past and next festivals TAPOLOGO

NEXT FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, SANTA COLOMA, competitve section
http://dhfestival.org/nuevo/website/Ppogramacion_viernes.ph

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, University of San Francisco, 2010
TORONTO HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL, Cinematheque Ontario, 2010
INTERMEDIAE CYCLE OF INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARIES, MADRID, 2010

RECENT FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:
SOAS, (SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES) University of London
INTERNATIONAL AIDS WEEK, 2009
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL ON SEXUAL DIVERSITY AND GENDER, BUENOS AIRES
UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA, FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - CANADA FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, EIDF, SEOUL, competitve section
INTERNATIONAL BLACK DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, ATLANTA
HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL, SEATTLE, 2009

Tapologo selected for Document7, Glasgow

Screening at:
The Molky Way Friday 23 October @12 noon

http://www.potatoscone.com/doc7/doc7.html

The 6th EBS International Documentary Film festival, Seoul.

21st to 28th of september Broadcasting Schedule	2009-09-22 22:15
Screening Schedule	EBS Space 2009-09-25 13:50 Arthouse Momo 2009-09-22 16:30 Arthouse Momo (2nd) 2009-09-23 12:30

You may find more info at eidf.co.kr.

NEW SCREENINGS!

During this summer TAPOLOGO has been screened in:

HUMANITY EXPLORED FILM FESTIVAL; INDIA
ZANZIBAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
UN FILM PER LA PACE
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DEL NORTE DE CHILE
CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION AND GLOBALIZATION; AGAPE


NEXT FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS:

FESTIVAL DE CINE DE MADRID PNR
http://www.festivalcinepnr.com/

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - GREECE FILM FESTIVAL
http://www.amnesty.org.gr/

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, EIDF, SEOUL, competitve section http://www.eidf.org/2009/eng/index.php

BEARING EXQUISITE WITNESS ARTS FESTIVAL, SAN DIEGO http://www.sandiego.edu/peacestudies/ipj/programs/women_peace_makers/conferences/bearing_exquisite_witness/

INTERNATIONAL BLACK DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, ATLANTA http://www.internationalblackdocufest.com/

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH TRAVELING FILM FESTIVAL http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/traveling-festival

DOCUPOLIS, BARCELONA, Sección a concurso, www.docupolis.org

FESTIVAL DE CINE DE PAMPLONA Sección a concurso www.festivalcinepamplona.com

PELIKULA; SPANISH FILM FESTIVAL, MANILA http://www.pelicula.ph/

FESTIVAL DE CINE "GÉNERO, DIVERSIDAD Y MESTIZAJE" MADRID
http://www.diversidadculturalymestizaje.es/

TAPOLOGO selected for Docupolis, Barcelona

DOCUPOLIS 2009
IX FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DOCUMENTAL DE BARCELONA
www.docupolis.org

“Tapologo ” ha sido seleccionado para concursar en la categoría MEJOR DOCUMENTAL del Concurso Internacional. El festival se celebrará entre el 29 de
septiembre y el 4 de octubre en el Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de
Barcelona. (CCCB)

Feminist review, TAPOLOGO

http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/tapologo.html

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Tapologo

Directed by Gabriella and Sally Gutierrez Dewar

Tapologo is a full-length documentary shot in Northwest Province, South Africa. Directors Gabriella and Sally Gutierrez Dewar chronicle a handful of the 20,000 displaced African refugees in a squatter camp called Freedom Park. Here we are exposed to life and death in a place where fifty percent of the women are infected with HIV.

The film is divided into two parts. Part one opens inside the shack of an emaciated woman receiving care from two local nurses. The woman is dying from Tuberculosis, and for a moment she glances directly into the camera lens with brown eyes that appear to have lost all innocence and hope. As we get to know other patients and nurses who inhabit the park, we see that most of the women have slept with men for money, many have contracted HIV, yet only some are receiving anti-retroviral treatment. All of them are either dying or fighting to survive. Personal accounts from the women are interlaced with stunning visual images that are both emotional and relevant, and the intensity never lets up.

The second part begins with desolate music by Joel Assaizky and shots of people walking across train tracks, sitting on sides of roads, just standing around watching each other. This time is spent contextualizing the squalor of Freedom Park in the apartheid aftermath. In a place where the alternative to starvation is sexual exploitation, it’s impossible to ignore the political history.

Then we learn about Tapologo, a collective of female caregivers who self-organize and treat the hopelessness of their immediate surroundings. Before this network existed, individuals were left alone with their chronic diseases as poverty and pain devoured them. Now these strong women, many of them diagnosed with HIV themselves, have begun to administer anti-retroviral treatment and provide bedside and hospice care. As a result, a community has begun to form, and with the help of Brother Joe, Sister Georgina, and bishop Kevin Dowling (Catholic community leaders and activists who share relatively progressive ideology), Tapologo has begun to break Freedom Park's cycle of poverty, patriarchy and an overall loss of dignity.

One scene in particular illustrates the spirit of this film. A nurse named Thembi (a former sex-worker and HIV victim) pays a visit to the shack of a helpless woman and her infant. She says confidently, "Filth can make the illness worse," and begins to wash dishes and floors on her hands and knees. For Thembi and others, volunteering with Tapologo gave them a chance to believe in themselves, to find beauty within, and to be proud of life's small victories. This moment, and this film, is a great reminder to step out of our daily comforts and confront real issues facing real women.

Review by Katy Pine

TAPOLOGO selected for the 12th INTERNATIONAL ZANZIBAR FILM FESTIVAL

ZIFF is a non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit organization established in 1997 in Zanzibar. It is a unique initiative for the sustained preservation and development of the region's rich cultural heritage and the work of contemporary artists. ZIFF's main activity is the organisation of the annual Festival of the Dhow Countries that takes place around the first two weeks of July.
Vision: ZIFF aims to make Zanzibar the focal point for promoting Dhow culture through films and other media.

Village Voice - Truth and Tragedy at "Human Rights Watch 2009" Festival

VILLAGE VOICE

Truth and Tragedy at "Human Rights Watch 2009" Festival

By Ed Gonzalez

Tuesday, June 9th 2009 at 1:53pm

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
June 11 through 25
Walter Reade Theater

EXCERPT from the article:

The focus of Tapologo's equally enraged lens is the manner in which deeply ingrained patriarchal attitudes drive South Africa's HIV pandemic. Filmmakers Gabriela and Sally Gutiérrez Dewar peer into the wounded heart of a region where 50 percent of women are infected with HIV and a courageous network known as Tapologo tries to bring dignity to lives that have known none. The pain these women feel as their bodies increasingly betray them is brutal, but what lingers most is the documentary's stinging indictment of the Catholic Church's stance on AIDS and sexuality, ironically communicated via the heartache and fury felt by one of the church's foot soldiers: a bishop working closely with Tapologo.

Estreno de TAPOLOGO en Barcelona; 17a edición de la Mostra Internacional de films de dones de Barcelona

17a edición de la Mostra Internacional de films de dones de Barcelona
(del 11 al 21 de junio de 2009).

PANORAMA DOCUMENTALES

TAPOLOGO

Proyección: jueves 18 de junio, 19 h – Espai Bonnemaison

http://mostra.dracmagic.cat/esp/M01S03A13.html

Una de las directoras, Gabriela Gutierrez Dewar, estará presente.

programme and tickets on sale for TAPOLOGO screenings at the NY Human Rights Watch Film festival

The NY Human Rights Watch International Film Festival programme is now up, to read about the TAPOLOGO screenings (and any other films!) please check the following links:

http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/tapologo
http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/new-york

Tickets can be purchased following these links:
https://tickets.filmlinc.com/php/calendar.php?month=6&day=23&year=2009&sid=&cmode=0&org=#11769

https://tickets.filmlinc.com/php/calendar.php?month=6&day=24&year=2009&sid=&cmode=0&org=#11770

TAPOLOGO screenings in Buenos Aires, 11ª Edición del Festival Internacional DerHumALC –

The TAPOLOGO screenings will be held on:
Las proyecciones de Tapologo en Buenos Aires serán:

Sunday 31 de mayo/May - 20hs: ArteCinema (Salta 1620)
Sunday 7 de junio/June - 18hs: Cine Tita Merello (Suipacha 442)

CONFIRMED TAPOLOGO SCREENINGS THIS SPRING

CUBA:
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DEL CINE POBRE DE HUMBERTO SOLÁS
http://www.cubacine.cult.cu/cinepobre/
13th to the 19 th of April

MEXICO:
3er FESTIVAL DE LA MEMORIA EN TEPOZTLÁN
festivalmemoria.blogspot.com
8th to the 15th of May

NEW ZEALAND:
2009 Human Rights Film Festival New Zealand
http://www.humanrightsfilmfest.net.nz/
8th of May to the 6th of June


ARGENTINA:
MARFICI; Festival Internacional de Cine de mar de Plata,
http://www.marfici.com, 02 al 09 de Mayo

International Film Festival on Human Rights DerHumALC
http://www.derhumalc.org.ar
Buenos Aires: 27th of May to the 7th of June, 2009.


U.S.A:
NEW YORK HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL
http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/new-york
June 11 - 25, 2009 at the Walter Reade Theater of the Film Society of Lincoln Center.


SPAIN:
MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE FILMS DE DONES, BARCELONA
http://www.mostrafilmsdones.cat/
11th to the 21st of June, 2009


GERMANY:
Instituto Cervantes Berlin, Cine en Español:
Babylon Kino, Mo. 29. Juni
Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 30, 10178 Berlin
http://www.cervantes.de/nueva/de/cultura/programm?event=2009-04-06&month=4&year=2009

Tapologo (UK premiere) London Human Rights Watch Film festival

Tapologo (UK premiere)

A moving story of women in South Africa who have turned their tragedy into a tool.

The impact of South Africa’s unprecedented mining boom on the labour camps that support the industry is told through the brutal realities facing women in these communities. Freedom Park squatter camp, situated in the Northwest province, accommodates a migrant workforce that mines the world’s largest single source of platinum. The women in this community service the needs of the male miners as a means of basic survival. A group of HIV-infected former sex-workers have created a network called Tapologo and have learnt to be home-based care-workers, transforming degradation into solidarity and squalor into hope. As we learn each woman’s story, we come to understand how she herself was transformed—from someone who had lost hope into someone who decided to help others in the same situation. An inspiring and emotional tale, TAPOLOGO shows how one’s own experience is often the best source of help for others.
Filmmakers Gabriela Gutierrez Dewar and Sally Gutierrez Dewar in person
Presented in association with ActionAid, www.actionaid.org.uk

Location:

The Ritzy, Brixton Oval, London
Tickets http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?eventId=5xmzlq%40ritz

Date and time:

March 21, 2009 4:00pm +0000

For travel to The Ritzy Cinema on Sat Mar 21
On Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 March, the Victoria line will be suspended. A rail replacement bus service will operate between Brixton and Victoria Station. Alternately, one can take Bus 345 or Bus 37 from Clapham Common (Northern Line) to Brixton or walk from Clapham Common to Brixton (20-25 mins).

ICA, The Mall, London

Tickets http://www.ica.org.uk/Tapologo%20%2B%20Q%26A+19168.twl

Date and time:

March 22, 2009 4:00pm +0000

Film Website:

http://www.tapologofilm.com

Tapólogo gana el X Festival Internacional de Cine Documental "Santiago Alvarez in Memoriam" de Cuba

La producción española Tapólogo, de Gabriela y Sally Gutiérrez Dewar, ha sido la ganadora del Gran Premio del X Festival Internacional de Cine Documental "Santiago Alvarez in Memoriam", celebrado en Santiago de Cuba del 8 al 13 de marzo.

Competían este año en el certamen cubano, que toma su nombre de un prestigioso documentalista, 26 obras de distintos países. Entre todas ellas, el jurado, formado por Alejandra Islas, de México, Pau Montagud, de España, Gisela Busaniche, de Argentina, y Miriam Talavera e Ismael Perdomo, de Cuba, otorgó el Gran Premio Santiago Alvarez a la mejor producción del festival a la obra Tapólogo, de Gabriela y Sally Gutiérrez Dewar, sobre un grupo de mujeres en Sudáfrica infectadas por el virus del Sida que trabajan en un asentamiento en la sabana para atender a las personas que padecen el mismo mal.

TAPOLOGO to be screened on the International Women's Day at the UK Government's Department for International Development

Tapologo has been requested by the the UK Government's Department for International Development, for a private screening for the employees.

Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, Festival Cine Gualeguaychú, ARGENTINA

PREMIO AL MEJOR LARGOMETRAJE DOCUMENTAL
Festival Cine Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, ARGENTIN

MEJOR LARGOMETRAJE DOCUMENTAL
“Tapologo” de Gabriela y Sally Gutierrez Dewar
España – Sudáfrica

TAPOLOGO selected for: 10mo. Festival Internacional de Documentales "SANTIAGO ÁLVAREZ in memoriam", Santiago de Cuba.

El cine documental en el mundo contemporáneo
Santiago de Cuba, del 8 al 13 de marzo de 2009

El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (ICAIC), el Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión y la Dirección Provincial de Cine de Santiago de Cuba, anuncian la 10ma edición del FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE DOCUMENTALES “SANTIAGO ALVAREZ IN MEMORIAM”, que se realizará en Santiago de Cuba, del 8 al 13 de marzo de 2009.

Dedicado a la memoria de Santiago Álvarez, uno de los más grandes realizadores del cine documental, modelo de creatividad artística y de compromiso con las causas más justas, el Festival alienta la promoción de obras dedicadas a los grandes temas del mundo contemporáneo y a la reflexión sobre el papel del cine documental en nuestra época.

En un momento donde el poder mediático intenta establecer una cultura globalizada y un pensamiento único, el cine documental, al mismo tiempo que se ratifica como género artístico, revalida su capacidad de resistencia frente a la manipulación, y de rescate de las múltiples realidades silenciadas o tergiversadas por los grandes medios.

TAPOLOGO en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Gualeguaychú, Argentina

Estimadas,
Me es grato anunciarles que Tapologo está seleccionado para la Secciones Competitiva de nuestro Festival.
Felicitaciones.

Festival Internacional de Cine de Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos - Argentina
17 al 21 de febrero de 2009
http://www.sumacine.com.ar/web/

TAPOLOGO at the Africa Film Festival at the UN Plaza, Katutura, NAMIBIA

Is prison about rehabilitation or mere survival?
Can Africa’s first female head of state rebuild Liberia and build a sustainable democracy?
Why does rape continue to flourish in the Congo

Can a group of former sex-workers, infected with HIV find hope and solidarity amidst the squalor and degradation of the squatter camp, where migrant workers mine the world’s largest source of platinum?

Over four days and five films The Africa Film Festival promises to bring these poignant questions to the foreground with award winning films from Africa and abroad.

From Monday, January 26th to Thursday January 29th, at the UN Plaza in Katutura,

The evenings begin at 19h00 and all films will be followed by an open mic discussion facilitated by a local activist.

Thursday, January 29th TAPOLOGO
Spain/South Africa, 2008, 88 mins, subtitles
Directors: Gabriela & Sally Gutierrez Dewar

"THE CHANGING DOCUMENTARY—TECHNIQUES, TRICKS AND TRI-CONT".

Round table in St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

We enjoyed meeting Sharmi, Meenakshi and Kavita and and discussing around documentary film making with the other film makers and the students who attended the panel.

Human rights and documentary are joining forces to powerful effect. Today activists, filmmakers and artists increasingly use the tools of filmmaking while addressing issues. The result—independent, innovative and technologically advanced documentary cinema. Join the filmmakersas they discuss the space between issues, art and moving images. Hear from experts working globally about the growing use of filmic storytelling in human-rights work.

Breakthrough's Tri-Continental Film Festival, India 2009—"Human Rights in Frames" and The Mumbai Festival bring to you a panel discussion on "THE CHANGING DOCUMENTARY—TECHNIQUES, TRICKS AND TRI-CONT".

The panel consists of five filmmakers whose films are a part of Tri-Continental Film Festival, India 2009. Acclaimed journalist and media critic Meenakshi Shedde will moderate this panel consisting of Lila Ghobady (Forbidden Sun Dance); Gabriela and Sally Gutierrez (Tapologo), Shakuntala Kulkarni (Is it Just a Game? 2&3) and Hansa Thaplial (There Was a Queen). Also present at the discussion will be Kavita Pai (Co-Director, There Was a Queen); and Aram Bayat (protagonist in Forbidden Sun Dance).

Tapologo" selected for the Roma Independent Film Festival

Dear Gabriela and Sally Gutiérrez Dewar,

We are pleased to inform you that the film "Tapologo" has been selected and
accordingly will be submitted to the jury and will be part of the RIFF
Awards 2009.
The projection of the film will take place between 19/27 March 2009 at the
Nuovo Cinema Aquila in Rome.

TAPOLOGO selected for the 2009 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival London

On behalf of Human Rights Watch and the entire Festival Committee, we extend our congratulations on your selection and thank you for your cooperation. Now in its thirteenth season, the festival will run from 18—27 March, 2009.

The screenings will take place:

Saturday, 21 March 16.00 at the Ritzy (179 seats)

Sunday, 22 March 16.00 at the ICA (185 seats)

The festival will feature 18 films around the world this year.
For your reference, our main cinemas are:

THE RITZY
Brixton Oval, Coldharbour Lane
Brixton, London, SW2 1JG
Box Office: 0871 704 2065
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=ritz

ICA
The Mall
London SW1Y 5AH
Box Office: 0207 930 3647
www.ica.org.uk

Our festival website will be posted by February 15 at http://www.hrw.org/en/iff.

Award for Best Feature Length Documentary, 7º FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DIGITAL, VIÑA DEL MAR, CHILE

GANADORES 7º FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DIGITAL

CATEGORIA LARGOMETRAJE

MEJOR LARGOMETRAJE FICCION - “WEEKEND”, DEL DIRECTOR JOAQUIN MORA, CHILE.

MEJOR LARGOMETRAJE DOCUMENTAL - “TAPOLOGO”, DE LAS DIRECTORAS GABRIELA Y SALLY GUTIERREZ DEWAR, ESPAÑA.

PREMIO ESPECIAL DEL JURADO - “COMPAZ DE ARENA”, DE LA DIRECTORA NATALIA ARMIENTA MÉXICO.

PREMIO DEL PÚBLICO - “LOS CHICOS DESAPARECEN”,
RODRIGUEZ, ARGENTINA.

PREMIO FESTIVAL - “EL DORADO, LA SED DE ORO”, DEL DIRECTOR MARTIN FRIGON, CANADÁ.