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THE FESTIVAL'S OFFICIAL HOTEL

The Holiday Inn Hotel at Peartree Roundabout, Woodstock Road, Oxford.

THE DELEGATE RATES
Standard rooms £60.00 room & breakfast per night - any length of stay 6th - 9th October.
Executive bedrooms £85 per night including breakfast.
Rooms can be booked via our central reservations desk. This applies to delegates on production
of appropriate festival identification. All room rates are for up to 2 adults and 2 children sharing.
Rooms should be booked and confirmed a minimum of 7 days prior to arrival, as the rates will
be unavailable after that point & normal full rates will apply.

Festival delegates benefit from a 50% discount on food
and beverages in the Junction bar and restaurant on production
of their festival pass, event ticket or cinema ticket.
Only available during the festival period.
See you at the 'Inn-place to be!
Telephone: 0870 400 9086 www.holiday- inn.co.uk

 

BEST OF THE FEST
A series of four FREE screenings to celebrate independent black cinema and promote the
forthcoming3rd Annual International Black Media Festival
Sunday 21st August: EMOTIONAL BACKGAMMON
Sunday 4th September: ONE LOVE
Sunday 18th September: 500 YEARS LATER
Sunday 3rd October: HOT SHOTS
A series of short films and documentaries The Negro Zone, Unheard Voices, Other
All screenings take place at Holiday Inn Hotel, Peartree Roundabout, Oxford
Book you place NOW

	EMOTIONAL BACKGAMMON   screened Sunday 21st August - at the Holiday Inn Oxford The first Black British film produced in the last ten years.John thinks his life is just perfect. He’s in what he considers a solid relationship with girlfriend Mary and hisjob as a tailor suits him down to the ground. To put the icing on the cake, he’s about to ask Mary to marry him over the dinner that John has cooked specifically. With the ring ready, John is unprepared for Mary announcing that she is leaving to find herself. Cert: 15 Director: Leon Herbert UK 2003 BEST OF THE FEST   Leon Herbert Producer/ Director hold courts with some of his audience in the holiday inn bar			ONE LOVE screened  Sunday 4th September - ONE LOVE stars Ky-Mani Marley (reggae musician son of Bob Marley), Cherine Anderson, new rising star blessed with a great voice. Also starring Vas Blackwood, legendary British actor. ONE LOVE tells the story of the forbidden love between a young Rasta reggae musician Kassa (Marley) and Serena (Anderson), the gospel singing daughter of a devout Pentecostal preacher. Brought together through their mutual love of music. ONE LOVE explores how  the power of music and love can overcome the strongest cultural and religious differences. ONE LOVE features music from Sean Paul, Sasha and Ky-mani Marley. Cert: 12A Director: Rick Elgood, Don Letts. Followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer.Yvonne Destchman. with Pamela Roberts  at the Pre Screening
	500 YEARS LATE Showed   Sunday 18th September Winner: BEST DOCUMENTARY AWARD PanAfrican Film Festival 2005 Beautifully filmed with compelling discussions with the world’s leading  scholars, 500 Years Later explores the collective atrocities that uprooted Africans from their culture and homeland, and scattered them into the vehement winds of the New World, 500 years ago. Infused with the spirit and music of liberation, this epic documentary spans over 25 countries to explore the victories and struggles of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential human right – freedom. Cert: 15 Dir: Owen ‘Alik Shahadah 2004 UK Screening followed  a Q&A with the film’s  director Owen Alik Shahadah. To book your FREE place email your name and contact details to info@ibmf.net with best of Fest screenings  in subject bar All screenings take place at Holiday Inn Hotel, Peartree Roundabout, Woodstock Road, Oxford			HOT SHOTS Monday 3rd October - 7.30pm A series of short films and documentaries                  The Negro Zone You are now entering The Negro Zone, a hilarious film short confronting the many stereotypes perpetrated on the black man… Submitted for your approval, three average African American males, about to start an average day, or are they? Meet Everyday Brotha, on vacation from his nine to five slaving away for “The Man.”Meet Work Brotha, educated and experienced about to start his first day at a new  office. Meet School Brotha, armed with a doctorate in Chemical Engineering he is an interning professor at a local university. What do all these brothas have in common? They are all living, learning and trying to survive in... The Negro Zone! Dir: Atif R. Lanier Cert: 15 Unheard Voices Four teenage fathers give their unique views on fatherhood, sex and relationships; fathers who feel that they have until now, been categorised as ‘unheard voices’. Cert: 18 Director: Kevin Brazant My Babies A story about a woman, who like 40,000 in the UK each year finds herself pregnant, homeless and alone. It follows her journey as she moves through the system and the way she turns her life around. Dir: Aleatha Cumbatch UK 2004 Followed by Q&A with directors.

Pamela Roberts - 3rd Annual International Black Media Festival - IBMF