The seventh Birds Eye View Film Festival, like the first, will open on International Women's Day. The event, which celebrates a century of women filmmakers, will be staged between 8th and 17th March 2001 at the BFI Southbank, ICA and Southbank Centre in London.
Amongst the films being screened are:
In A Better World Haevnen (Denmark, Director: Susanne Bier)
Claus moves to Denmark following his wife’s death. Anton, recently separated from his wife, commutes from Denmark to an African refugee camp. As each family deals with conflict and grief, their sons form an extraordinary and dangerous friendship with potentially tragic consequences. Ultimately, all must choose between forgiveness and revenge.
Women Of Hamas (Israel-Germany, Director: Suha Arraf)
Gaza’s controversial ruling party Hamas is known for its religious conservatism and hard-line politics but not for the empowered roles available to women. Palestinian-Israeli director Suha Arraf shows women leading public demonstrations and mothers torn between grief and pride as they stand beside their sons videoing their last statements as suicide bombers. With unprecedented access, this is an extraordinary, poignant and complex account of women whose lives are dominated by political struggle.
As well as features, there will be documentaries, shorts, silents, music, masterclasses, premieres, parties, and girls who do gore. “Birds Eye View presents an electric and eclectic ten days of the most inspiring, enchanting and challenging work by women across the world.”
For more information on the event, visit the festival’s official website here.
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