The festival will kick off on 21st October with a international experimental short film competition, Radical Reels: Five Minutes of Mayhem! Halloween will see the Rhymes of Resistance urban spoken word freestyle event at Kuumba African Arts Centre, followed by a hip-hop fancy dress afterparty.

The main festival weekend will take place on the 3rd–4th November with the compass needle turning to India, Russia, Jamaica, Algeria and England. Oscar-nominated Days of Glory (2006) presents the forgotten history of the 130,000 North-Africans who were enlisted to fight alongside the French in WWII. Rang De Basanti (2006) promises to be the must-see Bollywood film of the year after scooping Best Film, Best Director and Best Cinematography awards at the 2007 Filmware Awards in India. Any reggae enthusiast should see the Jamaican cult film The Harder They Come (1972) in which Jimmy Cliff stars as the anti-hero reggae singer trying to make it big in the city. Peter Watkins' controversial The War Game (1965) is an Oscar-winning docu-drama about nuclear war, banned from transmission for nineteen years by the BBC. The incredible story of immigrant ship Komagata Maru and India's struggle for independence is brought to life in feature documentary Continuous Journey (2005).

The films will be accompanied by talks with internationally acclaimed academics and film directors. Festival audiences can take part in a range of workshops from VJ masterclasses to seminars on resistance-related themes. The festival ends with Friday Night Flicks, a showcase of local filmmakers' work including Lawrence Hoo’s Inner City Tales and authentic Jamaican music and cuisine at Kuumba.

Resistance' in international cinema forms the theme for the second Compass Film Festival in Bristol which will offer an impressive range of film screenings, discussions, workshops and other events. The festival will kick off on 21st October with an international experimental short film competition, Radical Reels: Five Minutes of Mayhem! The main festival weekend will take place on the 3rd–4th November with the compass needle turning to India, Russia, Jamaica, Algeria and England. The films will be accompanied by talks with internationally acclaimed academics and film directors. Festival audiences can take part in a range of workshops from VJ masterclasses to seminars on resistance-related themes. Festival director Sam King says: “Resistance is not a defined film genre but cinema has always had a tradition of questioning and challenging the status quo. It has given voice to those who often go unheard."