sun 6 September WESTBOURNE STUDIOS Documentary 1pm Curitiba - It’s Possible Joerg Pibal & Paul Romauch 45 minutes U Curitiba, the capital of the state of Parana and metropolis of south - eastern Brazil, is considered to be an outstanding example of sustainable urban planning and living. This documentary takes a look at the “Curitiba Phenomenon”, and tries to offer some insight into its alternative approach to problemsolving. Documentary. Austria Apron Outside (Woman Inside) Claudia Brenlla 17 minutes U For Austrian artist, Petra Buchegger, Galicia is “El Dorado” of aprons. She refers to the piece of clothing (usually the checked ones), that different woman from different parts of the world wear as working clothes. This, documentary deals with these women who use that garment and with those who don’t, the nexus existing among them all and the apron itself as a symbol. Documentary. Spain Letters Daniel Butterworth 10 minutes 12A One of Germany’s first sperm donor children writes letters to emote it’s emotions. Anna Wagner is already 28 when she is told that her father isn’t her biological father. Since that day Anna has begun to write letters to the man she called “father” for the last 30 years. An experimental documentary about what life turns into when the meaning of this little word “family” suddenly changed. Documentary. Germany Zoo Tito Ante Kustre 63 minutes 12 A love story with dancing, singing and crying. It is made of ten parts. From one side Tito is object of adoration and love, while from the other side is object of hatred and despise. There is no middle - Tito is love or hate. Jozo Radovanovich represents the part of the population who hate Tito. In 1991, he knocked down a big iron construction of Tito on Marjan (Split), while other persons are steady and unshaken Titoists. Documentary. Croatia I Voted Today Ali Alvarez 24 minutes 12A I voted today takes place in Cleveland, Ohio on U.S. election day. It’s the story of one man who volunteered to drive a voter Taxi and help get people to the polls. Documentary. London His Small Big World Zuzanna Kowalska 9 minutes 12A This is a story of an incredibly fit and active 76-yearold man called Rajmund, a watchmaker in a small Polish town, who has his own formula for a happy life. Although he now lives in his own tiny world surrounded by hundreds of clocks, it’s soon revealed that Rajmund has traveled the wider world and has more life experiences than anyone would imagine Documentary. London Stories From The Block Myrna Shoa 3 minutes U Life in a Tower Block and how the green family through the love of Chris their mother, still retain a sense of community, and care for each other. Wise, warm and optimistic in London’s W9. Documentary. London Glue Joe Cottrell-Boyce 17 minutes 12A ‘Glue’ explores solvent addiction amongst Nairobi: street children. Co-produced with former streetchildren. Winner of Belgium Sony Prize @ Tribeca Film Festival ‘09”. Documentary. London 4pm Nymr Stream Spring Gala 09 Nick Fletcher 10 minutes U A video showing a day at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway stream spring gala - features the new Ai Loco - Tornado. Documentary. Britain Surviving History Jesse Qvinories & Daniel Qvinories 28 mins 12A Six Lithuanian Jews relive the horrifying memories of their time in the Holocaust and the inspirational ways in which they managed to survive. Documentary. London The Homeless Club Claudia Brenlla 55 minutes 12 Pituba: an elite neighbourhood in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. Along the sea front of the city, before reaching the famous Itapua beach, the Club Portuguese premises draw our attention. It’s a sport complex with its main building surrounded by swimming pools, tennis courts, a football pitch and other facilities. The condition of the premises is pitiful: boards and canvas spread all over the grass coming out in between the tiles, the dirty water of the pools, and all you can see has been reused according to its current dwellers’ needs: 85 families that belong to the Salvador homeless movement (MSTS). Documentary. Spain 5.35pm Duke Vin And The Birth Of Ska Gus Berger 49 minutes 12 Duke Vin and Count Suckle arrived in the UK in 1954 and Duke Vin would soon set up the first sound system in the UK. They brought with them a sound that was sweeping across Jamaica and would later change the face of music in the UK. This was the sound of Ska! Music Documentaries. Australia Finding Home Christopher Daley 25 minutes 12A A 1st Sergeant in the US Marine Corps, is nearing retirement after 19 years of active duty, which included three tours of Iraq. He returns to his hometown, stopping to visit family and reflect upon his troubled youth and broken marriage along the way. Slowly, the effects of the war come to the surface. Documentary. Belgium 7pm A half hour Q&A from Julie’s Bicycle on carbon auditing – introduced by Alison Tickell & Catherine Langabeer Responding to climate change. Personal and professional approaches when the forecast is bleak. Julie’s Bicycle is a not-for-profit company established in 2007 to unite, lead and support the UK music industry in tackling climate change. We have brought together a coalition of scientific experts and senior figures across the industry to map the industry’s carbon footprint and take practical steps to reduce it. Blue Gold: World Water Wars (Sam Bozzo) 90 minutes U Sounds the same sweeping alarms as Inconvenient Truth, only about our dwindling water supplies. Narrated by Malcolm McDowell, produced by the producer of Walkabout and Man Who Fell To Earth. Documentary. Canada House Of Numbers Brent W. Leung 87 minutes 12A In House Of Numbers, an AIDS film like no other, the HIV/AIDS story is being rewritten. This is the first film to present the uncensored pov’s of virtually all the major players; in their own setting, in their own words. It rocks the foundation upon which all conventional wisdom regarding HIV/AIDS is based. Documentary. USA Bipolar Reston Griffiths 47 minutes 18 Naked and honest, Bipolar is a raw and personal documentation of film maker Reston Griffiths’ descent into the depths of bipolar disorder, seen through his eyes. Viewers are swept inside Reston’s world, via his lens, as he climbs from crippling depression into a heightened state of mania. We are offered a rare glimpse into the internal state of an artist grappling on the edge of sanity. Documentary. New Zealand back to schedule