A day exploring the political and economic systems that affect, force and control immigration...

• 11am - Film: Uprooted: Refugees of the Global Economy, made by the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, 2001, 28 mins

This compelling documentary weaves together together the stories of immigrants who left their homes after global economic powers devastated their countries, only to face new challenges in the United States. These powerful stories raise critical questions about immigration policy in an era when corporations cross borders at will.

• 11.30am - Film: Underground Londoners, Director Dagmar Diesner and Klara Jaya Brekke, London, 2007, 29 min

Based on a year of detailed conversations with migrants working as cleaners in the London Underground, Underground Londoners examines the living and working conditions of people with uncertain status, and their struggle for justice.

• 12.15 - Workshop: Migration and the Global Economy

A look at how economic globalisation creates and controls migration patterns.

• 1pm: Lunch
• 1.30pm - Film: Leaving or Dying, Director R. Provencher, Quebec, 2005, 50 mins

Every day around the world, people risk their lives in the hope of establishing a better life overseas. Many do not survive these difficult and dangerous journeys. This powerful documentary exposes the physical and psychological impact of border control.

• 3pm - Films: Border Camps 2007, 45 mins

In the last few years people have created camps at key borders accross the globe to challenge the validity of border regimes. 2007 saw camps in London, where a new immigration prison is being built; on the SA/Mexico border where thousands of people die every year in their effort to cross; and in the Ukraine, where the eastward expansion of the European Union has created a new militarised borderline with a concentration of detention prisons for refugees.

• 4pm - Discussion: Borders, who needs them?

In whose interests do theyr work? How do they affect us and what can we do?

• 5pm - Plenary session: Evaluation and feedback.

An opportunity to discuss issues raised in the festival.

• 5.30pm - Festival close and final film: Audience choice!

Choose from a selection of inspiring feature films!