BEYONDTV International Video Festival 2006

BeyondTv 2006 has now ended and was a great sucess. Inspired audiences and happy video makers from Africa, Balkans, England and Wales. Undercurrents thanks all who attended and supported us.

'Festival documents political ideals' Evening Post

'Undercurrents of protest' Western Mail

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November 27th-December 2nd 2006

What is BeyondTV?
Undercurrents present a full programme of short movies, documentaries, music videos & animation from inspiring media producers.
All films will have a theme of social or environmental activism. Hosted in the very heart of Swansea Marina, BeyondTV promises to be an entertaining week with all proceeds going to to support the charity work of undercurrents.

Where is BeyondTv being held?
Just an 8 minute walk from both Swansea train & bus station at
Dylan Thomas Centre
Somerset Place
Swansea Marina SA1 1RR
Except for Friday evening where we move to Monkey Cafe opposite Swansea castle for the BeyondTv party.

What's can I expect to see & hear ?
Inspiring media workshops, superb home grown & global films, funky music, comedians, food & drink a plenty.

When can I go Beyond TV?
The festival opens Monday November 27th at 18.30pm and every evening until Thursday November 30th.
Friday December 1st is the BeyondTv party with films.
The main festival day is Saturday December 2nd which begins at 14.00 until 22.00
The DukesBox hit Swansea in a promotional tour for BeyondTV. Click here for photos.

Where do I get a ticket?
We advise to book ahead for BeyondTV as seats are limited to 110 per session and are expected to go fast. All proceeds to charity.
You can pay by cheque or credit/debit card or cheque Box Office 01792 463980

Staying in Swansea
Swansea has a large number of B+B's and Hotels in the town centre and along the seafront. For details please click here

Sunday 26th November,
(11:00 - 16:00)
Green Fayre National Waterfront Museum, Maritime Quarter,
Swansea, SA1 1SN.
. Organised by the Environment Centre.

Dylan Thomas Centre
Somerset Place
Swansea Marina
SA1 1RR

Programme for BeyondTV 2006
All details to be confirmed. Some alterations may occur.

Monday November 27th (18:30)
Beyond Oil: International films & chat about climate change & end of the oil age.
Hosted by Ian Williams of Plan B. £1.50 entry for low carbon transport (pay on door)

Saro-Wiwa (5mins)
11 years ago this month, Poet Ken Saro-Wiwa and nine others were murdered because of their non-violent opposition to Shell Oil in Nigeria.
Highway to Hell (1min)
Animation on peak energy
Direct Action on Shell (3mins) Director Rikki
London activists shut down a Shell petrol Station
Dr Octagon, The trees are dying (3 mins) MTV
Worlds first hip-hop video on climate change. watch online

**Plus extracts will be shown from the following films**
Amazon Oil Pipeline - Pollution, Corruption and Poverty (8mins)
The Power of Community - How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (35mins)
Documents Cuba's emergency transition to local organic agriculture, renewable energy, and large-scale mass transit, following the Soviet collapse in 1990, when Cuba underwent the loss of over half of its oil imports.
Those Who Dance (30mins)
A small community in Rossport, Co. Mayo, Ireland, are resisting Shell's attempts to construct a high pressure gas pipeline and refinery across their land.
Entry £4/ £3concession/ £1.50 for low carbon transport (pay on door)
Ticket also Includes free entry into the Beyond TV Party (Friday) before 21:00

Tuesday November 28th (19:00)

Beyond Wo(men) Various films by women directors with Q+A open to all
City of Lights (22mins) Wales
Director: Mandy Carpenter
A film about urban life
Womanist workshops videos (15mins) Wales
Videos made by women during an Undercurrents training scheme in Swansea and at Small Nations Festival 2006
Sisters in Law (extracts 30mins) Cameroon/UK
A female judge dispenses wisdom, wisecracks & justice in male dominated Cameroon. Plus preview of Florence new film from Zanzibar
Discussions with co-director Florence Ayisi
Entry £4/ £3concessions
Ticket also Includes free entry into the Beyond TV Party (Friday) before 21:00

Wednesday November 29th (19:00)

'This Revolution' (Welsh Premier) 90mins USA
Conceived as a docu-drama political thriller,This Revolution, was developed, written, cast, shot and edited in 100 days. The story follows Jake Cassevetes (Nathan Crooker), a TV video journalist just returned from Iraq. When he falls in love with Tina Santiago (Rosario Dawson), a young mother widowed after her husband was killed in Iraq, Jake is forced to question his world-view. But it is not until he discovers his network has given his videotape of an anarchist protest group to Homeland Security that Jake decides to take action.
Director Steven Marshall www.gnn.tv
Entry £4/ £3concessions
Ticket also Includes free entry into the Beyond TV Party (Friday) before 21:00

Wednesday November 29th 2 x sessions (9:30-12:30 and 13:00-16:00)
Beyond the Media: Educational Presentation: An introduction to alternative media.
(Students only - Full details contact Jenny via eduction@undercurrents.org).
Click here for more information.

Thursday November 30th (19:00)

'Film fans kept in check' Evening Post

Beyond the Middle East: Films & eyewitness accounts from Palestine & Israel.
Videos & eye witness accounts from video activists about resistance to the apartheid Wall being built by the Israeli military across the land of Palestine.

Hole in the Wall A compilation of films by Alternative Information Centre/ Sadaa
School Day (8mins)
How a Palestinian school copes with Israeli soldiers throwing tear gas into the playground
Ticking Time (8min)
Story of a man who is set to lose his home to the wall
Capoeira (8mins)
How a young man from Palestine uses a Brazillian dance to escape the repression.

The Iron Wall (59 mins) by Mohammed Alatar
"Zionist colonization must either stop, or else proceed regardless of the native population. Which means that it can proceed and develop only under the protection of a power that is independent of the native population - behind an Iron Wall , which the native population cannot breach."
Vladimir Jabotinsky, leading intellectual of the Zionist movement 1923
The statement has become the official and unspoken policy of the Zionist movement and later the state of Israel. Settlements were used from the beginning to create a Zionist foothold in Palestine.The Iron Wall documentary exposes this phenomenon and follows its impact on the peace process.

Occupation (5mins)
See an exclusive video and hear how 3 Swansea people occupied Cardiff Castle on November 15 in solidarity with Palestine.

STOP PRESS: An Israeli army checkpoint will be operating on the night.

Entry £4/ £3concessions
Ticket also Includes free entry into the Beyond TV Party (Friday) before 21:00

Friday December 1st (20:00- 4:00)
Beyond TV Party: Live dub tunes from Llwybr Llaethog, Hattie Hatster, with DJ Flo, DJ Jules, plus RGB DJ & visuals set, animations & music videos.
Entry £5 (£3 before 10pm)
Monkey Cafe 13 Castle Street, Swansea, SA1 1JF opposite Swansea castle.
Dress Code Weird & Wonderful
20:00- 22:00
International short films, animations, & music videos including
BrainStew (3mins) England
Animation tale about a mad scientist
Director: Romina Thirunamam
UndeReview (20mins) Wales
A quick fire exploration of counterculture films, from a human sized jukes box to the 4th World War!
Director Paul O'Connor, Presenter Hywel George
Animal Rights (22mins) England
Do animals have feelings? An insight into why some people believe that humans should live in a cruelty free world with animals.
By Alex Bourke, Innerversion productions
Eye of the Storm (14mins) Argentina
Introduction to Indymedia, a volunteer alternative media network
Hit Music (28min) subtitled Sweden UK Premier
Documentary about politics, power & music. Contributions from Chicks on Speed, Linton Kwesi Johnson & an exploration of the alternative music scene in Scandanavia. Director: RaFilm

23:00 - 04:00
Hattie Hatster entertains with her bawdry bar-room accordian songs
DJ and visual extravaganza from Revelation GoGo Broadcasting

Live dub band Llwybr Llaethog, ('Milky Way' in Welsh)
A revolutionary dance outfit pioneering a bass-heavy agit-rap style with a sharp satirical edge that single-handedly invented the genre of Welsh-language hip-hop.
Plus DJ Jules, DJ E, DJ Flow & friends

MAIN FESTIVAL DAY
Saturday December 2nd
BeyondTv international video festival

Entry £4/ £3 concessions per session
All day Ticket £8
Location
Dylan Thomas Centre
Somerset Place
Swansea
SA1 1RR

Saturday December 2nd (14:00)
Session 1 14:00 - 16.00
Hosted by Helen iles, founder of Undercurrents in Wales.

The Voice (2mins) Sweden
Helping to relax your mind with G.W Bush.
www.atmo.se

Teenage Clicks (8mins) Wales
Extracts from videos made during teenager workshops.
Tiv song by Jaspar and Nathan (2 mins)
Big Green Gathering 2006 by Harry and Conor (extract 4 mins)
Their full videos can be watched online
www.undercurrents.org/teens

Life goes On (5mins) England
Animated fable about love and loss.
By Trevor Hardy

Ecovillage (25min) Wales
A sneak preview of a new undercurrents film exploring low impact & sustainable communities in Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland. Followed by discussion with members of Lammas, the first Welsh Eco Village.
www.lammas.org.uk

Heartbeat (90seconds) England
A powerful short film showing the dark side of horse racing.
www.animalaid.org.uk

Butterfly (3mins) USA
Animated music video about a butterfly that flaps in wings in the East…

Out of the Frying Pan (6mins) England
A family sets out to see if they can drive their truck 1000 miles across Europe without using any fuel from a petrol station. Can vegetable oil, bought from supermarkets, replace diesel? This film was produced entirely by solar & wind power.
Directors: Groovy Movie Solar Picture house
www.groovymovie.biz

The World Naked Bike Ride (30min) England
On March 10th & June 9th & 30th 2007 the largest naked protest against oil dependency and car culture will take place. To get you in the mood watch this inspiring film when hundreds of flesh bearing cyclists toured through London. Narrated by Channel 4 news reporter Jon Snow.
Director: Johnny Zapatos
Followed by discussion with a co-founder of the Naked Bike Ride

Entry £4/ £3 concessions per session
All day Ticket £8

Bring £1 and have a lucky dip into our box of wrapped videos.
You may get a cracker or a turkey of a film!

Saturday December 2nd (16:30)
Session 2 16:30 - 18.30

Hosted by Hamish Campbell co-founder of OfflineTV, a peer to peer internet video channel.

Fascism can be Fun (4mins) Australia
A party political broadcast highlighting immigration policy in Australia
www.undergrowth.org

G54 (8min) Subtitled England
Inspiring tales of two African immigrants in the Uk
Director G54 Collective
www.theprimecut.co.uk

New media in the Balkans (10 mins) Croatia
Since the collapse of Communism, young people in Croatia are using new media to explore new ways about engaging with society.
Discussion with Oliver Sertic (Fade In / Restart media center) a TV producer & video activist from Croatia

The silent killer in the countryside (2min) England
Powerful use of video to highlight a painful threat to animals.
By League against Cruel Sports
www.league.org.uk

Odd Man Out (7 min) Wales
'Championed by patients and the public, dismissed by orthodox medicine. Was
a natural cure for Breast Cancer covered-up by the British Government? The producers of this controversial film share with you a taster from their forthcoming feature length documentary. Featuring a short presentation about the film and the road to production.
www.tantrwm.co.uk

A Few little Drops (3 mins) Wales
A behind the scenes view from the production of Swansea's Volcano Theatre 2007 show - based around the subject of Water.
www.volcanotheatre.co.uk

Loose Change (60mins) USA
The United States Government was at the very least negligent in allowing the attacks of September 11th, 2001 to occur. However was that same government directly responsible for the attacks? After five years of trawling through the evidence - the wider story begins to emerge.
www.loosechange911.com

Entry £4/ £3 concessions per session
All day Ticket £8

Saturday December 2nd (19:30)
Session 3 19:30- 22:00
Hosted by D Murphy, a Swansea grandmother taking direct action to end injustice against Palestine.

Faslane 365 (20mins) England
Top festival band Seize the Day discuss & show videos from their recent blockade of Trident Nuclear Weapons base in Scotland. A year long civil disobedience campaign began in October.
www.faslane365.org
www.seizetheday.org

On Air (6mins extract) France
Fewer than 10 companies dominate the US media landscape. An extract from a documentary exploring how alternative media is offering a wider range of voices.
Extract shows a 'Freeway Blogger', a citizen who uses the most basic form of communication.
By Christophe Joly Geraldine Segur
www.onairdoc.org

Urban Express (6mins) Australia
From a compilation of radical films
www.undergrowth.org

Lesbian Civilisation (20mins) Wales
Extracts from a new undercurrents film about same sex civil partnerships.
Film clips combined with live comedy with Fisch.

Favela Rising (80mins) Brazil/ USA Subtitled
This Oscar-nominated documentary was vividly shot on digital video in the streets of Rio, Brazil. Telling the inspirational story of a former drug dealer who galvanized his violence-plagued community with music and dance. Together with DJ Jose Junior, Anderson Sa set up the AfroReggae group, which fused hip-hop, reggae and African-Brazilian sounds, played packed local concerts and later acquired an international record deal. Crucially they also founded cultural workshops which provided young people from the ghetto with self-empowering alternatives to the criminal world. Favela Rising is an important reminder of how human beings can unite to effect grass-roots social change.
By Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary,
www.favelarising.com

Entry £4/ £3 concessions per session
All day Ticket £8

22:15
Open Mic for musicians, poets or any other talent so bring a party trick!

These stalls will be present throughout Saturday
Swansea Palestine Community Link, Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers, Delve Media Online, Asylum justice, Animal Aid, CND, League against Cruel Sports,CATT, World Development Movement,Ian Bone, Awel Amon Tawe (Wind Farm/ Naked Calenders), Undercurrents,Plan B, World Naked Bike Ride 2007 amongst others.

Ian Bone will be doing readings from his new book at Beyond Tv.
In the 1980's Ian Bone founded an anarchist newspaper 'Class War' selling 15,000 copies every week. He was labeled by one tabloid newspaper as "the most dangerous man in Britain". He started his first anarchist paper, Alarm, in Swans and has just released a book about his life.
Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK
by Ian Bone, published by Tangent Books, price £9.99.

Entry £4/ £3 concessions per session
All day Ticket £8

How do I get a ticket for BeyondTv sessions?
We advise to book ahead for BeyondTV as seats are expected to go fast.
You can pay by cheque or credit/debit card
Box Office 01792 463980

Staying in Swansea
Swansea has a large number of B+B's and Hotels in the town centre and along the seafront. For details please click here

Watch a 2 minute trailer for BeyondTV

Watch previous videos from BeyondTV

Where is it?
Just an 8 minute walk from both Swansea train & bus station right on the scenic Marina. Come join us in the Dylan Thomas Centre or Monkey Cafe

When is it?
This year it will be a week of events from November 26th to 2nd December 2006

Where do I get a ticket?
We advise to book ahead for BeyondTV as seats are limited to 110 per session and are expected to go fast.
You can pay by cheque or credit/debit card
Box Office 01792 463980

Mark Thomas Comedy DVD out Now

BeyondTv is supported by Arts Council of Wales

Venue
BeyondTV 2006 will take place at the Dylan Thomas Centre on the beautiful Swansea Marina. A short walk from both Swansea train & bus station. Safe bicycle & car parking available. Disabled friendly. Hot food will be available. Free entry to exhibition about Swansea Poet, Dylan Thomas is also included in Beyondtv ticket.

November 27th-December 2nd 2006

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