Caught in Flux: Housing and Communities in Transition

Hosted under the umbrella of the Urban Film Society (UFS), founded in 2004 by Mark Tewdwr-Jones (UCL Bartlett School of Planning) and currently run by Sonia Arbaci, Elena Bessusi, Jessica Ferm and Nikos Karadimitriou, this is a screening series intended to introduce participants to a diverse range of film making and viewing across the globe.

This year's UFS season is curated in collaboration with Ben Campkin (UCL Urban Laboratory / UCL Bartlett School of Architecture) under the title "Caught in Flux: Housing and Communities in Transition".  Expanding the spectrum of films, documentaries and film-based lectures, it has a particular emphasis on housing and communities, diverse neighborhoods, cities and migration. The screenings provide a space for young filmmakers to present their works, while fostering interdisciplinary and cross-cultural exchange.

Most screenings will be personally introduced by the director(s), who will also discuss the films and the issues they raise with the audience.

Entrance to the screenings is free; all welcome.

Venue: all events are held in the Christopher Ingold Ramsay Lecture Theatre,  20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ.

For further information, see the UFS website, download the programme, or register to the UFS mailing list at http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/bartlett-ufs.

Programme

9 February - 5.00pm

in association with UCL LGBT History Month

The Marching Season (2008) *
Dir.: Grace Chapman and Emma Jones, UK
60 mins
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Director Grace Chapman and Producer Emma Jones will be present at the screening to discuss the film and the issues it raises.

* Registration is necessary for this screening.
Please contact Sonal Bharadva to book a place
[s.bharadva@ucl.ac.uk  or tel. 0207 679 9764 (int. 09764)]


Venue: Roberts 309, Roberts building

25 February - 6.15pm

Optimistic Immigrants presents:
Confession of a Traffic Warden (2009)
Dir.: Olly Lambert, UK
50 mins
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A Channel 4 'Cutting Edge' film. No subtitles
Director Olly Lambert will be at the screening along with Durga Pokhrel, the central character in the film.

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Mosti: the bridges of St Petersburg (2003)
Dir.: Gillian McIver, UK/Germany
5min
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Hugh Hartford will be at the screening with one of the subjects of the documentary, Anwar to discuss the film and the issues it raises.

Venue: Christopher Ingold Ramsay LT, UCL, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ

11 March - 6.15pm

Barrios Bajos | Working class neighbourhoods (2007)
Dir.: Andres Walliser and Haim Samuels, Spain
55 mins
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Spanish with English subtitles
Director Andres Walliser will be present at the screening to discuss the film and the issues it raises.

Venue: Christopher Ingold Ramsay LT, UCL, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ

25 March - 6.15pm

Ossos | Bones (1996)
Dir.: Pedro Costa, Portugal
93 mins
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Portuguese with English subtitles
Nominated for the Golden Lion, Venice International Film Festival, 1997.
Wesley Aelbrecht, author of a thesis on Costa's films, will introduce Ossos.

Venue: Christopher Ingold Ramsay LT, UCL, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ

13 May - 6.15pm

Rooms with a View (2009)
Dir.: Verity-Jane Keefe
18 mins

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Block (2007)
Dir.: Emily Richards, UK
12 mins
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Block has been shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival and as part of an exhibition at the Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art in.

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Memo Mori (2009)
Dir.: Emily Richards, UK
With commentary  and readings from Hackney: that Rose Red Empire by Iain Sinclair.
23 mins
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Directors Emily Richards and Verity-Jane Keefe will be present at the screenings to discuss their films and the issues they raise.

Venue: Christopher Ingold Ramsay LT, UCL, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ

27 May - 6.15pm

Tevere / The River Tiber (2008)
Dir.: Catia Ott, Italy
52 mins
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Italian with English subtitles
Director Catia Ott will be present at the screening to discuss the film and the issues it raises.

Venue: Christopher Ingold Ramsay LT, UCL, 20 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AJ

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