We’re REALLY excited that Budrus, a Good Pitch alumni from Silverdocs 2009 which has gone to make waves internationally, is coming to the UK, including a 2-week run at the Empire Leicester Square in London.
Budrus is an award-winning feature documentary film about a Palestinian community organizer who unites local Fatah and Hamas members along with Israeli supporters in an unarmed movement to save his village of Budrus from destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier.
Check out the trailer:
The film will be opening in cinemas in the UK beginning on September 24th-October 8th. The film will screen at Empire Leicester Square for two weeks from Friday 24 September (four screenings a day). Director Julia Bacha will be doing Q&As after the following screenings of the film:
Thursday 23 September, 6pm - Glasgow Film Theatre
Friday 24 September, 8.40pm - Edinburgh Filmhouse
Saturday 25 September, 4pm - Gate Picturehouse (Notting Hill), London
Sunday 26 September, 6pm - Ritzy Picturehouse (Brixton), London
The film had its World Premiere at a Gala screening at the Dubai International Film Festival in December 2009, and since then has played across the world including Human Rights Watch International Film Festival London, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Hot Docs Film Festival, Festival do Rio, Mumbai International Film Festival and Doha Tribeca Film Festival, winning awards at Berlin International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Jerusalem International Film Festival, Silverdocs Film Festival, Documenta Madrid. Phew!
For more information, visit: http://www.justvision.org/en/events.