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19:00 I Am Belmaya (2020) Sue Carpenter 81 mins plus Q&A World Premiere Taking the movie camera into her own hands, Belmaya stands up to oppression and takes charge of her story - and her life | 17:00 Stranger At Home (2021) Beth Dolan (25 mins excerpt plus audience feedback) Test screening The US Military’s policy on combat-related psychological trauma has remained unchanged in nearly 100 years, despite significant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of such pathologies. This policy has resulted in a mental health crisis which increasingly devastates not only those in active service and veterans, but also their families and communities. 19:00 Priya's Mask (2020) Syd Fini and Ram Devineni 2 mins World Premiere Priya, India’s first female superhero, embarks on a mission to stop the spread of Covid-19. The People vs Agent Orange (2020) Alan Adelson and Kate Taverna 84 mins plus Q&A UK Premiere The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, a primary chemical of the toxic defoliant causes deformed births and deadly cancers. Two heroic women fight to hold the manufacturers accountable. | 14:00 Hearing health: the art of the audio doc in global health. Sponsored by The Wickers 17:00 Unsavory Times: A Chef's Pandemic Journey (2021) Brian Kimmel (28 mins plus audience feedback) Test screening A restauranteur in Portland, Oregon, reinvents his business to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic 19:00 Here I Am (2020) Chloe White 11 mins World Premiere How dance has helped a group of vulnerable women in Bradford during the Covid-19 lockdown Amy's Victory Dance (2020) Brian Thomas 86 mins plus Q&A UK Premiere Chronicles professional dancer Amy Jordan’s triumphant path back to the stage after the near loss of her life and her right leg | 13:30 Doctors of War (2020) Nathaniel Lippiett Preview screening 67 mins plus Q&A) A snapshot of life inside one of the world's largest refugee camps, and the often brutal and unforgiving conditions of a country torn apart by ten years of conflict 15:45 Filming sensitive subjects with women 60-min workshop sponsored by UNFPA 17:00 Once Anos (Eleven Years) (2021) Emily Wright 40 mins Test screening Conflict and health in Colombia 19:00 On Our Doorstep (2020) Thomas Laurance 90 mins plus Q&A Private preview A behind-the-scenes look at the unprecedented grassroots movement that rose to aid the refugees in Calais, and the community that sprang up there, before 'The Jungle' was forcefully demolished | 10:00 I Am Belmaya (2020) Sue Carpenter 81 mins plus Q&A Nepal Premiere Taking the movie camera into her own hands, Belmaya stands up to oppression and takes charge of her story - and her life 12:30 Vamik's Room (2020) Molly Castelloe 56 mins plus Q&A European Premiere Five-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Vamik Volkan was born on the ethnically-divided island of Cyprus and has devoted his lifetime bringing enemy groups together for dialogue, developing a new method of diplomacy based on the emotional life of nations 14:30 What Doesn't Kill Me (2017) Rachel Meyrick 80 mins plus Q&A In the US, abusive fathers are seeking custody of their children in increasing numbers. And frighteningly, they are winning, putting children in extreme danger and making their mothers helpless to protect them 16:45 Missing in Brooks County (2020) Jeff Bemiss 81 mins plus Q&A European Premiere Two families search for their loved ones who went missing in the fields of Brooks County, Texas, and find a haunted land with more questions than answers 19:00 When The Shifts Change (2020) Lauren Anders Brown 30 mins plus Q&A World Premiere Self-recorded confessionals by New Yorkers working during the Covid-19 pandemic as they explore the highs and lows of being essential workers | 12:00 The Marriage Project (2020) Atieh Attarzadeh Firozabad and Hesam Eslami 80 mins plus Q&A UK Premiere The new head of a Tehran psychiatric hospital has an idea to experiment with: find a couple of patients who may want to live together there as romantic and sexual partners 14:30 On the Wild Side (2019) Giacomo Giorgi 85 mins plus Q&A Illustrating the different methods of hunting throughout the planet and shining a light on the species who are most victimized - whether they be from land, sea, or air 17:00 Nasrin (2020) Jeff Kaufman 92 mins plus Q&A UK Premiere An immersive portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner, attorney Nasrin Sotoudeh, and of Iran’s remarkably resilient women’s rights movement 19:30 Welcome to Chechnya (2020) David France 107 mins plus Q&A Chronicles the current anti-LGBTQ persecution raging in the Russian republic of Chechnya and shadows the LGBTQ activists who risk unimaginable peril to rescue victims from a targeted campaign of torture and brutality |