Bird's Eye View

A little more info on Real World Films

Real World Films: Portraits from Brazil and Palestine is screening tomorrow 6.45pm at the ICA, and rather excitingly, will be a world premiere. Rebecca Frankel tells us more about how these films have come about:

A Vida Politica, screening at Real World Films

“Real World is a pioneering documentary scheme to create and distribute positive images of women in the developing world.  Filmmakers collaborated with academics to find stories in their chosen region.

They received training to develop their skills, and £20k to make a series of innovative short documentaries.  2 sets of films have been produced so far.  They are 12 mins long each, about Brazil and Palestine, by Kat Mansoor (Animal Monday) and Paulino Tervo.

The scheme is a unique collaboration between Pathways of Women’s Empowerment and the UK Film Council/ Screen South, with a board of advisers also including Jess Search, Marc Francis and Me.

Last year was the pilot run, but the scheme will be repeating this year (open to anyone in the Screen South region). On Monday we’ll be premiering the films at the ICA as part of Birds Eye View festival.  They’ll also be a q and a with the directors and a contributor, then the chance to meet the people involved over wine afterwards.

Come along if you’re interested in documentary films, women, the developing world or finding out more about making high quality factual films outside of the confines of broadcast.  Also, join up to our Facebook group!”