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Across the Waters (2004)

Duration: 28:16    Category: Opportunities, Short   Opportunity: Bridging the Gap

https://vimeo.com/210224732

In 1955, a young woman traveled from Pakistan to the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Fifty years and three generations on, a new journey begins.

Screening Format: DV CAM / Digital File

Screenings:
Spartacus Documentary Film Festival, Scotland 2006 (UK)
Tartan Week, New York 2006
Tampere Film Festival 2006, Tampere, Finland
Le Festival Côté Court, Bobigny, France 2006
As part of Sana Bilgrami retrospective, Filmhouse Edinburgh 2005(UK)
Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester 2005 (UK)
Ludwigsburg Int. European Short Film Biennale 2005, Germany
Britspotting Film Festival: Berlin, Basel & Leipzig 2005
Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen & Glasgow: Bridging the Gap Screenings: Journeys 2005 (UK)
Dok 3 Human Rights festival, Glasgow 2005 (UK)
47th International Leipzig Festival of Documentary and Animation 2004
Sheffield International Documentary Festival 2004 (UK)

Supported by: Scottish Screen, Scottish Enterprise Tayside, Docspace, Edinburgh College of Art & ADMC

To arrange a screening contact: info@scotdoc.com

This film was developed through Bridging the Gap, an opportunity for emerging filmmakers based in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Director: Sana Bilgrami
Producer: Joel Venet

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