TFC Films for Fall: Films of Survival

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TFC Films for Fall: Films of Survival

The Euphoria of Being • Unsettled • A Girl from Mogadishu


	Dear Programmers: The power of film lies in its ability to capture the essence of memory and preserve the stories produced by events we should never forget. In this spirit, The Film Collaborative is proud to present THE EUPHORIA OF BEING, a powerfully emotional new dance-theater documentary by Hungarian director Réka Szabó. Winner of the grand prize of the Critics’ Week of the Locarno Film Festival, THE EUPHORIA OF BEING brings forth the story of Jewish Holocaust survivor Éva Fahidi as she graces the stage for the first time, 70 years after she returns home from Auschwitz. We’d also like to take this opportunity to remind you of another great story about the struggle for human dignity and rights that’s still new to our slate. UNSETTLED: SEEKING REFUGE IN AMERICA is a feature-length documentary revealing the untold stories of LGBT refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution from their home countries in hope of resettling in the United States. And lastly, A GIRL FROM MODADISHU (world premiere Edinburgh International FF) tells the inspiring true story of Ifrah Ahmed, a refugee from war-torn Somalia who is dangerously trafficked to Ireland, and becomes a leading international activist against gender-based violence and female genital mutilation. Starring Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder) as Ifrah. Please email us for screeners for these films or anything else on our slate at festivals@thefilmcollaborative.org. All best, The Film Collaborative


	2019 \| Hungary \| 83 min. Director Réka Szabó Producers Sára László, Marcell Gerő (Campfilm), Réka Szabó (The Symptoms) Executive Producers Flóra Kovács (The Symptoms), Jonathan Halperyn (Hero Squared) Co-Producers László Jancsó (4Cut Post Digital), Szabolcs Győrffy (4Cut Post Digital), Philippe Fontenoy (Pom’Zed) Editors Sylvie Gadmer, Péter Sass Sound Rudolf Várhegyi Music Balázs Barna Cast Éva Fahidi, Emese Cuhorka, Réka Szabó		The Euphoria of Being ABOUT THE FILM: Éva Fahidi was 20 years old when she returned to Hungary from Auschwitz Birkenau. She was all alone, 49 members of her family were murdered, including her mother, her father and her little sister. 70 years later, aged 90, Éva is asked to participate in a dance-theater performance about her life. Director Réka Szabo imagines a duet between Éva and the internationally acclaimed dancer, Emese, juxtaposing these two women on stage, young and old, to see how their bodies and their stories can intertwine. Éva agrees immediately. Three women— three months—a story of crossing boundaries. Whilst key moments of Éva’s life are distilled into theater scenes, a powerful relationship forms between the three women. FESTIVALS 2019: Locarno (World Premiere) AWARDS Grand Prize of the Critics' Week (Locarno), Human Rights Award (Sarajevo) FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray MORE INFO: campfilm.eu/films/the-euphoria-of-being Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2019 \| USA \| 84 min. Director Tom Shepard Producers Tom Shepard, Jen Gilomen Supervising Producer for ITVS Michael Kinomoto Executive Producer Stu Harrison Executive Producer for ITVS Sally Jo Fifer Editor Eva Brzeski Consulting Editor Jim Klein Cinematographers Andrew Black, Jen Gilomen, Mike Seely Music Justin Melland		Unsettled ABOUT THE FILM: UNSETTLED is a feature-length documentary revealing the untold stories of LGBT refugees and asylum seekers who have fled intense persecution from their home countries and who are resettling in the United States. As new leadership in America continues to demonize immigrants and drastically restrict the flow of refugees and asylum seekers into the U.S., UNSETTLED humanizes a group few people know who are desperately trying to create new and safer homes. Subhi, a gay Syrian refugee, who, having survived multiple death threats from Islamic terrorists, beatings by a homophobic father, and a nation devastated by war, finds his voice as a leader for refugee rights in the U.S. Cheyenne and Mari, a lesbian couple from Angola, who, having faced brutal harassment from family and neighbors, seek uncertain asylum through the American immigration courts while pursuing their dreams of becoming musicians. Junior, a gender non-conforming gay man from the Congo, struggles to find even basic housing and livelihood while exploring a more fluid gender identity. UNSETTLED takes place largely in the San Francisco Bay Area, historically a beacon for dislocated LGBT people in the U.S. While cultural narratives of a “queer promised land” still persist, the film asks whether Northern California is even practical as a place to resettle LGBT refugees, especially given the enormous gentrification, increased costs of living, and scarcity of housing in recent years—a set of problems present in many American cities. What are the costs persecuted immigrants pay for seeking refuge in America? And how are everyday Americans stepping forward to help those most in need? FESTIVALS 2019: San Francisco International Film Festival (World Premiere) AWARDS Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature (TLV Fest) FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray MORE INFO: unsettled.film Email us for screeners or streaming links.


	2019 \| Ireland / Belgium / Somalia \| 112 min. Writer & Director Mary McGuckian Producers Mary McGuckian, Adrian Politowski Executive Producers Peter Bevan, Tatjana Kozar, Gilles Waterkeyn, Tom Harberd, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Emma Beanland Caroline Keeling, Victoria Oberfeld, Anastasia Garrett, Jason Garrett, Nadia Khamlichi, Bruce Weiss, Amber Willat, Boyd Willat, Dan Wechsler, Yann Borgstedt, Jasmin Zeinal Zade, Ciaran Mcguckian, Brian O'shea, David Rogers Associate Producers Sana El Kilali, Terry Mcglynn, Noura Sakkaf Cinematographer Michael Lavelle Production Designer Emma Pucci Costume Designer Nathalie Leborgne Music Nitin Sawhney Cast Aja Naomi King, Martha Cango Antonio, Barkhad Abdi, Orla Brady, Stanley Townsend, Pauline McLynn, Maryam Mursals		A Girl from Mogadishu ABOUT THE FILM: Circumcised at eight. Raped by wandering militiamen at twelve. Fully infibulated again at thirteen, and then married off to a fifty-year-old man who regularly beat her; Ifrah Ahmed runs away to a place she had once known as home in war torn Mogadishu to find it had become the kind of battleground now known as “Black Hawk Down.” Ifrah makes the extraordinary journey out of war-torn Somalia and arrives not in Minnesota, USA, as she had been lead to believe, but Dublin, Ireland. Finally finding some sense of safety, her fears begin to subside and her traumatic days, she thinks, are behind her, until a routine medical smear test elicits such looks of horror on the faces of her Irish doctors that she suffers a profound sense of shame. They say that anger is the flip side of shame. Channelling the feelings on both sides of that coin, she reacts incredibly quickly, learns English at break-neck speed and unearths an enviable technical talent for harnessing social media. Within months she is campaigning for better conditions for asylum-seekers arriving in Ireland. She quickly becomes a leading activist against gender-based violence and fights through her campaign work for the abandonment of FGM world-wide. As an Irish citizen, she presents her testimony on behalf of Ireland’s MEPs on the occasion of the ratification of the UN Convention against FGM/C at the European Parliament and it is passed unanimously. Thus commences her now lauded professional career as an international activist. FESTIVALS 2019: Edinburgh International (World Premiere) FESTIVAL TERRITORIES The World EXHIBITION FORMATS DCP, Blu-Ray MORE INFO: agirlfrommogadishu-themovie.com Email us for screeners or streaming links.

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