About CIJ Film Week
The Centre for Investigative Journalism's annual film week is now in its third year and will again be held in the Oliver Thompson Theatre at City Univeristy London from 25 -29 January 2012.
The aim of the week is to showcase some of the best investigative films made in the UK and around the world, and to discuss the techniques and methodology the filmmakers used.
Each screening will be followed by a Q&A session with the filmmakers.
On Saturday 28 January, after the screening of The Whistleblower, we will be holding a networking party giving you the chance to talk to the filmmakers and other journalists.
You can find out more by reading the review of last year's film week: CIJ Investivative Film Week 2011
The event is open to all.
The Films
We will be showing The Whistleblower, a thriller inspired by actual events. Kathryn Bolkovac - played by Rachel Weisz - a Nebraska cop who outed the UN for covering up sex trafficking while serving as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia will be answering questions after the screening.
Presumed Guilty (Presunto Culpable) a film from Mexico which takes a look at a justice system where being innocent isn't enough to keep you out of prison. The film follows the case of Antonio Zuniga who is facing a sentence of 20 years in prison for a murder he couldn't have committed.
The documentary Blood in the Mobile shows the connection between our phones and the civil war in the Congo. The film takes us to DR Congo's largest tin-mine, which is being controlled by different armed groups, and where children work for days in narrow mine tunnels to dig out the minerals that end up in our phones.
The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. Using a system known as "fracking" access to vast supplies of natural gas and be unlocked. But is fracking safe? In Gasland filmmaker Josh Fox embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination.
You’ve Been Trumped charts the David and Goliath struggle between US billionaire Donald Trump and a group of Scottish homeowners challenging his plans to build a golf course on one of Britain’s very last stretches of wilderness.
We will be returning to the subject of whistleblowing and covert filming, with the BBC documentary – Panorama Undercover Care. The role of the whistleblower will be discussed after the film with a panel that includes Terry Bryan, the nurse who blew the whistle on the care home featured in Panorama, and one of the programme’s producers Joe Plomin.
Programme
The CIJ Film Week, 25-29 January in the Oliver Thompson Theatre at City University, London.
| Wednesday 25 January at 6.30pm |
Presumed Guilty (Presunto Culpable)
After the screening, Roberto Hernandez will answer questions about how he made the film and the issues it raises about the Mexican justice system. |
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| Thursday 26 January at 6.30pm |
Gasland
After the screening there will be a panel discussion with Fiona Harvey, Environment Correspondent at the Guardian, Jenny Banks the Energy and Climate Policy Officer at the WWF and Rob Basto from Frack Off UK. |
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| Friday 27 January at 6.30pm |
Blood in the Mobile
After the screening Ole Tornbjerg the film's Producer, and Annie Dunnebacke, Senior Campaigner, Conflict Resources at Global Witness will take questions about the issues raised in the film. |
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| Saturday 28 January at 2pm |
Panorama: Undercover Care
Followed by Q&A with Terry Bryan, the Winterbourne View whistleblower and Joe Plomin who worked on the BBC Panorama programme.
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| Saturday 28 January at 4pm |
The Whistleblower
Followed by Q&A with Kathryn Bolkovac on whose experiences as a peacekeeper in Bosnia the film is based. |
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| Sunday 29 January at 4pm |
You've Been Trumped
Followed by Q&A with Anthony Baxter, the film's director about how he went about taking on the billionaire Donald Trump. |
Tickets
Prices per screening: £5 full price; £4 concessions. Weekly pass (admission to all six films) £25 full price; £20 concessions
All tickets will be sold on the door cash only.
This event is free to all City University students, please bring you City ID.
Venue
Oliver Thompson Theatre, City University London
Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB.
The Oliver Thompson Lecture Theatre is in The Tait Building on Northampton Square. It is bordered by Spencer Street and Goswell Street.
By tube
The nearest underground stations are Angel on the Northern Line (City branch) and Farringdon on the Metropolitan and Circle lines.
By bus
Bus routes 4, 19, 30, 38, 43, X43, 55, 56, 73, 153, 214, 243, 341, 505.
By car
Parking in the roads surrounding the University is on parking meters. The nearest National Car Park to Northampton Square is on Skinner Street, off St John Street.
By train
Nearest train stations are Kings Cross, St Pancras, Euston, Moorgate and Liverpool Street.
More information
Tel: 0207 040 8220
Email: minal@tcij.org
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