Friday 30th September 2022
Nomad-only Dialogue Space
University of Galway
Friday 30th September, 11am-1pm
Misleór Conversations
O’Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway
Friday 30th September, 2-5pm
Nomadic Shorts
An Taibhdhearc Theatre, Middle St
Friday 30th September, 7.30pm. Tickets €10/5
Kindred Spirits - Nomadic Dialogue
Workshop and dialogue space exploring cultural rights and nomadic identity. Facilitated by Nora Corcoran, Co-Artistic Director of the Misleór Festival, this workshop is reserved exclusively for members of nomadic communities.
Public panel discussions featuring guest artists, activists and leaders from nomadic communities around the world. Sharing diverse perspectives on nomadic identity, the panellists will discuss cultural rights and claiming space for nomadism in today’s society.
This event will also include the screening of the short film Reimagining Life On The Road, which captures the reenactment of a traditional Traveller camp in Ballinasloe during the summer of 2022. The organisers of Ake Dikhea? Festival of Romani Film will also present The Last Nomads, a documentary directed by Daniel Gonzales Franco and Dominic Watters, about the ‘Drive to Survive’ campaign to stop the Police Bill eradicating Gypsy and Traveller nomadic life in Britain.
Guests include Lisa Smith (Romany Gypsy), Hamze Bytyçi (Roma) Veronika Patočková (RomaTrial), Oein DeBhairduin (Traveller), Alisi Telengut (Mongolian), Vanessa Paszkowska (Roma), Sharyn Ward (Traveller), Timimie Märak (Sámi), Axel Olle Sigurd (Sámi) and Steo Wall (Traveller). Panel discussions hosted by Galway Traveller Movement.
Scrap
Directed by Jamie O Rourke
Ciaran and Michael meet one summer and become quick friends. When school returns and Michael, a member of the Traveller community, attends the same school as Ciaran for the first time, will they stay friends?
Samson Travelling
Directed by Lowri Rees
Samson (11 years old) is a Roma. In the summer Samson and his family go travelling, but they have trouble getting into the campgrounds.
Tears of Inge
Directed by Alisi Telengut
When a mother camel rejects her baby after a painful childbirth, Mongolian nomads sing to restore the bond. This beautiful hand-painted animation is directed by Mongolian-born artist Alisi Telengut, and narrated by her grandmother.
Memories of Appleby Fair
Appleby Fair is the highlight of the year for many Gypsy and Traveller people. In this short documentary, Travellers Times has dipped into the archive of photos old and new from the fair and asked people to share their memories.
Háldi
Directed by Ann Holmgren
Created at the boundary between film and music, Háldi evolves around a Sámi underground world, exploring the unity and power of female relations in Sámi tradition and mythology.
They Only Take Away The Criminals
Directed by Hamze Bytyçi
In this harrowing yet touching animated short film, a 96-year-old Sinti woman tells of the murder of her daughter and most of her family in the gas chambers, of her struggle to survive, her way back to life and her faith after the genocide.
Proud Roma
Directed by Pablo Vega
Inspired by the 1940 film The Great Dictator – created by and starring Charlie Chaplin, who unbeknownst to many was of Roma origin – Proud Roma reflects the richness and diversity of the Roma nation.
Take Us As We Are
Directed by Liza Mortimer
Based on the 1969 BBC archive documentary, Where Do We Go From Here, and the family roots of Minty Smith, Take Us As We Are cultivates the spirit of freedom of the Gypsy and Traveller community - a nomadic culture still prevalent as ever.
Beoirs Whiden
Directed by PJ Mongan
Art, history & culture all tied together with tradition. This short documentary explores an extraordinary culture through the stories and memories of local Traveller women