Stolen: A Masterclass with Violeta Ayala

Stolen Screening and Masterclass

12th March 2010

Masterclass at Edinburgh College of Art: 14.00 - 17.00
Screening with Q&A: 18.15 - 20.00

'Pacy, exciting and hugely engrossing' Variety

What starts out for filmmakers Violeta Ayala and Daniell Fallshaw as a family reunion in a refugee camp in Algeria turns into a dangerous political game. Initially set against the Sahara in the Polisario governed refugee camps, the film turns into a political thriller when the black Saharawis start talking about a forbidden subject… Their freedom.

The film follows the story of a Saharawi refugee separated from her mother as a toddler and reunited through a UN family reunion program. The reunion reveals a secret and the film quickly spirals into another world.

It becomes difficult to distinguish who are the good guys, as the ‘good guys’ turn bad and the ‘bad guys’ appear to do good.

Held in association with One World Media: http://oneworldmedia.org.uk/

Masterclass is free but please RSVP to: scottishdocumentaryinstitute@eca.ac.uk

For tickets for the screening please go to: http://www.filmhousecinema.com/showing/stolen/

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