Being part of the Homeless Film Festival project workshops inspired me to apply for a degree in Media and Performance

at Salford University. Now Ive used these workshops to gain an arts award I feel I can get there!
PASCAL - W.I.S.H. SHELTER USER

The Homeless Film Festival is a Donkey Stone Films project to establish a strong link between one of the worlds most successful growth industries and one of the worlds growing social issues, namely, using the film industry as a means for homeless people to move forward with their lives and away from poverty. It will open up numerous doors for progression, and as a collaborative project, build a strong cross-industry network between filmmakers, educational practitioners & organisations, homelessness charities, and volunteering organisations around the world. Creating a centralised celebration of creative work achieved towards the eradication of homlessness.

The Homeless Film Festival 2012 is a touring festival, aimed at screening some of the worlds best homeless related films ever made! The festival encompasses screenings of major feature films with post-screening special guest Q&As, as well as a short film programme, and will tour leading independent cinemas in the UK and Ireland, throughout April 2012. There is also a static exhibition held in a sister venue in each city running parallel to the festival, showcasing creative artwork relevant to raising awareness of homelessness.

WWW.DONKEYSTONEFILMS.COM

TICKETED EVENTS
SPECIAL GUEST Q&As AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS TO FOLLOW SELECT SCREENINGS, SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS

CAthy cOMe HOmE

A landmark in British television history, Ken Loachs 1966 Television drama had an impact like virtually no other broadcast before it. It brought the difficult subjects it broached into the average households living room, causing a public outcry and raising awareness of the work of charities and shelters around the country. Rarely shown in public, this is an opportunity to watch a true classic on the big screen.

ADaM & paUl

Winner of Best Director at the 2004 Irish Film & Television Awards and part of the official programme of the 2005 Berlin Film Festival, Adam and Paul is a cold, contemporary take on classic, physical comedy. At heart it is a minimal, Beckettesque fairytale about two vulnerable children in the grip of forces too powerful for them to handle; they are shown as vulnerable, lost, and sometimes pathetically optimistic. The film is not without hope; it is unsentimental and often very funny testament to the persistence of the human spirit in even the most marginal of people.

darK DAYS
3 Sundance Film Festival Awards, Best Documentary at the LA Film Critics Association Awards and recipient of the Independent Spirit Award For Best Documentary Feature speak volumes for this masterful 2000 documentary from British director Marc Singer. The film follows a group of people living in Freedom Tunnel- an abandoned section of the New York City underground railway system and was made with the assistance of the films subjects themselves.

FREE EVENTS

SHORT FILM reD CARD: VOICeS oF PROGRAMME GiviNg EXCLUSION THE BOot GuRRero
UK PREMIERE UK PREMIERE
We received hundreds of amazing film submissions from all over the world! A panel of homeless people who took part in our film workshops selected their favourite 80 minutes worth for this amazing free event! A beautiful feature doc from Canal+ that follows some of the nations involved in the Homeless World Cup 2011, from the slums and streets to representing their country at the tournament under the Eiffel Tower in Paris. An award-winning feature doc giving a unique insight into the lives of Mexican street kids who were given cameras and taught the basics; they then exposed the reality of their world with some truly eye-opening footage aided by Colectivo Homovidens.

UK PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

A SIsTers calL
In 1977, Call Richmond vanished. 20 Years later, his sister Rebecca found him homeless, alone and suffering from severe paranoid schizophrenia. This is Rebeccas journey to bring her brother back from the depths of homelessness & schizophrenia.

Nfa
The first feature drama made by homeless people. A man wakes up in a homeless shelter. Lost and confused he tries to piece together his life and find out how he got there.

THE EXHIBITION
Select participating cities will host static exhibitions featuring other visual arts! Artwork including photography, animation, painting and drawing, and graphic novels will be on display in venues near to the cinemas in which the films are screening. All work in the exhibitions has been achieved by homeless people, or created by established artists with the intention of raising awareness about homelessness. Each exhibition is tailored to feature work unique to each city, as well as a core group of material on display nationally. To find your nearest exhibition venue, check our website, facebook page, send us a tweet, or ask at your local Homeless Film Festival cinema.

STACEY MANTON, GRAHAM HUDSON, SAM DAHL (GRAPHIC NOVEL PICTURED) ARTHUR AND MARTHA SHOTAKOTAKE BEX MELVIN

FEATURED ARTISTS:

GEMMA THORPE A TO Z PAULINE DABROWSKI ...MORE TBA

OUR PARTNERS
HomELess LINK
Homeless Link is the only national charity supporting people and organisations working directly with homeless people in England. As the national collaborative hub for information and debate on homelessness, they seek to improve services for homeless people and to advocate policy change.

WWW.HOMELESS.ORG.UK

iDeAs Tap
WWW.IDEASTAP.COM

IdeasTap is an arts charity established to help young, creative people at the start of their careers. Whether its funding, career development, advice or creative collaborators you need, they can help whatever field you work in.

AsteLL FOUndaTION
WWW.ASTELLFOUNDATION.COM

Putting a roof over someones head is just the beginning. The Astell Foundation support homeless people in every aspect of their journey to re-integrate into society. They also take an active role in helping homeless people to learn new skills, and approach prospective employers.

OpeN CiNeMa
WWW.OPENCINEMA.NET

The Open Cinema philosophy is that people excluded from society need the benefits of culture as much as information and food. Open Cinema takes film to people at the margins, and brings them & their aspirations to the centre of cultural life.

SUPPORTED CHARITIES

FESTIVAL CALENDAR
FOR THE LATEST LISTINGS, EVENTS, AND DETAILS FOR THE ACCOMPANYING EXHIBITION, PLEASE VISIT: WWW.THEHOMLESSFILMFESTIVAL.ORG

BELFAST

Queens Film Theatre

www.queensfilmtheatre.com

DERBY
Quad
www.derbyquad.co.uk

DUBLIN
www.ifi.ie

Irish Film Institute 01 679 347

Apr 1 Apr 11 Apr 16 Apr 24 Apr 30 18.30 18.30 18.30 18.30 18.30 Please see the website for the full listing for Dublin

028 9097 1097

Cathy Come Home Apr 17 18.30 Adam & Paul Apr 18 19.00 Dark Days Apr 19 19.00

01332 290606
Cathy Come Home Adam & Paul Dark Days Red Card Short Film Strand

LONDON
London College of Communications www.lcc.arts.ac.uk

MANCHESTER
Cornerhouse
www.cornerhouse.org

NEWCASTLE
Tyneside Cinema 0845 217 9909
www.tynesidecinema.co.uk 18.30 18.20 16.00 18.20 Cathy Come Home Short Film Strand Dark Days Adam & Paul Apr 1 Apr 9 Apr 16 Apr 29 18.30 19.30 19.00 19.00

0207 514 6500

Cathy Come Home A Sisters Call Adam & Paul Voices Of Gurrero Dark Days Short Film Strand Red Card NFA Apr 2 Apr 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 Apr 21 Apr 23 Apr 24 Apr 26 18.00 18.00 18.00 18.00 13.30 18.00 18.00 18.00

0161 200 1500

Cathy Come Home Dark Days Short Film Strand Adam & Paul Apr 1 Apr 17 Apr 22 Apr 30

NOTTINGHAM
Broadway
www.broadway.org.uk

Thanks to the London College of Communication for their assistance in organising this event.

0115 9526 611

Cathy Come Home Apr 4 18.00

Our partner, Open Cinema, will also be hosting screenings in their venues nationwide. Please see the website for more details.

Get INvolved!

If you are interested in contributing to our film strand or exhibition, have a venue you would like to see work appearing in, or would like to get involved in any other way, please get in touch with us. thehomelessfilmfestival.org facebook.com/thehomelessfilmfestival info@thehomelessfilmfestival.org twitter.com/homelessfilmfst

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