Silk Road International Film Festival Programme 2020

Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020
am 11:00
Lane Gallery, Dublin
Hugh
generation ago, Murghab was well taken care of. As the highest
A
of the former Soviet Union at 3600 metres above sea level
town
close to the sensitive borders with Afghanistan and China, the
and
enjoyed ample provisions from Moscow brought in via the
town
Highway. It had electricity around the clock, an airport, a
Pamir
theatre, and a hospital with central heating. Since then,
movie
and its people have weathered several storms and the
Murghab
hallmarks are crumbling away. Yet, live goes on and, with wit
Soviet
improvisational skills, the ruins of Socialism afford a plethora of
and
but precarious ways to make do. The film provides a window
new
contemporary life in Murghab. It follows a group of men
into
shrubs on the windswept high-altitude plateau, a nurse
harvesting
regional health statistics, a passionate teacher inspiring a
keeping
of history and purpose in her class, and a welder building
sense
from the scraps of Soviet modernity. A winter film of
stoves
work and hope.
hardship,
Martin Saxer, Marlen Elders, Daler Kaziev
Directors:
& Tajikistan // Doc // 81mins
Germany
pm 1:00
Lane Gallery, Dublin
Hugh
over the course of one year, a
Filmed
of rugby players in Benghazi, Libya
group
with the realities of a civil war, as
cope
come together to form Libya’s first
they
Rashid Kadura
Director:
// Doc // 94mins
Libya
A RUGBY STORY
national rugby team.
Free Admission
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MURGHAB
Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020
Free Admission