traveller Ibn Battuta made his epic journey to Mecca. For those curious about how the Hajj was captured on film, Ciné Lumière will screen Roads To Mecca, a documentary which follows the film crew as they attempt to portray one of history's most enduring rituals.
In this year's festival, there is a special spotlight on Romani gypsies. The UK premiere of Khamsa portrays the flight of a young boy from his foster parents to his native gypsy camp in Marseille. Focusing on a community on the edge of society, Tony Gatlif's latest film Freedom, which closes the festival, reveals the hardships of a gypsy family journeying through France during the Second World War.
Amongst the guests in attendance this year are Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director of Casanegra, the creative team behind Roads To Mecca, including director and producer Taran Davies, and Duane Baughman and producers of the documentary Bhutto that looks at the iconic Benazir Bhutto and her dynasty.
For more information on the event, visit the festival’s official website here.
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