BIRDS EYE VIEW FILM FESTIVAL

HOLD ME TIGHT, LET ME GO (Kim Longinotto, UK 2007, 100mins) + DIRECTOR Q&A TBC

FourDocs people can get 2 tickets for the price of 1 for the screening of Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go at the ICA Wednesday 12 March at 6.30. Quote 'Fourdocs offer' when you call to book your ticket or in person at the box office.

ICA CINEMA 1 Wednesday 12 March 6.30PM

"Mixing ferocity with tenderness, delicacy with tenacity ... a docu of uncompromised integrity and edge-of-the seat drama" John Anderson - Variety

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at IDFA and Best British Feature at BRITDOC, the latest film from Kim Longinotto looks at Mulberry Bush, a boarding school for children excluded from the mainstream education system. Here, as traumatic histories are gradually revealed, the children¿s violent behaviour is met with compassion, communication and unending patience by their carers. "I thought about our own culture and how a lot of families work and a lot of our institutions work, and the school seemed to be a metaphor for what's wrong with boys and young men in society." Kim Longinotto (BBC Film Network interview, 25^th July 2007)

For over twenty years, award-winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto has been making extraordinary documentaries about extraordinary people. From women wrestlers in Japan (Gaea Girls, 2000) to female lawyers in Cameroon (Sisters in Law, 2005), her intimate, verité portraits turn an unflinching eye to controversial issues with sensitivity and compassion.

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