CCA 4 Sunday 21st October 5.45pm-7.15pm Those Left Behind Steven Diamond Scotland ï 2007 ï 12 mins What is it like to teach in a school where pupils simply vanish without trace? How do you feel about losing your best mate at school, something you never thought could happen? ëThose Left Behindí speaks of Glasgowís ëdisappearedí. The Vucaj family lived in the Kingsway community in Glasgow for 6 years, before they were forcibly removed. This short film gives a voice to the people of Kingsway and helps us understand how deeply integrated and important Asylum Seeking families have become in the communities in which they have settled and relates how traumatic and disturbing it is when friends and neighbours disappear without trace. Tales from the Edge The Glasgow Girls Lindsay Hill UKï 2005 ï 30 mins Amal (from Somalia), Roza (a Kurd, from Iraq), Ewelina (a Roma gypsy from Poland) and Agnesa (a Roma gypsy from Kosovo), are four teenage friends who have been living in Glasgow for the past six years. They embody the true spirit of integration, as they reveal how well they have adapted to Scottish life, cultureÖand school. The girls have bonded through their common experiences of persecution and genocide in their countries of origin. But now they are united by yet another spectre: that of the British Home Office, which, in the current sensitive political climate, is engaged on a vigorous repatriation scheme to send failed asylum seeker families back ìhomeî. Tales from the Edge The Children who Disappear Lindsay Hill UKï 2006ï 30 mins A sequel to The Glasgow Girls, The Children Who Disappear continues to follow their extraordinary story. They grieve as the sudden overnight disappearances of their school friends continue unabated. They intensify their campaign to appeal to the Home Office to stop the forced detention and deportation of asylum families whose children are well settled and integrated into Scottish life. Spurred on by strong support from the Childrenís Commissioner for Scotland, who publicly decries Home Office removal tactics as ìdraconianÖ. traumatising and terrorising children in their bedsÖ picking on the innocent wee familiesî, the Glasgow Girls turn to the Scottish Parliament for help. The Home Office meanwhile, mired in its own scandals of alleged incompetence and corruption, continues to pursue an increasingly vigorous agenda to remove as many failed asylum seeker families as possible from the UK. First Minister Jack McConnell becomes embroiled in ìthe biggest row since devolutionî as his promises to do more to help Scottish asylum families fall on apparently deaf ears in Westminster. Featuring their own poignant video diaries, this film follows the highs and lows in the fortunes of the Glasgow Girls, as they win award after award for their campaigning, yet find themselves continually traumatised as an intransigent Home Office continues to ìpick offî their friends and neighbours one by one. The girls strive to continue normal teenage life in the country they now call ìhomeî, and to protect their younger siblings from the terrifying spectre of the knock at the door at dawn. JOHN AKOMFRAH INTRODUCES Handsworth Songs Saturday 20th October 5.00pm-7.00pm CCA 5 A rare opportunity to see a one-off screening of the legendary 'Handsworth Songs' by Black Audio Film Collective, which Street Level will present as part of Document 5. John Akomfrah of the collective who will also lead a postscreening Q&A. more here |>| Palestinian Refugees in Glasgow, Lebanon & beyond Friday 19th October 6:15pm-8:15pm CCA 5 Camcorder Guerillas present an exclusive program of short fi lms, poetry and discussion looking at the issue of Palestinian Refugees and their living conditions in refugee camps in Lebanon and beyond. more here |>| Tickets available from the CCA box office: Day Passes £10/£5 4 day Festival Passes: £30/£15 Single Screenings:£4/£2 Asylum Seekers/Refugees: Free For more information contact: docfestinfo@gmail.com Festival Hotline: 07765 396226 Music at the CCA bar Wednesday 17th October 10.00 pm - 1.00pm Shiona McPhail traditional Scots singer Roma band Thursday 18th October 10.00 pm - 1.00pm Political Song Night Bring along cd's with your favorite popular, obscure, powerful, bizarre, outrageous political songs. Also open mic to sing, rant or play the guitar...