Syria on the Road: Stories of Conflict, Migration and Place

Fri 6 Nov, from 6pm
Double bill tickets: £10 (click link above)
Individual film tickets are available below

During the day on Fri 6 Nov, two workshops will be taking place at De Montfort University, more information and sign-up details can be found here.

Syria on the Road is a partnership between Counterpoints Arts’ Learning Lab, Highlight Arts, RHUL, Outgrain and Phoenix, as part of the 2015 Platforma Arts +Refugee Festival.  For more information on the Platforma Festival 2015 in Leicester including events at Curve and DMU visit their website.

Please note: because these films have not been certified by the BBFC, we are obliged by law to rate them as 18 certification.

On the Bride’s Side + Q&A – 18
Fri 6 Nov, 6pm
Dir: Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele del Grande, Khaled Soliman al Nassiry
Italy 2014, 1hr 29mins, subtitled
A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist meet a group of Palestinians and Syrians who entered Europe via the Italian island of Lampedusa after fleeing the war in Syria. They decide to help them complete their journey to Sweden – and hopefully avoid getting themselves arrested as traffickers – by faking a wedding.

Queens of Syria + Director Q&A – 18
Fri 6 Nov, 8pm
Dir: Yasmin Fedda
Jordan 2014, 1hr 10mins, subtitled
Queens of Syria tells the story of sixty women from Syria, all forced into exile in Jordan, who came together in Autumn 2013 to create and perform their own version of the Trojan Women. Director Yasmin joins us for a Q&A after the screening.

Includes a screening of Juan delGado’s short film-installation Fleches sans Corps (‘Arrows without Bodies’, 2003).