Mosney Documentary (Friday Sept 14)

national | racism & migration related issues | event notice Thursday September 06, 2007 18:37 by u:m

New film examines life for asylum seekers in Ireland

The premier screening of the new Irish documentary Mosney takes place in the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar on Friday September 14th at 5.00 pm, as part of the Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Festival.
The film looks at life in Mosney, a former Butlins holiday camp, now a holding centre for asylum seekers

The premier screening of the new Irish documentary Mosney takes place in the Irish Film Institute in Temple Bar on Friday September 14th at 5.00 pm, as part of the Stranger Than Fiction Documentary Festival.
The film looks at life in Mosney, a former Butlins holiday camp, now a holding centre for asylum seekers

MOSNEY
Ireland • 2007 • 96 mins
Director: Nicky Gogan & Paul Rowley
(strong>the Irish Film Institute
Friday September 14th
5.00 pm

TICKET INFO HERE
http://www.irishfilm.ie/cinema/season3_07.asp?PageID=61...D=134

VIEW TRAILER HERE
http://www.stillfilms.org/u_promo.html

Thirty miles north of Dublin lies a collection of colourful chalets and rusting fairground rides. This is Mosney, for fifty years a family holiday destination, which at its peak could accommodate 2800 campers and 4000 day visitors. Today, it is a holding centre for asylum seekers: in this surreal global village people wait years for decisions on their asylum claims. There are children who were born here. Mosney, a crumbling relic of a pleasure centre, is the only world they know. Over three years, the filmmakers lived in Mosney, gaining the trust of the residents and an unprecedented insight into lives spent in constant fear of deportation. From Congo, Kurdistan, Nigeria, Somalia, Sri Lanka and countless other countries, we hear why people have been forced to leave everything and move to a country full of strangers. We learn about the trauma of waiting in this bizarre processing centre, and the disintegration of aspirations, ambitions and mental health while the slow wheels of our administration ponder their lives.