Presented by Owen Williams

А murder in Milan’s Chinatown triggers a domino-like plot of confrontations among a seedy set of characters. Set in one of the largest and oldest Chinatowns in Europe, the film develops into a universal metaphor about hatred, dreams and the fraught relationship between China and the West.

Тhe film tells the story of the orchestra assembled from Rome’s immigrant population by musician Mario Tronco and film-maker Agostino Ferrente. It begins with the attempt to save a local theatre in the Piazza Vittorio area of Rome and concludes a couple of years later with the orchestra’s first concert.

Documentaries filmed in Cuba in July

2011, presented by Stephen M. Hart

A documentary about the famous Argentine footballer, Diego Maradona. Presented by Yonka Yancheva.

A cathartic documentary based on the story of five Bulgarian nurses, imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to death during the dictatorship regime in Lybia . This film is about how they survived.

With Prof. Dina Iordanova (Film Studies, St. Andrews University), Velislava Dareva, Paul Haveland, Nizhan Djingozjan.

Chair: Zlatka Stankova.

Presented by Dorian Needs

This film is now seen as a classic of Latin American cinema, launched to a global audience, and speaking to audiences all around the world about issues that trouble us all.

With Leandro Fermino (actor, City of God), Luis Carlos Nascimento (Director, Cinema Nosso), Dorian Needs (Director, Rio Film School), Jonathan Romney (film critic, The Independent) and Chris Roberts (film critic,The Quietus)

Chair: Stephen M. Hart (UCL)