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Friday 11 March – Friday 18 March

Time -7pm

Czech Republic: film screening, followed by a cocktail

Little Otik (Otesánek)

A modern adaptation of the classic Czech folk-tale. A married couple, the Horáks, are unable to have a child of their own. One day Mr. Horák, working in the garden, digs out a tree-root that looks just like a little child. An old myth is revived and proceeds to its tragic conclusion.

Little Otik (Otesánek) is critically acclaimed with multiple awards. The Czech Critics Awards named it the best feature film. It won three Czech lions for best art direction (Jan Švankmajer and Eva Švankmajerová), best film, best film poster (Eva Švankmajerová), as well as the Czech Critics Awards.It was nominated for best actress, best costumes, best director, best screenplay, best sound, and best supporting actress. It also won two awards at the Plzen film festival. The film was placed at 95 on Slant Magazine’s best films of the 2000s.

 

 

Saturday 12 March – 7pm

Mali: live music with “La Voix du Désert, a Malian band based in Kano.

Monday  14 March – 7pm

Canada

Screening of “Incendies”, with maple sirup cookies and Canadian beverages.

By Denis Villeneuve

Fiction, Canada, 2010, 2h10.

Nawal Marwan, an immigrant to Canada, succumbs to a stroke she suffers at a community swimming pool, and her two children, a brother and sister, receive her final requests in her will. To fulfill her wishes, they must journey to her birthplace.

Tuesday 15 March – 7pm

Burkina-Faso

Screening of « The Armchair » followed by a cocktail.

By Missa Ebié

Fiction, Burkina-Faso, 1h35.

Wednesday 16 March – 5pm

France

Panel discussion: peace and interculturalism. In French and English, with interpreters. 

Panelists:

“Cultural identities, languages and federalism as a factor of peace: the case of Switzerland”. Ambassador of Switzerland Eric Mayoraz . In French

“Towards  global civilization of dialogue through love and tolerance”. Kamil Kemanci, President , Ufuk Dialogue. In English

Dr Pappa Banga Guisse, in charge of Peace Culture at the Department for Education, Science and Culture, ECOWAS  – in French

Idayat Hassan, Director of Centre for Democracy and Development. in English

Moderator :

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, writer, journalist and author (season of Crimson Blossoms, The Whispering Trees).

Thursday 17 March – 7pm

Switzerland

Screening of “Humanitarian Citadel, followed by a cocktail.

By FrédéricGonseth

Documentary, Switzerland, 2008, 1h36.

It’s a tough task: the humanization of war. And a big shock: fighter jets against the old weapons of feudal tribes. What can this Swiss man hope for, flying the famous white flag with the red cross in the Arab desert?