Document Weekender

Document's International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival returns for a two-day fundraiser at The Glad Cafe, showcasing documentary cinema on Palestine, Ukraine, borders, and US populism. Scroll down to see our full programme details and listings.

We will be fundraising for Alarmphone's Glasgow team and Medical Aid for Palestinians.

Recommended donations: £5 per film; £15 for a Saturday day ticket; £10 for a Sunday day ticket; £20 for a weekend pass. But pay as much or as little as you can afford - no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please note that as we are using recommended rather than fixed ticket prices, eventbrite will only allow you to purchase one ticket at a time.

Info: A Conversation With America is a documentary exploring the rise of Populism during the US Election in 2016. Combining the strikingly different genres of road movie and political documentary, A Conversation With America is an attempt to understand modern America.

Info: This Jungo Life takes us deep inside the lives of young refugees and asylum seekers from Sudan, living and sleeping rough on the streets of Morocco; forced to flee violence and instability in Libya, and unable to return home due to ongoing war and conflict. With unique and intimate access, we are given a glimpse into the human spirit and innate drive for survival, as they fight for a better life for themselves and the families they left behind.

Info: Through archive footage, testimonies and short films made by young people in Gaza , the film challenges headlines and skewed narratives and instead centering the humanity, humor, and hope that persist amid loss and uncertainty. These fragments tell only a partial story of a place constricted in size, but boundless in inspiration and faith. Preceded by the shorts 100 Symbols of Solidarity (Euan Sutherland, 4 mins, 2025, Scotland) and Who's Listening (Ross Birrell, 4 mins, 2025, Scotland/Palestine) and followed by a discussion with the filmmakers.

Info: An intimate, poignant look at the Ukrainian war through the eyes of a director and mother who takes up arms. As the battle intensifies, a missile disrupts the fragile calm, exposing the stark realities of conflict. Blending the perspectives of a soldier and a filmmaker, the documentary portrays the often-overlooked emotional landscape of war as love letters to her son. With gripping footage and personal reflections, it reveals the resilience and humanity that persist amid chaos on the front lines.

Info: In January 2016 two friends set off to learn first hand about the lives of refugees in Europe. With a pair of cameras and a little yellow van, the journey would lead them from Lesvos to Idomeni and on through the Balkans. Set against the background of the EU pact with Turkey and the closure of theBalkan Route, the film explores these events through the lives of those most

effected on the ground. As such the documentary is a deeply personal and emotional perspective on the refugee crisis - but seen from the unlikely vista of a little yellow van. Its story is led through the friendships made with refugees, and its subplot a eulogy to the work of aid workers, volunteers and locals - whose work is too often forgotten. In an environment of fear, hatred and suspicion in Europe, The March of Hope is a celebration of everything which makes us human, and a challenge in film to the xenophobia growing in modern Europe. Followed by a discussion with a member of the Alarmphone Glasgow team.

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