Guidance

PSVI Film Festival: schedule 23 to 24 November 2018 and film descriptions

Published 20 November 2018

Friday 23 November - NFT1

10:05am

Capitaine Abigail, RT 15 Minutes, Refugee Law Project, 2018

10:20am

City of Joy, RT 74 Minutes, Madeleine Gavin, 2016

11:35am

Women facing War: Sarah, RT 3 Minutes, International Committee of the Red Cross, 2001

Combatting Sexual Violence, RT 3 Minutes, BFBS and Ministry of Defence, 2018

11:45am

The Uncondemned, RT 87 Minutes, Michele Mitchell and Nick Louvel, 2015

1:15pm

Shorts Programme:

• I Am Not Who They Think I Am, RT 13 Minutes, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ), Martina Martinez, 2017

• Nobody Cares about them, RT 9 Minutes, All Survivors Project, 2018

• Hidden Crisis in Central Africa Republic: Sexual Violence against males in conflict

• RT 8 Minutes, All Survivors Project, 2018

2pm

Festival closes

Friday 23 November – NFT2

10:05am

Proclaimed murder, RT 17 Minutes, Waha Al-Raheb, 2018

10:25am

Silent war/Syrie, le cri étouffé, RT 73 minutes, Manon Loizeau, 2017

11:40am

I am not who they think I am, RT 13 Minutes, ICTJ, Martina Martinez, 2017

12:00pm

Grbavica, RT 107 Minutes, Jasmila Žbani, 2006

2pm

Festival close

Saturday 24 November – NFT2

9:05am

Shorts:

• Gloria, Divine Remy, RT 8 Minutes, Trial International, 2018

• Women facing War: Sarah, RT 3 Minutes, Charlotte Lindsey, 2011

• Hidden Crisis in CAR: Sexual Violence against males in conflict, RT 8 Minutes, All Survivors Project, 2017

• The Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court, RT 15 Minutes, Kristin Kalla, 2018

• Combatting Sexual Violence, RT 3 Minutes, Ministry of Defence, 2018

• Pieces of Glass, RT 11 Minutes, Prum Sreileak, 2018

• I Am Not Who They Think I Am, RT 13 Minutes, ICTJ, Martina Martinez, 2017

10:10am

For Those Who Can Tell No Tales, RT 72 Minutes, Jasmila Žbanic, 2013

11:30am

Proclaimed murder, RT 17 Minutes, Waha Al-Raheb, 2018

11:50am

Under the Shadow, RT 54 minutes, Fiona Lloyd-Davies, 2016

12:45pm

Shorts:

• The Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court, RT 15 Minutes, Kristin Kalla, 2018

• Combatting Sexual Violence, RT 9 Minutes, Ministry of Defence, 2018

• Limbo: Stand up for women! Stand up for peace! RT 5 Minutes, Yangon Film School, 2018

• They Slept with Me, RT 12 Minutes, Refugee Law Project, 2011

1:30pm

In the Land of Blood and Honey, RT 127 Minutes, Angelina Jolie, 2011

3:45pm

I came to Testify, RT 54 Minutes, Pamela Hogan’s, 2011

4:45pm

Shorts:

• Running for 21 Years, RT 17 Minutes, Refugee Law Project, 2018

• The life I used to Live, RT 20 Minutes, Centre for Equality and Justice

5:30pm

Silent War (Syrie, le cri étouffé), RT 73 Minutes, Manon Loizeau, 2017

7pm

Premiere: The Prosecutors, RT 88 Minutes, Leslie Thomas, 2018

8:30pm

Q&A with Leslie Thomas, the director of The Prosecutors

9pm

Festival close

Saturday 24 November – NFT3

9:05am

Calling the Ghosts, RT 63 Minutes, Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic, 1996

10:10am

Breaking the Silence – Sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge, RT 53 Minutes, Lov Sophea, 2017

11:10am

Three short shorts: Gloria, Divine, Remy, RT 8 Minutes, Trial International, 2018

11:25 am

Libya: Unspeakable Crime, RT 90 Minutes, Cécile Allegra, 2018

1pm

Silent War (Syrie, le cri étouffé), RT 73 Minutes, Manon Loizeau, 2017

2:15pm

The Silent Scream, RT 35 Minutes, Producer Anisa Suceska Vekic, 2014

2:50pm

City of Joy, RT 74 Minutes, Madeleine Gavin, 2016

4:15pm

The Uncondemned, RT 87 Minutes, Michele Mitchell and Nick Louvel, 2015

6pm

Introduction from Alketa Xhafa Mripa: artist which the film is based on. RT 10 Minutes

• Thinking of you, RT 41 Minutes, Anna di Lellio and Fitim Shala, 2015

6:55pm

I Am Not Who They Think I Am, RT 13 Minutes, ICTJ, Martina Martinez 2017

7:15pm

Unforgettable, RT 9 Minutes, Prum Sreileak, 2018

7.30pm

City of Joy, RT 74 Minutes, Madeleine Gavin, 2016

9pm

Festival close

Film descriptions

Libya: Unspeakable Crime

(1 hour 10 minutes, Director: Cécile Allegra)

Survivors’ accounts expose the systematic use of rape in post-2011 Libya, long hidden under a shroud of silence.

Show times: Saturday 23, 11:25am

The Uncondemned

(1 hour and 27 minutes, Directors: Michele Mitchell and Nick Louvel)

The gripping story of a group of young international lawyers and activists who fought to make rape a war crime.

Show times: Friday 23, 11:45am, Saturday 24, 4:15pm

Silent War/Syrie, le cri etouffè

(1 hour 13 minutes, Director: Manon Loizeau – co-written by Annick Cojean)

Syrian women speak out against the abuse they have endured from pro-regime militias and government soldiers.

Show times: Friday 23, 10:25am, Saturday 24, 1pm and 5:30pm

The Prosecutors

(1 hour 28 minutes, Director: Leslie Thomas)

The Prosecutors tells the story, spanning 5 years and three continents, of three dedicated lawyers who fight to ensure that rape in war is not met with impunity.

World Premiere: Saturday 24, 7pm

I Am Not Who They Think I Am

(13 minutes, lead producer: ICTJ, cinematographer: Martina Martinez)

This short film addresses the stigma suffered by children born of sexual violence in Uganda.

Show times: Friday 23, 11:40am and 1:15pm, Saturday 24, 9:50am and 6:55pm

City of Joy

(1 hour 14 minutes, director: Madeleine Gavin)

Congolese doctor Dr. Denis Mukwege, playwright Eve Ensler, and a charismatic Congolese human rights activist join forces to create a safe haven for women survivors in the middle of violence-torn Eastern Congo.

Show times: Friday 23, 10:20am, Saturday 24, 2:50pm and 7:30pm

Running for 21 Years

(18 minutes, Refugee Law Project)

A short film focusing on male rape in Central Africa and how sharing accounts can lead to others coming forward.

Show times: Saturday 24, 4:45pm

Capitaine Abigail

(15 mins, Refugee Law Project)

A unique testimony from a male survivor of sexual violence where the perpetrator was a woman. Accounts of sexual violence perpetrated by women are rare, but nonetheless are an important part in understanding conflict-related sexual violence.

Show times: Friday 23, 10:05am

Women facing War: Sarah

(3 minutes, International Committee of the Red Cross, editorial adviser: Charlotte Lindsey)

Sarah, a survivor of sexual violence, recounts her story.

Show times: Friday 23, 11:35am and Saturday 24, 9:10am

Calling the Ghosts: A Story about Rape, War and Women

(1 hour 4 minutes, directors: Mandy Jacobson and Karmen Jelincic)

A first person account of 2 Bosnian women caught in a war where rape was as much an everyday weapon as bullets or bombs.

Show times: Saturday 24, 9:05am

For Those Who Can Tell No Tales

(1 hour 13 minutes, director: Jasmila Žbanić)

An Australian tourist travels to Bosnia and Herzegovina and unexpectedly embarks on a journey of discovery about the war.

Show times: Saturday 24, 10:10am

I Came to Testify: Women, War and Peace

(54 minutes, director: Pamela Hogan)

A moving story of how a group of 16 women who had been imprisoned by Serbian-led forces broke silence, and stepped forward to take the witness stand in an international court of law.

Show times: Saturday 24, 3:45pm

Under the Shadow

(54 minutes, by: Fiona Lloyd-Davies)

Examining the problem of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, this film juxtaposes soldiers’ frank confessions with one woman’s creation of a rescue centre for survivors.

Show times: Saturday 24, 11:50am

Esma’s Secret: Grbavica

(1 hour 47 minutes, Director: Jasmila Žbanić)

The story of a single mother in Sarajevo in the aftermath of rapes during the war.

Show times: Friday 23, 12am

The Silent Scream

(35 minutes, editor: Elvedin Zorlak, producer: Anisa Sućeska Vekić)

Survivors of rape and sexual violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina discuss their experiences and possibilities for justice.

Show times: Saturday 24, 2:15pm

Pieces of Glass

(11 minutes, director: Prum Sreileak)

A short film depicting a young girl’s curiosity about her family’s memories of the Khmer rouge.

Show times: Saturday 24th, 9:40am

Unforgettable

(9 minutes, director: Seng Reaksmey)

The story of a lawyer who grew up during the Khmer Rouge era.

Show times: Saturday 24, 7:15pm

Limbo: Stand up for women! Stand up for peace!

(5 mins, Yangon Film School)

A short film about rape, stigma and recovery in Myanmar.

Show times: Saturday 24, 1:10pm

The life I used to Live

(20 mins, produced by the Centre for Equality and Justice)

Sri-Lankan survivors of sexual violence share their experiences and discuss the need for acknowledgement, acceptance and justice.

Show times: Saturday 24, 5:00pm

Breaking the Silence – sexual violence under the Khmer Rouge

(53 minutes, Director: Lov Sophea, production: Khmer Mekong Films, sponsored by British Embassy Phnom Penh)

Survivors in Cambodia challenge the stigma around sexual violence encountered during the Khmer Rouge.

Show times: Saturday 24, 10:10am

Thinking of You

(42 minutes, Producers: Anna di Lellio and Fitim Shala)

The story behind the creation of an art installation by Alketa Xhafa Mripa for the victims of sexual violence in Kosovo.

Show times: Saturday 24, 6:00pm

Gloria’: “A married woman cannot talk about her Rape”

(3 mins, Lorraine Hauenstein)

Gloria describes the stigma suffered by married women who have survived sexual violence.

Show times: Saturday 24, 9:05am and 11:10am

‘Divine’: “On the day of the trial my heart was strong”

(3 minutes, Lorraine Hauenstein)

An account of the bravery and strength of sexual violence survivors who seek justice against the perpetrators.

Show times: Saturday 24, 9:05am and 11:10am

‘Remy’: “They were raping our girls”

(3 minutes, Lorraine Hauenstein)

In pursuit of justice, a father joins forces with other parents whose children have suffered.

Show times: Saturday 24, 9:05am and 11:10am

Nobody Cares about them: Sexual Violence against men and boys in Syria and Turkey

(10 minutes, All Survivors Project)

A short film documenting the sexual violence suffered by men and boys during the war in Syria, focusing on sexual violence as a form of torture while in detention.

Show times: Friday 23, 1:15pm

Hidden Crisis in Central African Republic: Sexual Violence against males in conflict

(8 minutes, All Survivors Project)

A short examination of the use of sexual violence on men as a tool of humiliation in the Central African Republic since 2013.

Show times: Friday 23, 1:15pm and Saturday 24, 9:05am

The Trust Fund for Victims at the International Criminal Court

(16 mins, Director: Kristin Kalla, Produced by: Africa Initiative)

A short documentary about the work of the International Criminal Court’s Trust Fund for Victims, the first of its kind in the history of International Criminal Law.

Show times: Saturday 24, 9:05am and 12:45pm

Combatting Sexual Violence

(5 minutes, produced by BFBS and Ministry of Defence)

UK military personnel share their experiences of preventing sexual violence in conflict and the progress made in stopping this systematic abuse.

Show times: Friday 23, 11:35am, Saturday 24, 9:05am and 12:45pm

They Slept with Me

(12 minutes, Refugee Law Project)

First-hand accounts of rape committed by soldiers in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Show times: Saturday 24, 12:45pm

In the Land of Blood and Honey

(2 hours 8 minutes, Director: Angelina Jolie)

A Bosnian Serb police officer and a Bosnian Muslim artist are lovers before the outbreak of war, but land on opposite sides of the conflict as violence engulfs the Balkan region.

Show times: Saturday 24, 1:30pm

Proclaimed Murder

(Director: Waha Al-Raheb)

The tale of an illegal forced marriage within a refugee camp.

Show times: Friday 23, 10:05am and Saturday 24, 11:30am