THE COMPASS OF RESISTANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
 
Main Festival Weekend – 3-4 November 2007


Programme Information
Bristol's Compass of Resistance International Film Festival  main programme
of screenings, events and workshops takes place next weekend on 3rd-4th
November, when films from this year's five focus countries – India, Russia,
Jamaica, Algeria and England – fill the screens of Bristol's Watershed cinema.

The festival's new internet pages are open at www.compass-film.co.uk where
you can find detailed information about the programme of films and events.
Here is the breakdown of what's happening:

Saturday 3rd November
Screenings at Watershed
10.45 Days of Glory (2h 10m). Oscar-nominated (2006) film that presents the
forgotten history of the 130,000 North-Africans who were enlisted to fight
alongside the French in WWII. The film faithfully chronicles the prejudice
and cruel discrimination that these men suffered at the hands of their
French counterparts.

11.00 Peter Watkins Double Bill: Culloden and The War Game with Introduction
(2h 15m). The War Game is an Oscar-winning docu-drama about nuclear war,
banned from transmission for nineteen years by the BBC. Culloden is a
landmark documentary portraying the Jacobite uprising and 1746 Battle of
Culloden that changed the social and political landscape of the Scottish
Highlands.

13.25 Life and Debt (1h 35m). Based on Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place, Life
and Debt is a probing documentary into the social, economic and political
legacy of the island of Jamaica, and the effects of US policy and external
pressures on the lives of ordinary Jamaicans.

15.15 The Lighthouse with Discussion (2h 05m).  The outbreak of war in the
town of her birth forces Lena to leave Moscow, the city of her escape, and
return to this place of her past: a small, unidentified village in a corner
of the Caucasus.

20.00 The Harder They Come with Discussion (2h 45m). A Jamaican cult film in
which Jimmy Cliff stars as the anti-hero reggae singer trying to make it big
in the city. Set in the ghettos of seventies downtown Kingston to the
classic soundtrack of a now all-star reggae line-up. A must-see for any
reggae enthusiasts.

+ 22.00 The Official Compass Afterparty at River, hosted by Bristol/Paris
based audiovisual VJ/ DJ outfit, Cuisine.

Workshops at Watershed
13.15  Living and Working in the Creative Industries (45m).
14.30 Cultural Exploration: UWE Film Screenings (45m).
15.45 Wandsworth Film Project (1h).
18.00 Shedloads/Cuisines Youth VJ Masterclass (1h).
20.00 Cuisine Eyefeeding Adult VJ Masterclass (1h 30m).  

Sunday 4th November
Screenings at Watershed
11.15 The Battle of Algiers with Discussion (2h 50m). Retelling one of the
most violent and bloody battles of modern history, the 1966 realist film
classic depicts a significant episode in the Algerian War of Independence.

11.30 Russian Double Bill: Dust and Girls with Introduction (2h 50m). In
Dust the protagonist accepts an offer to take part in a scientific
experiment that he hopes may transform him into to the male form of his
dreams. Girls follows the life of three Russian girls, caught on the brink
of departure from childhood.

15.00 Continuous Journey with Discussion (2h 15m). The incredible story of
immigrant ship Komagata Maru and India's struggle for independence is
brought to life in this feature documentary.

20.00 Rang de Basanti with Introduction (2h 55m). The film promises to be
the must-see Bollywood film of the year after scooping Best Film, Best
Director and Best Cinematography awards at the 2007 Filmware Awards in India.  

Workshops at Watershed
12.00 Approaches to Resistance: Film Studies and Political Film (45m).
13.15 Feminism, Film and Resistance (45m).
14.30 A Poetics of Porn Resistance (45m).
15.45 The Psychology of Resistance (45m). 

Venues
Watershed: 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1. Tel: 0117 927 5100.
Kuumba: 20-23 Hepburn Road, St Paul's, Bristol BS2. Tel: 0117 942 1870.
Cube Microplex: 4 Princess Row, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2. Tel: 0117 907 4190. 

Ticket info
All single entry tickets available to book in advance from Watershed Box
office (0117 927 6444 / www.watershed.co.uk). Tickets are available on the
door of each respective venue on the night of the event (subject to
availability).
Watershed & Kuumba Events £6 / £4 (conc.).
Cube Microplex £3 (non-member) / £2 (member).
Workshops £2.50 per session except for Shedloads Youth VJ Masterclass (ages
14-21) £2 and Adult VJ Masterclass (ages 21+) £10 / £8 (conc.).
The Official Compass Afterparty at The River: free ticket to be collected
from Watershed Box office.

CONTACT
For all press enquiries, please contact: Press Officer Milla Kontkanen, tel:
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