Festival of Commonwealth Film

FCFilm is dedicated to sharing cinema from across the Commonwealth, demonstrating cinema's change-making power and initiating dialogue on human rights issues.

[Festival of Commonwealth Film @FCFilm2018]

#FCFilm2018 Official Trailer

[LeitisinWaiting @LeitisinWaiting]

We are honored by the news that #LeitisinWaiting won the Audience Award in London's @FCFilm2018 - a perfect launch for a film & impact campaign aimed at promoting acceptance & #EqualityForAll in #Tonga, the #Pacific, and Everywhere! #OurCommonwealth #LGBT https://t.co/lycaqtSJ9Y

[Festival of Commonwealth Film @FCFilm2018]

We're please to announce @LeitisinWaiting as winner of the #FCFilm2018 Audience Award: https://t.co/sbmje0Z4ex

[Javed Khan @JavedKhan_actor]

@FCFilm2018 an enjoyable Q&A evening... go watch #mypureland 👍

[WomenBuzz @WomenBuzz]

Female empowerment, and honouring the land. Great film #Mypureland #FCFilm2018 #Pakistan https://t.co/9bkLmx2HFm

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“As a filmmaker I can entertain but I can also inform, and that’s what I’m trying to do with this. Sometimes it takes someone from the outside for you to realise that something’s not working.” — @SamMasud37 #MyPureLand #FCFilm2018

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“I was thinking of remaking Cop Land in Pakistan, and when researching police corruption I found this story and thought ‘Wow, this is even better’. But it’s hard to do justice to someone’s life in 90 minutes” — @SamMasud37 #MyPureLand #FCFilm2018

[David White @DavidWhiteDelhi]

At the second day of #FCFilm2018 a great new cultural initiative for #ourCommonwealth which will hopefully now become an annual event!

[Festival of Commonwealth Film @FCFilm2018]

The brilliant @JoleenDeflir from @LeitisinWaiting treats us to a song after the Q&A! #FCFilm2018

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“It’s not the singular role of the oppressed communities to address change. Allies need to stand up and support them too.” — Joe Wilson, @LeitisinWaiting #FCFilm2018

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“The moment we decide to introduce our personal life, that’s where the barrier stands. Your freedom is totally taken away from you.” — @JoleenDeflir @LeitisinWaiting #FCFilm2018

[Festival of Commonwealth Film @FCFilm2018]

“Perhaps hearing and seeing these stories in a profound way will move people to stand with them... towards positive action. We think film and storytelling are really great ways to bring people into these conversations.” — Joe Wilson, @LeitisinWaiting
#FCFilm2018

[Josephine Latu-Sanft @JoLatuSanft]

"We (#transgender) are known as the best cooks, best decorators, important members of the family, but when it comes to our private life, our #freedom is totally taken away": #Tonga #LBGT activist @JoleenDeflir at premier of @LeitisinWaiting at @FCFilm2018 in margins of #CHOGM2018

[Festival of Commonwealth Film @FCFilm2018]

@anilachanna Hi Anila! Unfortunately MY PURE LAND is sold out. Apologies!

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.@IndiaWilloughby introduces the European premiere of LEITIS IN WAITING - “Visibility is key!” #FCFilm2018

[Festival of Commonwealth Film @FCFilm2018]

“I told the story from a Maltese perspective, to question if we are treating the people in the sea how we would treat ourselves.” — Rebecca Cremona, @SimsharFilm
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Audience Q: How much of the film was shot in open water?

Rebecca Cremona: “Too much! We shot the ‘rough’ scenes in tanks, but a lot was in open water. We used a more traditional boat because we wanted to focus on the theme of tradition.”
@SimsharFilm #FCFilm2018

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Rebecca Cremona, director of SIMSHAR: “We had to think about what we wanted to show, and the story we wanted to tell. We wanted to show the tragedy of it, not the physicality of it.” #FCFilm2018

[Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) @CHRI_INT]

Now at the @britishmuseum: 'One Eighty', a film produced by @oculus and @CHRI_INT tells the story of Vijai Kumari who spent 20 years in prison, and the struggle of her son, Kanhaiya, who was born in prison, to get her released! #CHRIatCHOGM #CHOGM2018 https://t.co/OoxfC6SUMs

[Festival of Commonwealth Film @FCFilm2018]

If you’re heading to one of our screenings today, check out Eren Aksu’s 360° VR film, ONE EIGHTY. View it for free just outside the theatre!

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Regarding the lack of men, specifically in AUNTIE, but also many of the shorts featured this afternoon, Lisa Harewood says: “This wasn’t jarring for anyone in Barbados. Nobody from Caribbean communities notices this when they watch the film. It’s a very matriarchal society.”