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Input & Ideas: Rethinking Scotland's Policy on Architecture & Place
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Ground-breaking architectural projects selected in light of the Scottish Government's current consultation process on architecture and design policy.
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30 May26 Aug Mon–Sat 10.30am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Friends of the Earth Edinburgh Meeting
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Learn about the work of your local Friends of the Earth group, and get involved in the planning of future activity.
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31 May 7pm Teuchters, Edinburgh
The Ambassador (Ambassadøren)
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Danish documentarist/satirist/provocateur Mads Brügger decides to expose the high-stakes game of political and economic corruption in Africa. How to go about this? By carrying a hidden camera as he buys a diplomatic assignment to the Central African Republic and sets up a match factory staffed by Pygmies to serve as a front for a diamond-smuggling operation. A gonzo exposé of neo-colonialism that is bound to stir up controversy. 'Brügger is sort of the VICE magazine version of Sasha Baron…
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25 Jun 6.10pm
24 Jun 4.45pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Focus on Denmark
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Au Pair
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The exploitation of au pair women who come from overseas to work in richer countries is the subject of this compassionate and hard-hitting documentary. The film looks at the lives of three Philippine women who work as au pairs in Denmark. Struggling in their new country to earn money for their families back home, the women face social marginalisation and the imminent expiration of their work permits.
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23 Jun 2.25pm
26 Jun 6.35pm
Part of Edinburgh International Film Festival: Focus on Denmark
Cineworld Fountainpark, Edinburgh
Spirit Photography Exhibition
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The work of seven refugee photographers who have spent time photographing refugee communities and interviewing them about what 'spirit', the theme of this year's Refugee Week, means to them. Part of Refugee Week.
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8 Jun22 Jul Tue–Sat 10am–5pm; Sun noon–5pm Street Level Photo Works, Glasgow
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