15th October Screening

Ugly Little Monkeys

12 noon -100 minutes

A group of young men in Tucson, Arizona some as young as nine are formed into the first youth Mariachi in the United States by an Irish Catholic Priest.
Despite the Priest’s immoral conduct, they created a world-renowned Youth Mariachi Movement that endures and sixty years later the group continues being celebrated.

Directed by David E Valdez, Enrique Castillo

Uzeda

2pm – 100 minutes

A history of independence spanning across over 30 years. in 1991 sicilian noise band Uzeda send a demotape to legendary US sound engineer Steve Albini, who decides to fly to Catania to work with them: within months, the act are signed by Touch and Go, invited to record two BBC Peel Sessions and asked to play all over the world. A collaboration and friendship that has changed the story and lives of four individuals

Directed by Maria Arena

The Halfway Between All This

3.45pm – 10minutes

While working for CARE International in the displaced persons camps as a relief worker in Rwanda in the fall of 1994, filmmaker Heather Greer gave 12 rolls of film to a colleague traveling back to the US. These photographs had been taken to document CARE’s relief activities.
Due to a family emergency the film never arrived at CARE’s headquarters in Atlanta.

Directed by Heather Greer, Alison Cornyn

MIDNIGHT IN THE ORANGE GROVE

4pm – 85 minutes

Based on true events, MIDNIGHT IN THE ORANGE GROVE is the story of a young woman who is jarred into remembering a tragedy long buried in her subconscious. Through therapy, a blossoming romance, and the appearance of a mysterious woman, past and present collide as she’s forced to confront the dark secret of her childhood.

Directed by Andrew Troy