City of Sanctuary

'Mars' premiere

I was at the Showroom cinema in Sheffield last night, for the opening night of the International DocFest documentary festival, which was screening the world premiere of 'Moving to Mars'. It is a wonderful story of two Karen refugee families from Burma, who came to Sheffield as part of the UN Gateway Protection Programme in 2007.

The main cinema was packed out, and the audience were audibly moved and enthused by this powerful film. The families were also there to see it on the big screen and answer questions afterwards.

You can see some clips from the film on YouTube here.

We are planning a national programme of screenings with City of Sanctuary groups around the country, further details as we have them.