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PRESS TV produces more than 350 episodes of documentaries annually. PRESS TV documentaries, produced in many countries in the four corners of the world, try to reveal the truth with a di�erent outlook to people around the world.Through these documentaries, PRESS TV presents a di�erent point of view on current world a�airs compared with the mainstream media.

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PRESS TV broadcasts 365 hours of documentary programs annually of which half are produced by the network itself and half acquired through other sources.The network broadcasts one such documentary everyday.

Through these documentaries and compared with the mainstream media, PRESS TV tries to o�er a di�erent point of view on current world a�airs.

The Documentary Department of PRESS TV has produced many documentaries exclusively or in a joint venture with other production companies in many countries throughout the world to show the truth about each region highlighting the local customs, conventions, cultures, politics, etc. Therefore we are always looking for �lmmakers and producers who are willing to cooperate with PRESS TV in producing such documentaries.

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52’Palestine, UKRef #: 214

13 x 26’IraqRef #: 114

Israeli regime was created on May 14, 1948, triggering a regional war, which saw more than 700,000 Palestinians being driven out or fleeing their homes.Israel has never accepted UN General Assembly Resolution 194, passed in 1949, under which Palestinian refugees have the right of returning to their homes or being compensated for their losses.A step back in history to the events that unfolded in 1948.

1001 Nights is the story of Iraq immediately after occupation. How was the life of the Iraqi people affected by occupation? This documentary shows the mess that dominated Iraq within a cou-ple of days after US-led troops invaded Iraq, featuring the chaos and havoc that Iraqi people experienced as a result of occupation. Drawing on the famous “1001 Nights”, this documentary talks about the modern Ali Baba.

1948 1001 Nights

52’Lebanon Ref #: 335

The central tragedy of war that raged for 33 days between Israel and Lebanon was the killing of more than 1,000 Lebanese civilians and 39 Israeli civilians, and the maiming of many hundreds more. Indeed, the destructive power that the Israeli Air Force unleashed upon Lebanon and its infrastructure during the war itself contributed a lot to the strengthening of Hizbullah’s political position. The history of “strategic, counter-value bombing” tells us that only rarely does it effect sweeping political change in its targeted society. Military ana-lysts take a closer look at the 33-Day War.

1001 Nights 33-Day War

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52’ or 3 x 26’Palestine, PeruRef #: 397

In this documentary we meet the pioneers who first converted from native Peruvian Christians, to become orthodox Jews. They tell us the full story that lead them to live in their “promised land”. We follow Rolando (Yedidiah) Gonzales, a native Peruvian who once studied to become a priest, but eventually converted to the Jewish faith, after a temping offer that included Israeli citizenship and government benefits. We discover that now hundreds of native Peruvians inhabit the settlements in occupied Palestine, while we hear that the motiva-tions behind these conversions are not always purely religious and many Peruvians in need benefitted from a not particularly strict crite-ria employed by the Rabbis to convert the settlers-to-be. We also pay a visit to their struggling Arab neighbors, who are finding it increas-ingly more difficult to subsist under occupation. In a story that goes back and forth from Peru to Occupied Palestine, we examine the mo-tives behind conversions and the reason why settlements continue to be a flashpoint in that area of the world.

13th Tribe of Israel

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12 x 26’IranRef #: 208

For the people whose only source of information about Iran is the mainstream media, this program can be a bit different. You have most probably heard the name of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps known as Sepahe Pasdaran inside the country and the term Basij, which must not be an unfamiliar concept to you. Do you have any information about Iranian cinema and its status in the world? How about giving an ear to the Iranian music? We wonder if you are familiar with Iran’s sports foundations and their achievements, especially those of Iranian women. Culture has the last word here.

1001 Nights 35° Latitude

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70’ or 4 x 26’US, IranRef #: 113

444-Day Face-Off highlights the story of the hostage crisis when Iranian university students in Iran took over the US embassy in Tehran back in 1981. Both hostage takers and hostages relate the story trying to de-pict events through their own eyes and reflect upon their personal experiences in that historical event. John Limbert, fluent in Farsi because of his long years of stay in Iran and marrying an Iranian woman, is one of the former US diplomats who talks about his ob-servations. 444-Day Face-Off is in fact the history of Iran’s Islamic Revolution up until the time the US embassy was run over by the students, told by people who lived through the hostage crisis first-hand. Drawing on their experiences, these people also talk about present Tehran-Washington relations and the prospects of improvements in future ties between the 2 countries.

444-Day Face-Off

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Official SelectionIDFA 2008

Official SelectionAl Jazeera 2008

Official SelectionCinema Verite 2008

52’ or 9 x 26’AfghanistanRef #: 381

When launched on October 7, 2001, the goals of the War in Afghani-stan, dubbed “Operation Enduring Freedom,” were to locate, capture or kill Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the members of his lead-ership cadre and end the Taliban regime’s stronghold in the region, striking a decisive blow in the Bush administration’s infamous global “War on Terror.” Almost ten years down the line, no end seems in sight and Afghanistan looks like it will be the 51st American state.

51st State

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A round-up of views from people of different walks of life rgarding seemingly simple issues ranging from politics, elections, medi, econ-omy, security issues, energy, poverty, etc in New York City. You’d be surprised at the answers you’d get!

The Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest and most populous country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. This documentary explores the effects of Iranian and Islamic civilization on Azerbaijan while investigating political and economic aspects of this country. At the same time, the film features the West particularly the US interest in Azerbaijan, saying why the United States is so willing to have bases there, for all the anti-imperialist and anti-co¬lonialist tendencies of the Azeri people.

13 x 26’USRef #: 272

52’ or 4 x 26’ AzerbayjanRef #: 285

A Simple QuestionA Home Away From Home

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Accounts of abuse, torture, rape and homicide of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq horrified many people in the world. The acts were committed by the US military personnel in Iraq. The film interviews a number of prisoners tortured and mistreated in Abu Ghraib by US military personnel, depicting the realities behind the prison bars. Abu Ghraib, the Black Prison represents just some of the black realities, which will remain in the world’s conscious memory for many years to come.

15’ IraqRef #: 111

Abu Ghraib-The Black Prison

Afghanistan, a country located in the heart of Asia, which has been grappling with different social, political and cultural issues since the start of the US-led occupation. Here, refugees, helpless women, jobless men and wandering children all affected by the disastrous war have a question: HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? Afghanistan, Heart of Asia takes you on a personal journey through the eyes of those who are going through all the hardships caused by the US military presence in Afghanistan.

52’AfghanistanRef #: 159

Afghanistan Heart of Asia

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11 x 26’AfghanistanRef #: 224

Our camera here features people from different walks of life and dif-ferent age groups in Afghanistan to talk about the ongoing prob-lems Afghanis are currently facing and desper ately hoping to get rid of. A small boy’s view of education, his hopes and ambitions, an adult worker’s perception of the economy in the war-torn country and the story of his losses and an MP’s views on Afghan politics are only but a few examples of the current situation in occupied Afghanistan which are brought into the spotlight.

Afghanistan After Occupation

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Nine years ago on October 7, the United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom along with the British military and other coalition forces in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks. Nine years later, more U.S. troops than ever before are in Afghanistan as part of a U.S. President Obama-planned surge; Afghan President Hamid Karzai has formed a council to help negotiate with the Taliban and find a way for peace; and more than 2,100 U.S. and coalition troops have died. In the United States, nearly six in 10 Americans continue to oppose the war in Afghanistan, the lowest level since the start.For some Afghans, the involvement of the United States remains divisive. In Kabul, the damage left over from past and present wars are daily reminders of a country long at the crossroads of history.

26’ BritainRef #: 389

Afghanistan 9 Years On

President Barack Obama’s policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, with its focus on eliminating militant hideouts in Pakistan’s mountain-ous tribal border regions, has failed to win over many policymakers in Islamabad. Sharp differences between the two key allies have surfaced since Obama unveiled the strategy and, contrary to the past, the Pakistani side is not keeping the disagreements secret.Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi openly complained of a “trust deficit” between the two countries. But what are the origins of this conflict including the Taliban? Are there any accessories to this war?

7 x 26’PakistanRef #: 358

Accessory to War

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35 x 26’Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Djibouti, Sierra LeoneRef #: 267

How much the picture people in the world have in mind about Af-rica coincides with re ality? Well, its natural beauty is well known. How about its history, its culture, its civilization and, in modern history, its economy? This film explores the “inward” and “outward” of this region of the world, dealing with such issues as culture, history and politics.

Africa, In and Out

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Baghdad fell just 21 days after the initial assaults, and military analysts describe the campaign differently.But so far, the verdict on the aftermath of that campaign is much harsher. More than 6 years after Baghdad fell, American soldiers are not being treated like liberators. Instead, they are mired in a guerrilla war... Should planners have foreseen the chaos and dis-order that now stalk Iraq? And how did such a well-fought combat operation give way to such a messy and seemingly open-ended guerrilla conflict?

Afridi is the name of a Pashtun (pathan) tribe. The Afridis inhabit about 1,000 square miles (3,000 km²) of rough hilly area in the eastern Safed Koh range, west of the Peshawar Valley and east of Torkham, and Maidan in Tirah, which can be accessed by the Kajurhi plains and the valleys of Bara and Churah. Some Afridi clans also inhabit India, most noted are the Kuki Khel of Jammu and Kashmir and in some parts of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. This documentary takes a look at the Indian branch of this tribe portraying their current status and problems.

15’IraqRef #: 318

26’ IndiaRef #: 165

AftermathAfridis

While Israel’s propaganda machine, its U.S. media acolytes, and the Bush Administration chatter, cluck, and fear-monger about Lebanese Hizballah being the “A Team” of terrorism, Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda are reaping the rewards of the recent Lebanese war. Al-Qaeda itself, and its supporters and admirers, already believe they have won the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, where a diverse, often heterogeneous assortment of insurgent organizations have taken the American military’s best shot and have not only survived, but thrived. Those insurgents are now on the offensive against U.S. forces that they know are too small to prevail and will not be massively reinforced.

Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has uttered the most controversial statements ranging from the Holocaust to homosexu-als in Iran. Shot in Canada’s major cities, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, this documentary portrays candid Canadian views about the Iranian president. In Ottawa, we meet with John Cappucci, a PhD student at Carleton University, whose specialization on Iranian studies has prompted him to host a free discussion group where he asks random Canadian students, “What is the first thing that comes your mind when hearing the word Iran?” Wondering whether the discussion group is a great microcosm of Canadian society as a whole, the film crew travels around Canada to explore views about Ahmadinejad from ordinary Canadians.

52’ or 4 x 26’Lebanon, SyriaRef #: 452

52’ CanadaRef #: 209

Al Qaeda, the Lebanese ChapterAhmadinejad & Canadians

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’’The Alternative Iraq enquiry’’ opens with the filmmaker on the BBC’s Question Time angrily having a go at the Blair government about the Chilcot Enquiry. Then at a London airport he explains how he’s going to Iraq to ask the Iraqi’s if they agree with his view that Tony Blair is a war criminal who should be on trail for war crimes. Over to Baghdad meeting a Major from the Iraqi armed forces, a retired judge, and a Director from the oil Ministry who says he thinks the question of Blair getting money from oil companies is a matter for the British people and the British Govt.Then to Hallabja to see where Saddam Hussein bombed his own people. Here a Deputy Minister for Martyrs tells him he thinks it’s right for the Americans and British to benefit from the oil. This is followed by a visit to the Iraqi army headquarters where a field Marshal clearly doesn’t want to be interviewed and won’t answer his questions openly.

Albania is a country with 2 faces today. Modernization on the one hand which may lead it to greater Europe and on the other hand, internal conflicts which may severely hamper this progress. Corruption is a serious obstacle facing the country and the elections held in 2007 raised many eyebrows. The economy structure leaves a lot to be desired. At the same time, the country is trying to implement reforms in order to try and join the EU. How do these 2 Albanias reconcile? Will this country be able to restructure itself and attain its goals without hurting its people? This documentary looks at both sides of the story.

52’BritainRef #: 395

26’ AlbaniaRef #: 119

Alternative Iraq Enquiry, The Albania in a Transitional Process

52’PalestineRef #: 268

In the oldest Jewish settlement in West Bank, a small sniper army of around a thousand officers of the former Soviet Army exists. With a lot of experience in the war against ’terrorists’ in Afghanistan, Chechnya or Yugoslavia these men and women move free around West Bank cities and villages, expelling, terrorizing and killing Pal-estinian civilians, conquering land on the behalf of the Israel. Their ability to kill was used by Israeli Army in Lebanon and Gaza. They are a kind of non-conventional weapon with no rules at the battlefront. That’s what happened on 13th of January, 2009 along the Gaza border with Israel…

Aliya Battalion

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WINNERBest Human Rights Film

Aljazeera Film Fest2010

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26’IraqRef #: 115

Not far from the East Bank of the Tigris River in downtown Bagh-dad a massive sculpted monument to one of the Arabian Night’s most famous and celebrated stories Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves stands in the middle of a very large and extremely busy traffic roundabout. There is considerable agreement among Iraqis that the most consequential ‘Ali Baba’ style looting in the aggregate is being conducted by the occupation. This documentary sets out in search of the 21st Century Ali Baba.

Ali Baba


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AMIA (Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association) is associated with the controversial July 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that killed tens of people.Over the years, the AMIA Case has been marked by accusations and allegations of cover-ups. Some point their finger of allegation at the Argentine government for its incompetence in finding out the truth. Some go even further, saying the government manip-ulated the case and accused Iran of being behind the bombing. Where does the truth lie?

The U.S. has introduced a list of people it claims are threats to the Unites States. America Countdown provides a milieu for hearing the voice of the people, some prominent schol ars and famous peace activists, who from four corners of the United States try to, in one way or another; unveil the truth behind US policies.

52’Argentina Ref #: 197

16 x 26’USRef #: 181

AMIAAmerica Countdown

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Narrative techniques and Persian paintings are used here to verbally depict the stories inside Persian paintings. Persian miniatures are animated while the story inside each painting is related. The documentary, hence, visually narrates the stories inside Persian paintings through animation techniques. If you want to see what is there in “Saint Mary”, “Jesus Christ”, “The Battle of Two Iranian Heroes”, among others Iranian miniatures, this is a program to watch.

Ancient Persian Paintings

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Short documentaries about the lives of people who have shaped and played a prominent role in the world and Iran in contemporary history.

Marzdak Mirabidini is a landscape photographer who is traveling from Tehran to Yazd, from Yazd to Kerman and from Kerman to the Persian Gulf. Armed with his camera, he becomes familiar with Iran’s beauties, its mysteries and incredible features which he always heard about but never saw first-hand. He takes his camera up and down the country to different cities, tourist resorts, architectural feats and historical sites, famous mountains, forests and other natural treasures, talking about a land many long to visit.

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3 x 52’ or 50 x 5’IranRef #: 207

And Thus Depart the ProminentAncient Passages

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The Day of Ashura is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. This day is well-known because of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali the grandson of Muhammad and the third Shia Imam, along with members of his family and close friends at the Battle of Karbala in the year 61 AH (AD 680). The bodies of the dead, including that of Husayn, were then mutilated on that battlefield. Filmed on location in the US, this documentary tells the history of this event and we join several students at the University of Arizona who commemorate this event at their university campus every year.

Today the Armenians are Iran’s largest Christian religious minority. Armenians are a recognized religious minority and are appor-tioned two seats in the Iranian parliament. In addition to having their own churches and clubs, Armenians of Iran are one of the few linguistic minorities in Iran with their own schools.The Armenian language used in Iran holds a unique position in the usage of Armenian in the world. These are just some of their customs and traditions.

26’US, Canada Ref #: 128

26’IranRef #: 110

AshuraArmenians in Iran

The camera brings to the fore different aspects of Iran, the four-season country, shedding light on the moderate north with its thick forests, cold and snow-covered west, coastal deep south and panoramic east along with the center of the country with its mesmerizing desert. These short documentaries also deal with Iran’s most eye- catching historical monument talking of the ancient civilization of the country and breathtaking atmosphere of Persia’s inviting traditional lifestyle. What else? Modernism in the country in its social, industrial and architectural levels has not evaded the eyes of the camera.

The Martyrdom of Imam Hussain is mourned every year on Ashura day around the Muslim world. It is mainly known as a Shia solemn day for their 3rd imam martyrdom, but it is interesting that some Sunnites and Christians also commemorate this day in Britain. The documentary is based on the event in Britain taking place in different locations, accompanied by interviews with scholars and academics from both Muslims and Christian communities.The film provides an account of how members of public will react to the scenes of mourning and if they understand the real story behind the ritual.

11 x 15’IranRef #: 204


Aspects of PersiaAshura in Britain

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The documentary talks about a number of disputes between a Ukrainian oil and gas company and its Russian gas supplier over natural gas supplies, prices, and debts.The disputes have involved politicians of both countries, and have threatened natural gas supplies in numerous European countries that depend on Russian natural gas transported through Ukraine. Russia provides about a quarter of the natural gas consumed in the European Union. Ukraine transports about 80% of Russian gas going to EU.

This is a region in northwestern Iran. Chief cities include Tabriz (the capital of East Azarbaijan), Urmia (the capital of West Azerbaijan), Ardabil (the capital of Ardabil), Maragheh, Marand, Mahabad, Piranshahr and Khoy (Khvoy). From the earliest days of Christianity there has been a sizeable Armenian community in Tabriz, and the city boasts a number of churches, including one mentioned by Marco Polo on his travels. Probably the most interesting is the old but substantially rebuilt Kelisa-ye Maryam-e Moghaddas (Church of Saint Mary) near the bazaar. Three other churches, such is the Kelisa-ye Sarkis-e Moghadas (Cathedral) are close to each other, these southern part of town. But churches are not the main attraction of this area, join this program and discover the hidden treasures of this part of Iran.

26’Ukraine, Bulgaria Ref #: 374

21 x 10’IranRef #: 310

Azure Crisis, TheAzerbayjan Travelog

33 x 26’ Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Portugal, TurkeyRef #: 273

Genuine information has been given by correspondents who, broken and bitter, re turned from the war-torn Iraq with a handful of scorching memories, looking in depth into the issues which emerged after the occupation. Photographers and journalists who witnessed gory incidents and bloody battles in Iraq are among those who instead of asking the questions, are now on the receiving end. Who can reveal the truth better than the searching eyes of candid cameras?

Back from Iraq

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52’ or 3 x 26’ IraqRef #: 442

26’Montenegro, BosniaRef #: 290

The Iraqi Baath party was one of the tools by which Saddam Hus-sein maintained a tight grip on his country. The Arab Socialist Baath Party, to give it its full name, was founded in Syria in the 1940s by a small group of French-educated Syrian intellectuals Michel Aflaq, a Greek Orthodox, and Salah al-Din al-Bitar, a Sunni Muslim. Though the Baath party was formally the institution that ruled Iraq, actual power, even in the early days, was in the hands of a narrow elite united by family and tribal ties, not ideology.In Iraq, all major decisions went through Saddam Hussein who from 1979 was president, head of the Revolutionary Command Council and secretary general of the Baath party.As part of Saddam Hussein’s power structure and complicit in his brutal rule, the Baath party was expected to disintegrate with the end of his rule. However this is not the case...

Montenegro continues to play a large role in regional smuggling, creating difficulties for all of its neighbors.It is claimed that Montenegro is the major source of smuggled cigarettes, although Montenegrin officials denied much smuggling still exists. BiH police say local residents are hired to carry smuggled cigarettes into Bosnia on their backs, hidden in cars, or by illegal roads connecting the two countries. How true is this?

Ba’ath Party Balkan Connection of Smuggling

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4 x 26’Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia Ref #: 352

10 x 26’Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia Ref #: 127

The guns have been silent in the Balkans for more than ten years now, but their images and echoes continue to torment thousands. The public is deeply divided over Serb role in the wars. Many believe the wars were fought in defense of Serbs living outside of Serbia; others say the wars were a political mistake and a crime. In Bosnia, an association of Muslim war veterans from the town Tuzla recently announced that 518 of its members had committed suicide since 1995, and that about another 300 had attempted it. There were at least three million civilians on all sides (Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs, and ethnic Albanians in Kosovo) who left their homes - some temporarily, some forever.

Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania, Serbia, the Balkan states, have witnessed a great number of challenges and changes. The battles of Muslims and Serbs, the Bosnian war and massacre of Muslims by Serbs are among the subjects this film deals with. What did people in that part of the world go through and what are they looking forward to?

Balkan Issues Balkanization of the Balkans

5 x 26’ Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Ref #: 290

40’IranRef #: 253

The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia . In the territory of the former Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia five wars have taken place since its dissolution in 1991. Kosovo has just declared its independence; Bosnian women are seeking justice for atrocities against them, what is in store for this region?

Baluchestan lies in Iran’s southeastern desert and Baluch people lead a unique traditional life around which this documentary revolves. The film trails along life and achievements of people in the southeast of Iran through three characters, an athlete, a physician and an artist, giving us a glimpse of what it means to live in Baluchestan.

Balkans, Hopes and Despair, The Baluchestan

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26’ IraqRef #: 116

An award winning documentary which intimately depicts the life of an Iraqi woman whose husband has lost an arm and a leg in a mine explosion. Besieged by abject poverty, she is forced to work everyday at a scrap metal yard under the scorching Arabian sun to fend for her family. Sweat, toil, determination and undying love for her husband and children are what keep her going. This documentary won the ‘Crystal Simorgh’ for Best Documentary at the 23rd International Fajr Film Festival.

Bare Hands

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52’ or 75’ South AfricaRef #: 365

Johannesburg , now nearly a century and a half old, has survived 10 years of decline since 1994 to once again become a boom town. As the host city of the 2010 Football World Cup, the metropolis has caught the eye of the world, finally captured the imagination of its urban developers, reinvigorated a rather tardy city council and ignit-ed its poor residents. A massive inner city renewal project has been embarked since 2004 to convert Johannesburg into a “World Class African City”. However the plan to tame the disorderly, effervescent capital is fraught with obstacles. The story extends beyond the eco-nomic value of the city’s property to the lives of its inhabitants. Many residents have come to Johannesburg from rural areas or from other African states to seek their fortunes. These urban poor are displaced as the processes of gentrification (renewal and rebuilding) result in an influx of more affluent people into deteriorating areas. The Battle for Johannesburg is a feature-length documentary film that exam-ines the conflicts and consequences of Johannesburg’s rapid trans-formation in the 24 months leading up to the World Cup.

Battle for Johannesburg, The

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10 x 26’ Germany, Belgium, Austria, FranceRef #: 283

60’USRef #: 180

The issue of human rights is what this series tries to explore. One may be surprised to see flagrant human rights violations in abundance in a continent which has long been famous for its peace-seeking nations. But trust your eyes.Our camera is appalled at seeing ill-treatment of minorities by law enforcement officers, maltreatment of women by their compatriots in European society, racial discrimination and infringement of im-migrants’ rights as only some of the examples our camera found the time to shoot.

The son of Armenian refugees and co-author of books with activists Noam Chomsky and Edward Said, David Barsamian describes the “war on terror” as a war for oil and the Iraq conflict as “illegal and immoral”. He argues that in US planning, “Iraqis are incidental” compared to the interests of the “real winners”, the weapons contractors and US corporations Halliburton and Bechtel. “To oppose Bush’s policies is not being un-American; when you see your country doing terrible things and protest for it to change its course, that is the highest form of patriotism... We need to be able to deconstruct the propaganda and to build our own voices. We’ve got to stand up.” We spend a day with Barsamian.

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Niagara Falls are massive waterfalls on the Niagara River, strad-dling the international border separating the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. State of New York. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 1800s. Have they lost this battle?

The world was only mere days away from welcoming in the new year, with celebrations being planned the world over yet behind the scenes something was being concocted.An event that no one expected or will easily forget: Operation Cast Lead; the Israeli war on Gaza.

Beauty & the Beast Black Christmas


This is film that explores the publication of the Saville Inquiry. In the aftermath of Bloody Sunday in Derry, the British state started an inquiry called the Widgery Inquiry. This was a whitewash and absolved the British state of any responsibility for what took place. This June, the Saville Inquiry will be launched. Will the British state set the truth free?

Bloody Sunday

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52’ or 5 x 26’ AustraliaRef #: 312

Australian independence from Britain changed little in the rela-tionship between Whites and Aborigines. The occupation of main land and the spread of European livestock over vast areas made a traditional Aboriginal lifestyle less viable, but also provided a ready alternative supply of fresh meat for those prepared to risk taking advantage of it. The European invasion shattered the culture and traditional patterns of Aboriginal life. Those who survived were pushed inland and the rights to their land were taken from them. Today, Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) are one of the most disadvantaged groups in Australian society.

Breathless

15 x 26’ BritainRef #: 141

How would you feel if you came across a Muslim talking about Islam? Now, would it make any difference that the person sitting in front of you is a Muslim convert who used to be a member of, say, the Roman Catholic Church or the Church of England? The life of the newly Muslim converts in Britain is discussed in this series. We find out why they have decided to become Muslimsand why they feel they have been born again. The program also reflects the issues these new converts are confronted with.

Born Again

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52’ BosniaRef #: 390

A fast moving, emotional and uncomfortable documentary taking in the past, the present and unpredictable future for a country as it attempts to emerge out of”genocide” against the Muslim population. The inability of the UN troops to protect the population, as they were slaughtered under the noses of the Dutch troops. The mass graves are still been uncovered, how did such a tragedy evade the power brokers at the time, some say they knew and turned a blind eye. Rape was an unspoken but acceptable weapon of the conflict that has largely gone ignored, and yet the ongoing burden of attempting to get justice against war criminals hangs heavy in the air and doesn’t stop Serbia from being entertained by the European Union and Nato for membership. While Croatia and Sebia are moving forward, Bos-nia continues to be unstable. Serbia and Croatia’s identity as Christian countries is acceptable, however Bosnia is been strangled for aspiring to an “all inclusive multi-religious Society”. Observers say that re-emergence of a conflict is very close.

Bosnia: A Painful Peace

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52’IranRef #: 280

Brian William Haw is an English protestor who is famous for living in a peace camp in London’s Parliament Square since 2001 in an anti-war protest. Although he had begun his protest before the 2001 United States attacks, Haw has become a symbol of the anti-war movement over the policies of both Britain and the United States in Afghanistan and later Iraq. He was voted Most Inspiring Political Figure at the 2007 Channel 4 Political Awards. This documentary looks at the life of this protestor and tries to discover why he decided to protest and the inspiration that others have drawn from his actions.

Touching on a historical account of bridgemaking in Iran, the film explores how the old bridge technology is handed down to current generations of engineers and bridge makers.

Brian Haw Bridge Construction in Iran

52’ or 6 x 26’ Britain, Belgium, Italy, GermanyRef #: 455

There are quite a number of filmmakers in the West who because of not towing the ‘political correctness’ line, have embarked on making very critical films on the status quo and as a result have been ‘driven out of town.’ These documentary filmmakers have been said have crossed the red line and hence have been censored and boycotted by the mainstream media to such an extent that their names and their wors are not even mentioned. Some are even boycotted by the main cinema festivals around the world. Most of the subjects touched upon in recent years have been the war in Afghanistan and the occupation of that country, the war in Iraq, events of 9/11, world Zionism, Palestinian issues, etc etc. This documentary will speak to some of these sidelined documentary filmmakers and seek their views.

Boycotted

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26’BosniaRef #: 120

The term ‘Constitutional Changes’ is being used in different contexts in Bosnia and Herzegovina such that the real meaning is mostly forgotten. Everyone agrees that change is necessary but no one agrees on what that change should be. The Dayton Accord reaffirmed the legal continuity of Republika Bosnia and Herzegovina which gained independence from former Yugosla-via under a modified legal structure. The main ethnic groups of this newly independent region are described in the constitution as ‘constitutive nations’. A legal debate now rages inside the country over the constitutional reforms because according to many, that constitution was just temporary.

Bosnia & Herzegovina in a Damned Triangle


Ever since the massacre of mainly Bosnian men and boys in the Balkans, they have decided to relive the horrors in memory of those who lost their lives in those dreadful incidents. Every year, they go through the woods, just like they did in ‘94-’95 while run-ning away from the Serb army. They are now trying to find closure and honor those who died. The men use the same routes they did during the war in a pilgrimage they hope will stand the test of time to be a reminder for coming generations.

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26’ USRef #: 345

Islam is the fastest growing religion in Britain and in many countries Muslims form the largest minority. But how and when did it reach the British borders? Today, the Muslim population in Britain is very diverse. This is a comprehensive research into the effects of Islamic ideology on Britain in various ways. Social life of Muslims in Britain as well as the Islamic economy, and its effects on the British economy are also investigated in this documentary.

Detroit was the Silicon Valley of the 1920s — the booming home of a glamorous new industry, a place where huge fortunes were conjured in years, sometimes months. But while the creators of the computer industry have as yet bequeathed very little to the built environment, the automobile industry piled up around it an astounding American city, in astoundingly little time. Detroit’s fall was as steep and rapid as its rise. What killed Detroit? Some blame the collapse of the automobile industry while others blame the quality of race relations in that city. A look at this once-vibrant city in the US…

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After 9/11, the British government claimed it was fighting a new ideology. It was not the West’s old enemy Communism - but a set of beliefs known as ‘militant Islam’. It is an idea that is considered a threat to Britain’s national security. The government calls it an ‘evil ideology’ - a set of beliefs that are now illegal.The Scottish lawyer, Aimar Anwar, tell the programme, “It’s made it impossible to stand up in a mosque and say: “ I oppose the occu-pation, I defend the right or for instance the Palestinians to defend themselves against the state of Israel. He calls it the prosecution of ‘thought crime’.

Britain’s Thought Police

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The British Muslim Struggle” provides an insight into the role of British Muslim activists and lobbyists.Whilst highlighting the importance of civic engagement and political participation, the documentary addresses some of the major obstacles British Muslims face and it attempts to show how they can overcome these hurdles.

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52’ AfghanistanRef #: 226

In an Afghanistan reeling from abject poverty, one school brings together boys and tries to give them an education for them to at least dream of a future. This is the story of two of those boys brought together by poverty and their perspective on a new Afghanistan.

Brothers in Poverty

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52’KashmirRef #: 430

All major conflicts in the world are essentially rooted in a crisis of identity. Kashmir is like any other conflict zone in the world only that the identity of the Kashmiri for the world today has become the conflict itself. The psyche of a Kashmiri is modeled around the fact that today they treat ‘the lack of normalcy’ as normal. In the last 20 years whatever that happened in the valley happened with such a vigor, ferocity and pace that simultaneously it penetrated the lives and land as deep as possible. ‘The bullet does not hit one head’, aims to capture this present situation and through looking at the minds of the people, look at how reason has come to an end in Kashmir, literally and figuratively.

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5 x 26’IraqRef #: 298

6 years after the American invasion of Iraq what does life look like for the normal, simple people of Iraq? How has their life changed in the last 6 years of war and what do they think the future holds for them?

Burnt Palms

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The children go to school because at the end of the day they’ll receive a small pack of biscuits to supplement their diet. They school under tents in the hot scorching heat. Many of them don’t even go to school but opt to seek for jobs with international NGOs in order to make some money for their families. Who can blame them? The schools have no facilities whatsoever.This is the new Afghanistan. An Afghanistan still reeling under abject poverty 7 years after being ‘liberated!’

Broken Dreams

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10 x 26’ Canada Ref #: 172

This series includes interviews with Muslims in Canada asking them what life is like in Canada for a Muslim. Interviewees, citizens of Canada, share with us their experiences of living in Canada as a Muslim, talking about the society’s attitude towards them and the problems Muslims, as a whole, are confronted with in a western country like Canada. The documentary also pictures some of the achievements of Canadian Muslims.

Canadian Muslims

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52’ or 4 x 26’Armenia, Azerbayjan, GeorgiaRef #: 437

The Caucasus is one of the most linguistically and culturally diverse regions on Earth. Located on the peripheries of Turkey, Iran, and Russia, the region has been an arena for political, military, religious, and cultural rivalries and expansionism for centuries. Throughout its history, the Caucasus was usually incorporated into the Iranian world. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Russian Empire conquered the territory from the Qajars. Throughout history, this region has witnessed tumultous times. This continues till today...

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26’GazaRef #: 336


Children and their families living in Gaza are among the Middle East’s most marginalized populations.The health of children is particularly at risk and the World Health Organization has expressed concern over the state of public health care in Gaza. Food insecurity is also on the rise; girls and boys under the age of five are particularly vulnerable with one in 10 suffering from stunting. Unemployment among Palestinians is also steadily increasing and currently stands at around 23 percent. This is a look at the children of Gaza.

Children born of rape during wartime are especially significant in understanding the politics of identity.In contemporary conflicts, such as the ones in Rwanda, and the Former Yugoslavia, policies of sexual violence during war were aimed at impregnating women in order to ensure they would not bear children of their own ethnic identity. How do children in Bosnia cope with this crisis of identity?

Children of Gaza, The Children of WarOfficial Selection

Al JazeeraDoc Festival 2010

52’ or 6 x 26’Chile Ref #: 444

19 x 10’IranRef #: 177

Chile enters this new century with the unforgettable legacy of its past. Only in 1990 did Chileans begin to again elect their political leaders, after a 17-year military dictatorship led by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. Still, the “transition” to democracy begun in 1990 continues to hide much of the past. Those responsible for the human rights viola-tions of thousands of Chileans remain virtually untouched.During the military government - which took control of the country by force in 1973 and returned control to the democratically elected government of Patricio Aylwin in 1990 - the basic human rights of most Chileans were systematically and massively abused. Official statistics confirm that nearly three thousand people were executed, “disappeared” or died as a result of torture and other kinds of political violence that occurred during the military regime. But there is no official record in Chile of the thousands of people who were tortured or who were jailed for political reasons during the 17 year dictatorship.

An exhibition of beautiful natural sceneries, historical monuments, popular resorts, and architectural and artistic beauties in Iran. From Isfahan in the heart of the country, to Hormozgan in the south and from Mashhad in the northeast to Khuzestan in the southwest have all been shown in this series. See how music and picture come together to introduce a country full of natural, architectural and artistic incredibles.

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52’IranRef #: 463

The murder of Neda Agha Soltan during the 2009 protest against the Iranian elections was aired across the World, in particular the Western media, even though the events surrounding her murder were unclear and till this day, remain unclear. This investigation looks into what happened and tries to uncover some of the facts, some of which are surprising, such as the picture of the young women that was on plastered across Western newspapers and news outlets turns out to be a different woman. The investigation talks to Neda’s best friend, Setareh; Neda’s music teacher, Hamid Panahi, who was with her at the time of her death; a Basij member who was attacked just after the murder and was initially accused of the murder and the driver of the car who took Neda to the hospital.

Crossroads

52’or 3 x 26’ Colombia, USRef #: 407

Colombia under hard-line presidents Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010) and now his successor Juan Manuel Santos (2010-present) has been described by many as the US’ enforcer in the region, play-ing a similar role to what Israel does for the US government in the Middle East. While Latin America has seen dramatic changes in its political landscape over the last decade, with a so-called ‘pink tide’ of left-wing governments that has swept the region, Colombia continues to promote and implement neoliberal policies, known in the region as the ‘Washington consensus’. In return Colombia has received more than $6 billion US dollars to fight what the Colombian and US government calls “narco-ter-rorism”, in a country where a civil war has raged for over 50 years.

Colombia: The US’ Latin American Enforcer

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26’Ukraine Ref #: 427

52’Iran, US Ref #: 244

The administration of former U.S. President George W. Bush had planned to deploy interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic to ‘repel potential attacks from Iran’.The plans were deeply opposed by Moscow as Russian generals said the system could have been used to neutralize Russia’s vast nuclear deterrent. They brushed aside U.S. assurances that the plans were not aimed at Russia.Russia objects the anti-missile shield plan, saying it will threaten Russian national security. Moscow has warned that it will target its missiles at the system if it is deployed in Poland. This looks at opposition inside Ukraine to this plan.

A lot has been said about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to New York and especially his speech at Columbia University. From the reaction inside the hall to the US media’s portrayal of his visit, Nader Talebzadeh takes an inside look at that visit and has an exclusive one on one with Ahmadinejad to get his take on all the events.

Controversial Shield, The Colombia Guest Official SelectionAl Jazeera 2009

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52’ or 4 x 26’Comoros Ref #: 228

The Comoros is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa on the northern end of the Mozam-bique Channel between northern Madagascar and northeastern Mozambique. The archipelago is notable for its diverse culture and history, as a nation formed at the crossroads of many civilizations. So what is life like in the Comoros?

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February 5, 2003. Colin Powell appears before the United Nations, to make America’s last, best case for war. Powell’s nightmare turned out to be a fantasy, of course. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the fleet of trucks did not exist. But the story Powell told paved the way to a war that has killed at least 1,000,000 people. . . a war that has destroyed Iraq. How could a fantasy produce such a violent and tragic reality? And where did Powell’s story come from? We would eventually learn that this story came from an engineer called Rafid Ahmed Alwan, but at the time he was only known by his code-name: Curveball

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Iran has the oldest and the richest dam technology in the region, both in terms of human resources and scientific equipment. The history of dam construction in Iran dates back to the 10th century A.D. There are still remains of old dams constructed a long time ago. With reference to the history of damming and dam construction technology in Iran, this series explores the expansion of damming techniques at the present time.

Islamic calligraphy, colloquially known as Arabic calligraphy, is the artistic practice of handwriting, or calligraphy, and by extension, of bookmaking, in the lands sharing a common Islamic cultural heritage. Calligraphy is especially revered among Islamic arts since it was the primary means for the preservation of the Qur’an. Arabic, Per-sian and Ottoman Turkish calligraphy is associated with abstract arabesque motives on the walls and ceilings of mosques as well as on the page. Contemporary artists in the Islamic world draw on the heritage of calligraphy to use calligraphic inscriptions or abstractions in their work. In these short pieces, the letters come to life to manifest the Holy Qur’an.

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8 x 26’Turkey Ref #: 199

67’ or 5 x 26’USRef #: 158

Non–Turkish investments in Turkish economy and society have caused Turkey to be dependent on other countries. Turkey exports water from the Manavgat River to Israel while the latter has began purchasing lands in the east of Turkey and the two have signed military cooperation agreements. On the other hand, Israel is also partaking in Turkey’s civil construc-tion projects as well as Turkish banking system. In this 8-episode series the Turkey-Israel relations and the role Israel plays in Turkish economy are brought into spotlight. The social and cultural effects of these relations are also investigated in this series.

101 Most Dangerous Academics in America is a 2006 book by con-servative American author and columnist David Horowitz. Horowitz argues that U.S. universities are permeated by what he believes is anti-Americanism and a leftwing bias.Many of the professors included on the list also issued responses ranging from pride of being included, to criticism of Horowitz. Most college students who have been taught by the professors on the list consider the inclusion a badge of pride. We speak to four of them and see how dangerous they are!

Dance of the Stars Dangerous Professors

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52’ SomaliaRef #: 101

Somalia, located in the Horn of Africa, has been the scene of bloody battles. The country’s progress has been hindered by repeated civil wars and incompetent political leaders. On the other hand, economic corruption abounds in this East African state and a defective economic system has led to an everincreasing poverty rarely found anywhere else in the world. Ethiopia’s interfer-ence in Somalia’s internal affairs coupled with military vandalism are other problems creating crisis in the country. This documentary provides an account of the critical situation in this region, and talks about people’s expectations and aspirations.

Dark Justice

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52’ or 4 x 26’ KyrgyzstanRef #: 301


We all sometimes have questions that perturb our minds. For a theatre student in Kyrgyzstan, this led to a documentary where she tries to find out her role in society. Is she playing a role or is she just a puppet? This is a script written in Kyrgyzstan. The origins being the ‘Tulip Revolution’ of 24 March 2005 where Askar Akayev was overthrown as the president of the Central Asian country. She investigates the role of the US and Western countries in the ‘Tulip Revolution’. The political reactions after this revolution, problems that arose from this revolution: joblessness, poverty, corruption, organized crime, cultural problems, etc are all depicted in this four-part documentary.

2009 has seen a series of crisis that has shaken the very foundations of British democracy and called into question the competence and integrity of the men and women who govern the country. The scan-dal which hurt most was one that will be marked in history-the expenses scandal. However, many are saying there is a greater rot at the centre of one of the world’s proudest democracies. Critics say that during the Blair years, Britain has become increas-ing dictatorial with the power being concentrated with the Prime Minster–the other 600 odd elected MPs barely being listened to. They say that a new technocratic political class has arisen made up of career politicians with little experience of the hardships of their constituents.

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Since the Bush administration suspended many constitutional rights in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, hundreds of Muslim families have been broken up as men have been incarcerated and/or deported from the US. For these immigrant families in the US, virtually all of whom vehemently maintain their innocence, the incarceration, prosecution and indictment of their father, sons and brothers is a humiliation and affront to their social standing amongst their family and pears.”The Deported” looks at how the families of these men have coped in the wake of arrests, deportations and in some cases, lengthy jail sentences.

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Presenter Gugulethu Mseleku sets out to see whether right-wing politician Norman Tebbitt’s “Cricket Test” also relates to Africans during the football World Cup, especially the African World Cup. Gugulethu wants to find out if Africans are harking back to where they came from or if they support the European country they live in. In this part, she visits some South Africans in London and then some Ghanaians in Belgrade. Will it be clear-cut support for their home countries during the World Cup? Gugulethu finds out how complicated it can be to be an African in Europe. Here Gugulethu visits some Cameroonians in Holland for the game and discovers that Holland’s reputation for racial tolerance isn’t all it’s made out to be. But then Cameroonians are also di-vided between Francophone and Anglophone colonial lines at home and abroad.

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Over the summer a great fight took place in Birmingham, UK. In one corner stood the powerful Project Champion; Its aim ‐ to de-feat ‘home grown terrorism’ by encasing the local area in a ring of spy cameras. In the other corner stood a local community of, mostly Muslim, families supported by a small group of activists and campaigners. This documentary would retell the story of how a local community stood up to the might of the State and said “Enough is enough”. Through interviewing characters from both sides that were cen-trally involved in the story the film will present a blow‐by‐blow account of how a small group of people took on the might of the State and won.

Do U Know how many Lebanese leaders have been assassinated in the history of this Middle Eastern country? You might be surprised to learn the amount of narcotics produced in Afghanistan before and after the US-led invasion of the country. There is much surpriseto come. Do U Know first poses a set of thought-provoking questions about different facts around us. The questions range fromcurrent international affairs like the countries that helped form Al-Qaeda, to economic ones such as facts about oil-producing companies to historical and political questions. The sources from which the ques-tions along with their answers are taken are also revealed. These 67 miniature programs are in the form of questions which draw the viewers’ attention to a particular fact before giving the answers.

Defeat of the Champion Do U Know

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52’ Colombia, USRef #: 429

La Toma is a village located in the Suárez municipality in north Cauca, Colombia. Home mainly to the region’s Afro‐descendents, it is a village of campesinos and artisanal miners who have been panning for gold in the area’s rivers and streams since the 1600’s. However these gold deposits have also become a factor threaten-ing the survival of this community today, Over time,this gold–rich region has attracted mining multinationals and development. However guerilla, paramilitary and drug gangs offer opportunities that financially exceed low-level employment, creating a potential labor shortage as multi‐national corporations invest in the region.

Displacement, FTA, & Violence in Colombia

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52’ Germany, Ireland, BritainRef #: 419

The Distorted Lens uncovers the myth of ‘impartiality’ surrounding the West’s reporting from the Middle East. It reveals how powerful pressure groups, including the pro-Israeli lobby, distort the news that appears on TV screens and allows Israel to controls the narra-tive of the Palestinian conflict. The film discovers that when a net-work such as Press TV offers an alternative perspective, there are attempts to harass staff at its London bureau and prevent it broad-casting in Britain. It also reveals how Israel shapes the West’s report-ing of the Palestinian crisis and examines the role that Western security agencies play in preventing accurate reporting from the Middle East. The show explores how global politics – driven by the world’s hunger for oil - has for decades distorted coverage from the region and been used to justify Western military involvement. For-mer MI5 Officer Annie Machon tells the programme: ‘It’s very easy for the media to be manipulated into misreporting what’s going on in the Middle East and to create fake pretexts for wars’.

Distorted Lens, The

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After thirteen years of Labour government, Britain’s political in-stitutions have been in crisis. Members of parliament have been accused of corruption. The electoral system is facing an overhaul. In this film, Phil Rees investigates an even more sinister casualty of the Blair and Brown governments; truth. Clare Short, who was a member of Blair’s Cabinet for five years, tells the programme: “Tony Blair lied to the cabinet, Parliament and the country repeat-edly”. A former Deputy Director of Communications at Downing Street, Lance Price admits: “I told lies on behalf of the Govern-ment, sometimes at my own behest, sometimes because I was asked to do so.” The programme reveals that the British govern-ment appears particularly willing to deceive the public when it comes to matters of war and foreign policy. As Ms. Short tells Mr Rees: “Britain telling lies, about things to do with the Middle East, has gotten I’m afraid, a long history.”

Does the British Government Lie?

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Iraqi poet and philosopher Raad Abdul Jawad also bemoans the fate of donkeys abandoned to their fate along the Turkish-Iraqi border and in mountains between Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates. He warns they are growing “rarer and rarer,” having been overtaken by modern life. Yet “the donkey held the fundamental key to building civilization, carrying water and food, and construction materials, whereas the horse was used for killing,” he said. Often referred to jokingly as “the sheikh of donkeys,” Abdul Jawad aims to raise funds to build a regional organization to protect the species.The idea would be to build on the success of an association in Egypt and groups such as the Donkey Party in Iraqi Kurdistan. “But it will not be easy; too many people laugh at the idea,” he said.

Miss Husain has been a doctor for 22 years and is an NHS Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She also practices in local private hospitals - in areas such as Ascot, Windsor, Slough, Gerrards Cross and Maidenhead - where she conducts clinics and operating theatre sessions. She has special expertise in helping couples experiencing infertility or miscarriage problems. As a Muslim woman how can she juggle all these resposibilities?

Donkey Party Dr. Fatima Hussein

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The Friday Mosque (Masjed-e Jome’eh) is one of the oldest Mosques in Esfahan. The greater part of the present building dates back to the 11th century and to the beginning of the 12th century. Changes and additions were made is subsequent periods. The monument therefore illustrates the evolution of Iranian sacred architecture. The central courtyard is one of the largest in Iran, 65 m X 76 m. In the center, a fine marble pool with generously festooned edges reflects in its calm waters the image of the four ivans. The Masjed-e Imam is one of the finest monuments in the world. The color of the ceramic ornaments is the first cause of surprise and admiration. But the size of the buildings surrounding the main courtyard provokes a deeper emotion. These are just but some of the attractions of this city which was once nicknamed ‘Nesfe Jahan’ (Half the World)

Esfahan

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26’ IraqRef #: 142

52’Iran, Iraq, Britain, GermanyRef #: 460

Epidemic White relates the plight of Iraqi people mainly children who are grappling with the repercussions of this unwanted war. The number of children contracting different types of cancer, among other-difficult-to-diagnose diseases, according to experts, is increasing. In this documentary Iraqi doctors talk about causes of these dis-eases which are little more than depleted uranium bombs while relatives of cancer patients speak out about their difficulties, seeing their beloved ones dying a gradual ruthless death. This documentary shows the Iraq War through medical eyes, telling us what it means to live in areas where uranium particles remain for unpredictable years to come.

This program examines the role of MKO in Iran’s nuclear dossier. It cites documents and interviews as well as important figures who defected from the terrorist organization. They talk about their co-operation with Saddam Hussein’s former Ba’ath regime in the 8-year imposed war against Iran. On the other hand, they prove that the ‘information’ that they purpotedly gave in relation to Iran’s nuclear program was fabricated. The other interview is with Mr. Scott Ritter who explores the issue between the Mossad intelligence and MKO as Iran’s nuclear file is concerned. Overall we find out that as in it’s cooperation with the former Iraqi regime, this time they are also fighting for their own political survival and have resorted to work in cohorts with US and Israeli intelligence to spread false and malicious propaganda against Iran.

Epidemic White Espionage: Struggle for Survival

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52’BrazilRef #: 187

26’USRef #:136

Ethanol fuel can be used as a fuel, mainly as a biofuel alternative to gasoline, and is widely used in cars in Brazil. Because it is easy to manufacture and process and can be made from very common crops such as sugar cane and corn, it is an increasingly common alternative to gasoline in some parts of the world. According to the International Energy Agency, cellulosic ethanol could allow ethanol fuels to play a much bigger role in the future than previously thought. The story behind the fuel and its controver-sies in Brazil.

Christian Zionism is a modern theological and political movement that embraces the most extreme ideological positions of Zionism, thereby becoming detrimental to a just peace in Palestine. The Christian Zionist program provides a worldview where the Gospel is identified with the ideology of empire, colonialism and militarism. In its extreme form, it places an emphasis on apocalyptic events leading to the end of history rather than living Christ’s love and justice today. This documentary questions these views in light of gross human right violations by Israel.

Ethanol Story, The Evangelists

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52’Iran, Iraq, BritainRef #: 313

10 x 26’Austria, Italy, Netherlands, France, BritainRef #: 284

This is a documentary about the terrorist organization, MKO, told through the eyes of former MKO agents who have turned away from their former horror activities. An insight into this organization which has caused fear and is recognized as a terror organization worldwide.

Moral decadence and isolation and sexual and drugs abuse are commonplace today in Europe. Collapse of family values in the West have become a matter of public concern.Many marriages do not last long and many European countries have zero or negative population growth. This series tries to discuss social crises in the West and their unfavorable impact on families, saying how the social and familial environment is disintegrating in the West.

Failed Tactics Family in the West

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Hakīm Abu’l-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī, more commonly transliterated as Ferdowsi was a highly revered Persian poet. He was the author of the Shāhnāmeh, the national epic of Persian-speakers and of the Iranian World. Ferdowsi is one of the undisputed giants of Persian literature. After Ferdowsi’s Shāhnāmeh a number of other works similar in nature surfaced over the centuries within the cul-tural sphere of the Persian language. Without exception, all such works were based in style and method on Ferdowsi’sShāhnāmeh, but none of them could quite achieve the same degree of fame and popularity as Ferdowsi’s master-piece. Ferdowsi has a unique place in Persian history because of the strides he made in reviving and regenerating the Persian lan-guage and cultural traditions. His works are cited as a crucial com-ponent in the persistence of the Persian language, as those works allowed much of the tongue to remain codified and intact.

Environmental Art refers to art dealing with ecological issues and/or the natural, such as the formal, the political, the historical, or the social context. In this documentary, a group of environmental artists converge on the shores of the Persian Gulf expressing their feelings concerning what is happening around them both locally and internationally. This documentary is a must for all those who believe that there are alternative ways to look at the world’s problems today especially by appealing to our subconscious.

Ferdowsi Fire on the Water

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52’Meditarranen Sea, Gaza, Turkey, BritainRef #: 416

On the morning of the 31st of May 2010 a flotilla of six aid ships heading to the Gaza strip, through international waters, was brutally attacked by the Israeli military. The event was a turning point in the world’s perception of both Israel and the Palestinians. But despite all the media coverage, the testimonies of those seriously injured have never been heard on English television. This documentary retraces events as they took place on the roof of the Mavi Marmara, where several charity workers are thought to have been executed. We will hear first-hand from one man who was shot several times, beaten and left for dead, and another who was shot twice in the back of the head but survived. We’ll also hear from the relatives of the dead, including the father of 19 year old Furkan Dogan, and eye-witnesses who say Israeli soldiers continued to open fire despite the raising of a white flag. The director too was onboard that ship and saw first-hand the boarding and attacking of the Mavi Marmara, and will bring his personal thoughts to the table.

Flotilla: Untold Stories

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52’ or 3 x 26’SpainRef #: 278

52’BrazilRef #: 200

Spain argues that Gibraltar’s status is an anachronism, and that it should become an autonomous community of Spain, similar to Catalonia or the Basque Country. It also argues that the principle of territorial integrity, not self-de-termination applies, drawing parallels with the British handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China in 1997. However, at the same time, successive Spanish governments have refused to countenance the handover of their north African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla to Morocco. The Junta de Andalucia (Andalucia’s elected regional government) believes that Gibraltar should be integrated into its regional autonomy. So what’s really going on in Gibraltar?

When as part of his South American tour, George W. Bush visited Brazil in March 2007; the country witnessed one of it’s biggest anti American demonstrations. The protests were so intense in Brazil’s big cities that police had to intervene. With reference to these demonstrations, this documen-tary tries to find out the historical causes of such a deep hatred of the imperialistic attitude of United States and the important role of the IMF, World Bank and multinational corporations in the region.

Footprint Fora Daqui Fora!

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52’IranRef #: 143

The most important factor leading to the victory of the Islamic Revolution was the guidance of the charismatic leader late Imam Khomeini, Time’s Man of the Year in 1979 and one of the magazine’s 100 most influential people in the 20th century. He brought down the Shah of Iran, a despotic ruler. Internationally, he is known as “the virtual face of Islam in Western popular culture.” The role of the Iranian people cannot be overem-phasized. They stood up behind their leader and set up an Islamic Democracy. For Freedom: The Islamic Revolution from within.

For Freedom

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64’ or 7 x 26’FranceRef #: 202

France has been the scene of many changes in the political arena in the past few years. These changes started when the French initially did not seem willing to join the European Union. The question is, who were the opponents of a united Europe in France? What are the problems and expectations of people? Do the immigrants have equal politi-cal and social rights? The French Dream opens a third eye to these questions, casting light on the significance of the people who are left suspended between the country they think they belong in and the lands they or their fathers once came from.

French Dream, The

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26’IraqRef #: 321

The Bani Assad is an Arab tribe in Iraq. They are Adnanite Arabs, powerful and one of the most famous tribes.Today, many members of the tribe live in many Iraqi cities and all over the Middle East. This is the story of one member of the tribe who moves in search of his family in Iraq from Iran. Will he be accepted?

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The question about the future of Macedonia was always connected to an absurdity.This was all about the improvised name under which this country was recognized by the international community. How can one talk about the future of a country whose name is ‘Former Republic?’

From Ohrid to A European Macedonia

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France as one of the world’s progressive countries has always been trying to play an active and determining role in international affairs. Being a key European Union member, France is facing new chal-lenges both at home and abroad. New France has at least one major shift in its foreign policy after coming to power of the unpopular Sarkozy in the country’s presi-dential elections and that is political dependence on the United States. Will this be to the best interest of the French people and their culture?

French Vision

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A journey into the lives of Iraq and Vietnam veterans.Vietnam and Iraq were both wars of choice. And they are also similar in that de-ceit and misrepresentation was employed by the U.S. government, first to engage U.S. forces and then to keep them there. President Bush went to war on the grounds that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction and had ties to al Qaeda. No weapons of mass destruction have been found and no ties to al Qaeda have been discovered. We were also told troops would be greeted with open arms and flowers, which didn’t last long, and that Iraqi oil would pay for most of the reconstruction. Now we are told that the US is actually in Iraq to nurture democratic selfgovernment, but political reconstruction is also going badly.How is the war in Iraq different than that of Vietnam? Is it?

From Vietnam to Iraq

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Just 40km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, it is home to more than 1.5 million Palestinians. Israel has for many years restricted entry to and exit from Gaza, but it intensified its blockade of Gaza in June 2007, when Hamas took over. Since, the strip’s population have been relying on less than a quarter of the volume of imported supplies they received in De-cember 2005. Fuel shortages and a lack of spare parts have had a heavy knock-on impact on sewage treatment, waste collection, water supply and medical facilities.

Gaza is Dying

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Fifteen years ago the entrance of Bulgaria into the EU and NATO seemed impossible. Nowadays, it is a fact. As are the three mili-tary bases on Bulgarian territory which will be used by Americans. Plenty of the expectations related to those bases, both good and bad, were not justified. The American parts arriving here turned out to be less than the expected amount. This by the way did not bring investments, or the income which the locals relied on. Why were these bases set up here, and what are the feeling of the peo-ple about them?

Grey Bases

36’IranRef #: 185

There is a lot said about the takeover of the American Embassy by students in Iran in the beginning of the Islamic revolution. Some say it was premeditated and others know it as a sudden popular revolutionary movement. But what was really the motive and what was going on in the Embassy and during the 444 days? In this documentary we shall learn about the aspects and features of this important event between Iran and US. We will also get a glimpse of US interference in Iran’s internal affairs within several decades before the revolution.

Great Challenge, The

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52’ GazaRef #: 288

The Israeli bombs have left their mark everywhere around Gaza and Resistance takes as many forms as life itself dictates. Around Rafah refugee camp there is a curtain of silence. As if all its inhab-itants were dead.But a small hole supported by wood sticks takes us to a totally new world deep under Gaza. Like ants, dozens of men are remov-ing sand with their own hands, opening tunnels from Gaza to Egypt. Thanks to the Israeli blockade Palestinians have to live like a gang of smugglers, the only way of surviving the starvation… Gaza lost its place in the international media headlines. The war is over, they say. But, is it?

Gaza: When Saturday Came…

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WINNERBest Film

Resistance Film Fest2010

52’ US, Britain, Guantanamo BayRef #: 271

At a time when new US President Barack Obama signed an order to suspend the proceedings of the Guantanamo military com-mission, Yvonne Ridley and filmmaker David Miller get unprec-edented access to the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison where they are given a guided tour of the facility by the US Military Public Relations apparatus. With exclusive access to the ill-famed holding facility, the documentary also interviews former inmates who give a detailed explanation how they were treated at the hands of the US Military. Visiting all areas of Gitmo including Camp Delta, Camp Iguana, and Camp X- Ray, we are given a first-hand look into the conditions ’enemy combatants’ are held.

Guantanamo: Inside the Wire

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Official SelectionRoma Fiction Fest

2009

Official SelectionAl Jazeera

Doc Festival 2010

52’ GhanaRef #: 145

2 x 52’ or 8 x 26’Germany, France, Holland, IranRef #: 385

Up until March 1957, Ghana was known to much of the world as the Gold Coast. It is the largest producer of gold in West Africa. Gold exploration and mining are the main focus of activities of companies though the thrust of current government policy which aims to diversify the mineral production base of the country, which has been hinging on gold, and to lesser extent diamonds, manganese and bauxite, is to include the production of industrialminerals. Value addition has also been one of the current policies. We take a trip to this gold producing country in a picturesque jour-ney to discover its gold and its people.

Opinions differ over what has caused the decades of poor relations between Iran and the US. Iranian explanations offered include ev-erything from the ‘natural and unavoidable’ conflict between the Islamic Revolution on the one hand, and American ‘arrogance’ and desire for ‘global hegemony’ on the other.Political relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid to late 1800s, but had small importance or controversy until the post-World War II era of the Cold War and of petroleum exports from the Persian Gulf. Since then an era of close alliance between Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s regime and the American govern-ment was followed by a dramatic reversal and hostility between the two countries after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. A search into where the truth may lie…

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On December 27, 2008, Israel began “Operation Cast Lead,” a 22-day military operation in Gaza with the stated aim of suppressing rocket fire into Israel. Human Rights Watch documented serious laws-of-war violations by Israeli forces during their military op-eration, including drone-launched missile attacks that killed 29 civilians, the killing of 11 civilians holding white flags, and the use of white phosphorus munitions in densely populated areas.Israeli forces also deliberately destroyed, without lawful military justification, many homes and other civilian property, including farms, factories, and much of Gaza’s water and sanitation network. Most of this property remains unrepaired. The documentary goes deep underground the tunnels portraying life during and after ‘Operation Cast Lead’ in the strip.

Gaza: During and After

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20’US, Saudi ArabiaRef #: 112

Haiti. The only enslaved people in history to win their freedom through revolution, and a symbol of hope for the oppressed. Now, the only hope for many is risking their lives on a boat going to the United States. Most Haitians survive off a dollar a day. Hunger is everywhere. Half the kids in Haiti don’t go to school. Half the adults don’t know how to read. Haiti has always been ruled by a tiny elite that has oppressed the poor masses. They will commit any crime to protect their power and their money. But the people have never stopped fighting for their rights.

Hamza is an American youth who has long been dreaming of Islam and, after giving it much thought, eventually decided to embrace it. As a Muslim convert, he is looking forward to going on an unforget-table journey to visit Mecca and Medina. Hamza is the story of this young American doing his Hajj pilgrimage, while giving a glimpse of the history of Islam. The program portrays Hamza’s phenomenal spiritual transformation and his views regard-ing Islam and the beauties this faith can offer to all human beings. He has a beautiful story to tell.

Haiti Hamza

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26’IraqRef #: 322

52’ or 3 x 26’ CanadaRef #: 351

“There’s no security. It’s a big problem. Some cases don’t come to court because people involved are too afraid about what might happen to them,” says the judge. Two decades of Saddam Hussein’s selecting judges and undermining the courts, three wars, and 12 years of international sanctions and the presence of an occupying army would put a strain on any legal system. The judges were Baath Party members, prosecutors were ineffective and defense lawyers were complacent. Corruption had been encouraged by Saddam Hussein as a way to weaken the courts and make the judges be-holden to his whim. We follow some people through the Iraq justice system immediately after Saddam Hussein was overthrown.

Canada has the highest per capita immigration rate in the world. Ca-nadian society is often depicted as being very progressive, diverse, and multicultural. However some argue that official multicultural-ism limits the freedom of minority members, by confining them to cultural and geographic ghettos. This documentary delves deep into the issue of multiculturalism in Canada and how it plays on the society in that country?

Hay al Karamah Head in the Sand

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This film depicts the concerns of Palestinians and the problems that Israel has brought to the already besieged Palestinian lands. The film looks at the Palestinian cause from a different perspective: through medical eyes. It portrays how the health system includ-ing physicians, medical staff and hospitals are under Israeli siege, adding to other excruciating problems Palestinians experience because of occupation.

Health under Siege

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52’FranceRef #: 235

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A an insight into how one painter’s world has intertwined with his faith and how it has deeply affected the way he ‘sees’ the world.

What image of the Middle East do we find in the Western and Mid-dle Eastern media? Is it an objective one or a biased one based on a preconceived ideological position? What difference is there in the features of the image here and there? If the image reflected by the media here and there does not coincide with objective reality, what are the reasons and motives of this incongruence? Is it true that only the Middle East can understand the Middle East?

Heavenly World Hidden Fist

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52’ LebanonRef #: 248

52’ or 6 x 26’ IranRef #: 243

Israel inadvertently galvanized an international campaign to ban cluster munitions by hastily raining bomblets over south Lebanon before a U.N.-agreed halt to its 2006 war with Hezbollah fighters could take effect. Cluster bombs are still killing and maiming people in south Lebanon, a hilly region of towns and farming villages where nearly all the land is used for crops or grazing.

Ramadan is an Islamic religious observance that takes place during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar; the month in which the Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad. It is the Islamic month of fasting, in which participating Muslims do not eat or drink anything from true dawn until sunset. During Ramadan, Muslims ask forgiveness for past sins, pray for guidance and help in refraining from everyday evils, and try to purify themselves through self-restraint and good deeds. These are some rituals…

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6 x 26’ Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, BritainRef #: 446

The private military company (PMC) is the contemporary strand of the mercenary trade.In October 2007, the United Nations released a two-year study that stated, that although hired as “security guards”, private contractors were performing military duties. The report found that the use of contractors such as Blackwater was a “new form of mercenary activity” and illegal under International law. Many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, are not signatories to the 1989 United Nations Mercenary Convention banning the use of mercenaries.

Hired Guns

52’ or 3 x 26’ Iran, AfghanistanRef #: 359

The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan resulted in a massive influx of 2.9 million Afghans into Iran between 1980 and 1989. Another major movement occurred in response to the repressive rule of Taliban militants and fighting between Taliban and opposition groups between 1994 and 2001. Iran’s early policy towards Afhans seeking asylum has been described by many commentators as “open door”. In a strong demonstration of Islamic solidarity, the Iranian govern-ment demonstrated considerable generosity to Afghans fleeing communist-occupied Afghanistan. It granted Afghans access to its high quality social services (health and education) and permitted them to work. This is the story of the life of Afghans in Iran. Their trials, tribulations, successes and life in the Islamic Republic.

Home Sweet Home

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Srinagar’s thousand or so houseboats are moored along sections of the Dal and Nagin Lakes and river Jhelum, each decorated fanci-fully and named romantically and even whimsically. Some of the houseboats there were built in the early 1900s, and are still being rented out to tourists. These houseboats are made of wood, and usually have intricately carved wood paneling. The houseboats are of different sizes, some having up to three bedrooms apart from aliving room and kitchen.

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44’ AustriaRef #: 296

Rabbi Moishe Arye Friedman, who is the Chief Rabbi of the Ortho-dox Anti-Zionist Community of Austria, his wife Lea and their seven children face untold problems in that country. This documentary takes a glimpse of just some of those problems.

Human Rights

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Best DocumentaryShahid Aviny

2009

26’ FranceRef #: 323

42’South AfricaRef #: 192

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change. Hunger strikes have sometimes been forcibly ended through the use of force-feeding. These asylum seekers in Belgium have decided that this is their last resort.

Herbert Matimba is a photographer working for the ‘Pretoria News’ newspaper. In early 2007, he photographed police assaulting a woman in downtown Pretoria, but was forced to flee after police turned their attention to him. He spent the night in hiding to pre-vent police confiscating his photographs. ‘She was just hanging in his arms as he dragged her across the pavement’. The man behind the camera is profiled in this documentary.

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I WasThere is the story of 9/11 revisited. It is a different version of the incidents which brought down the World Trade Center Twin Towers. The documentary interviews three people who saw the devastating events first-hand. The first individual is a person who was inside the tower before it collapsed. This is the person who was first declared a national hero before being fired for saying things which did not appeal to the US administration’s palate. The second person is a university professor who was enjoying, on the balcony of his home, the sight of the Twin Towers when the planes hit them before realizing that he was not watching a movie. And finally a priest who was in a church before the incidents. These people have a lot to say about the September 11 events.

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The appearance of Sayyid Ruhullah Musawi Khomeini, gave the Islamic revival movement a new lease of life. His deep and broad outlook towards this movement as multi faceted and revivalist en-tity, transformed it into a great movement in Islamic countries. The sincere and prudent calls of Imam Khomeini were for the liberation of all men from the clench of global arrogance. His calls led to the emergence of movements seeking freedom and the revival of Islam, all which were impacted by his words and actions.

Imam Khomeini, Reformer of the Century

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Imam Reza, the great grandson of the Noble Prophet of Islam Muhammad and the 8th Imam of Shi‘ah Muslims, is buried in the northeastern Iranian city of Mash`had. Tens of millions of Muslims from across the world visit Imam Reza’s shrine annually, making it by far the most visited pilgrimage site in the whole world. Thousands of pilgrims constantly pray at Imam Reza’s Shine everyday asking him to intercede with Allah Almighty on their behalf on the Day of Judgment. This documentary depicts the spiritual journey of the countless people who try to make their dreams come true by converging on this holy site from four corners of the world every year.

Imam Reza

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Official SelectionReligion Today ‘08

52’Spain, BritainRef #: 230

52’ Lebanon, Iran, FranceRef #: 281

The Political thought and legacy of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini refers to the impact of the religious and political ideas of that leader of the Iranian Revolution, one of the major revolutions of the 20th century. Under his leadership, Iran replaced its millennia-old monarchy with theocracy, current-ly the only such ruling system in the world.

In 1982 four Iranian diplomats who were on an official visit to Bei-rut were kidnapped by members of the Falangist group affiliated to Israel. The fate of these Iranian diplomats has been unknown ever since and Israel has never responded to the questions put forth by international organizations regarding the kidnapped diplomats.This documentary is in search of the Iranian diplomats abducted in Beirut by Israel- backed Falangists. Why the Israeli regime is afraid of disclosing the truth is a question that is dealt with in this docu-mentary.

Imam Khomeini’s Political Thought In Pursuit of Truth

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6 x 26’USRef #: 344

A documentary series about the US in the 21st Century. It can be said that the US is going through its worst times in its history. With two unpopular wars, economic crisis, the fall of the American Dream etc. In the midst of all this, people in the US are witnessing very bitter times. Barack Obama has turned to be the only hope for putting US ‘back in its place’. Will Barack Obama be able to change what is happening in America?

In America

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In Rome there’s a group called US Citizens for Peace and Justice. This group calls for the impeachment of US President George W Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney. We spend an afternoon with this group which is comprised of university professors and intellectuals and we find out why even though they are many miles away, they feel passionately about their political activities against the establishment in Washington.

A Maroon was a runaway slave in the West Indies, Central America, South America, or North America. Maroon populations are found in Jamaica, Amazon River Basin to the American states of Florida and North Carolina. Our camera goes in search of these people in present-day Canada and tries to establish their connection with Islam.

In Rome In Search of Identity

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52’ or 4 x 26’ GeorgiaRef #: 210

A Pakistani woman had been held in the notorious Bagram Prison in Afghanistan for years and now her current whereabouts un-known. Have you heard about her? Most likely not. A woman is lingering in such a torturous jail and no alarms have gone off in her country or in any part of the world. Not much is known about her. Why is she there? What crime has she committed? She is a ghost prisoner. If not for eyewitnesses, such as the former Guan-tanamo Bay prisoner Moazzam Begg and interest raised about her case by journalist Yvonne Ridley, we wouldn’t have heard any-thing about her. This is Yvonne’s search for prisoner 650.

Colonization is a dark, undeniable fact in the history of the West. In the Colonial Era, Western countries invaded many countries taking control over lands previously occupied by native populations. From Yugoslavia to the Congo to Kyrgyzstan and to Ukraine, footprints of Western countries can be found. This phenomenon can clearly be seen in present-day Georgia.In the Name of the Rose is a documentary narrated by a Social Sci-ences student in Georgia who investigates the role of the West in her country. She talks to different people in politics, both public and private sectors for and against what happened in Georgia.

In Search of Prisoner 650 In the Name of the RoseOfficial Selection

Al JazeeraDoc Festival 2010

26’IndiaRef #: 166


India’s nuclear weapons program was started at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center in Trombay. In the mid-1950s India acquired dual-use technologies under the “Atoms for Peace” non-proliferation program, which aimed to encourage the civ-il use of nuclear technologies in exchange for assurances that they would not be used for military purposes. It was meant to use this technology for the benefit of its people. More than 50 years later, has any benefit trickled down to the locals?

Without having their crimes proven in a court of law, 3 British citizens are put under house arrest under the pretext of fighting against ter-rorism. Not only have their movements been curtailed by electronic ankle bracelets, but they have been also banned from most social activities. This documentary look at the system that some call unfair that is used under the guise of fighting terrorism especially since at the end we find out that these three people were innocent and are allowed to return to their normal lives.

India’s Atomic Dreams Internal Exile

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Iran’s nuclear energy is one of the most controversial issues the me-dia has ever seen to date. Some accuse Iran of being after devel op-ing atomic bomb while Iran says it is devel oping peaceful civilian nuclear technology. Can the West be trusted to provide Iran with this source of energy? Is there any reason why we should believe Iran is not pursuing a nuclear bomb program?

Iran Nuclear Power Story

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In this film we take a deeper look into the accusations laid down by Israel and the west against Iran, we use fact based history to highlight the incredible level of hypocrisy and aim to open the eyes of the world to the propaganda machine that is working its way to a Muslim holocaust.We also look into why the west is so heavily concentrated on Iran when there are nuclear threats from other parts of the world, there are greater humanitarian disasters and greater needs for democracy, and then why is it that Iran seems to be getting all the attention? The objective of this film is to break through the media propaganda and lies so that the viewing audience can make their own minds up about the real Iran and west agenda, and to help answer the question: What’s so special about Iran?

Rug weaving, silver making, sculpturing, painting, woodworking, crockery making, ceramic and mosaic works are some of the Iranian handicraft skills. Among them, the art of ceramic is the oldest in the Great Persia and unearthed ceramic works dates back upto seven centuries B.C. Short documentaries on different Iranian handicrafts.

Iran and the End of the World Iranian Handicrafts

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8 x 26’ IranRef #: 373

This is a documentary featuring interviews with different person-alities in Iranian society today. From politics to sports to the arts and cinema. Through these interviews we get to know a different side of Iran that one hardly sees in the media. The personalities talk about their personal views about major issues facing their disci-pline, the country and society as a whole. A window into present-day Iran through the eyes of influential people who help shape their own personal disciplines…

Iranian Kaleidoscope

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The Parliament in Iran has a unique power in comparison with other democratic govern ments in the West and is the highest authorityamong Iranian foundations. Iranian MPs choose the cabinet ministers, pass all the laws, ratify the president’s annual budget and many other things alike. Currently, the parlia ment consists of members from different cul tural and religious minorities, from different classes of society that are popularly elected for a four-year term. An insight into the Iranian parliamentary system.

he Iranian Revolution was the revolution that transformed Iran from a constitutional monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic. It has been called “the third great revolution in history”, following the French and Bolshevik revolutions and an event that “made Islam a political force ... from Morocco to Malaysia.”

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69’ or 20 x 10’ IranRef #: 104

This film explores women’s achievements through talking with them, showing their success in such sports as Karate, track and field, Kung fu and Wushu and talking with women in aviation and in fire and rescue service. The film, meanwhile, explored the life of the Iranian women in research and science. This film is about the Iranian women who have excelled well in every field.

Iranian Woman, The

52’ Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Portugal, TurkeyRef #: 275

US-led occupation of Iraq has had serious repercussions, forming innumerable questions in the minds of conscientious people in the farthest corners of the world. Who can reveal the truth better than the searching eyes of candid cameras? These are the stories of behind some moments that were forever captured by photographers in war- torn Iraq.

Iraq: Through the Lens

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War is devastating. It affects all aspects of a nation’s life. Occupied Iraq stands proud despite the atrocities and hardships occupation and its aftermaths have brought to it. The problems the Iraqis are grappling with after the war erupted there including terror, violence, bombing, and a host of other issues are explored in this program.

Iraq, Occupied but Proud

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”Early in November 2004, after the peace agreement had effec-tively collapsed following the rebels’ refusal to disarm, Gbagbo ordered air strikes against the rebels. During one of these air strikes in Bouaké, on November 6, 2004, French soldiers were hit and nine of them were killed; the Ivorian government has said it was a mistake, but the French have claimed it was deliberate. They responded by destroying most Ivorian military aircraft (2 Su-25 planes and 5 helicopters), and violent retaliatory riots against the French broke out in Abidjan.” This is the well known version of the story but what do the Ivorians and the Government think about it?

Ivory Coast


More than a dozen years after a peace agreement between London and the Irish Republican Army, there is a mounting challenge to Brit-ish rule in Northern Ireland. The number of attacks on members of the security forces is rising. In recent years, a breakaway movement, called the Real IRA, has re-emerged in some Catholic communities. The film features two former IRA members - part of the same com-mando unit that planted bombs in London in 1973 – who now stand on opposing sides of a political chasm. Marion Price, who was jailed with Kelly, says that he IRA fought for a united Ireland. She tells the programme: “I believed that I was fight-ing a legitimate war for the freedom of my country. I believed that then and I still believe that now”. Phil Rees, who first reported from Ireland nearly three decades ago, asks whether the 1998 agreement will prevent gunmen emerging once more, to try to end British rule in the north?

Is the War in Ireland Over?

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52’Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Britain, Portugal, TurkeyRef #: 274

26’ArgentinaRef #: 144

Genuine information has been given by correspondents who, broken and bitter, returned from the war-torn Iraq with a handful of scorch-ing memories, looking in depth into the issues which emerged after the occupation. These are the candid moments of photographers who have witnessed it all and now speak of what they saw ‘Behind the Camera.’

Argentina has one of the largest Muslim communities in Latin America. The 20th century saw an influx of Muslim migrants to the country, from different parts of the Muslim world but mostly from Syria and Lebanon. This documentary tries to give a clear picture of Muslims as well as their social and cultural life in this Latin American country.

Iraq: Behind the Camera Islam in Argentina

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Short programs dealing with different issues showing how Iran, despite sanctions has defied all odds and made great technological advancements.

Iranian Technological Advancements

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Sources have suggested an increasing trend in Islamophobia, some of which attribute it to the September 11 attacks, while others associate it with the increased presence of Muslims in the Western world. In May 2002 the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), a European Union watchdog, released a report entitled “Summary report on Islamophobia in the EU after 11 September 2001”, which described an increase in Islamophobia-related incidents in European member states post-9/11. Although the term is widely recognized and used, it has not been without controversy.

The objective of this film is to break through the Zionist propaganda and lies so that the viewing audience can make their own minds up about who the real terrorists are, and to help answer the question: Why the world is so afraid of Israel.We highlight the core differences between Judaism and Zionism to explore the true agenda of Israel and the Zionist movement; we try to understand why Israel is the only occupying force in the world who can impose sanctions on the people they oppress, the only na-tion that lies outright about its actions and when confronted, laughs in the face of the UN.

Islamophobia Israel, Profit, Propaganda & Peace?

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52 ’ France, Britain, AustriaRef #: 305

In fall 1986 Mordechai Vanunu, an Israeli citizen who had been em-ployed at the Dimona Nuclear Power Plant in the Negrev Desert, gave evidence to the London Sunday Times newspaper that Israel was developing nuclear weapons. Israel is widely believed to pos-sess an estimated 75 to 200 nuclear warheads and medium-range ballistic missiles capable of delivering those warheads. Moreover, The US Congress Office of Technology Assessment has recorded Israel as a country generally reported as having undeclared chemical warfare capabilities, and an offensive biological warfare program. Nevertheless most countries do not even raise a finger to point out this fact. Why the double standards?

Israel’s Open Secret

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Islam is the fastest growing religion in US and in many countries Muslims form the largest minority. But how and when did it reach the American borders? Today, the Muslim population in US is very diverse. This is a comprehensive research into the effects of Islamic ideology on US in various ways.

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Joshua Adam Key was a soldier in the US Army. He served a term in Iraq but couldn’t get himself to go back to the Middle Eastern coun-try after what he experienced. He has now been forced to migrate to neighboring Canada with his little children for fear of being arrested and court marshaled. This documentary tells his story from his experiences in Iraq to his new life in Canada where he’s living fearing for his life.

Lance Corporal Joe Glenton, 27, joined the Army in 2004 and was sent to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 2006. Whereas the army and politi-cians claimed that British troops were there to help, he was shocked to find that the Afghan people were against them. Ashamed and disillusioned, he went AWOL in 2007. He handed himself in two years later, and was charged with desertion. This is a touching por-trait of a British soldier that has been imprisoned for refusing to fight in the Afghanistan War. The documentary explores the human cost, morality and legality of arguably the defining conflict of the post 9/11 world. A coward for some, a hero for others; Joe talks candidly on the need for love, integrity and justice in modern warfare.

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This is a 25 minute tour of the US judicial system, shedding light on racial and other kinds of discrimination that dominate US judiciary at different levels.The camera follows a victim of US judicial system and takes us to court where members of a family want to get their rights. Do they succeed? Here is what happens to the family in court.

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After 21 years living in exile in Britain, Mohammed Ferjani returns back to the motherland-Tunisia. His family especially his father were members of the En-nahda political parties, banned during Ben Ali’s time in power. Their family was arrested, tortured and were finally forced to flee. He goes back to try and meet the people who forced his family to leave and also meets other political prisoners. He tries to retrace his former life and meet the people he left behind includ-ing the ones who smuggled them out of the country. Ultimately he’ll try to meet the family of Muhammad bu Eizi, the young man who started it all. He was the young man who set himself on fire and in turn set a whole region on fire.

The Muslim Brotherhood movement has been for decades lead-ing opposition in the country mainly through its political arm, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan came to international attention in the wake of the April 1989 disturbances and the subsequent November 1989 parliamentary elections. These developments highlighted the movement’s political clout and raised the specter of an Islamic revolution in Jordan.While various political trends competed for influence during the months prior to the elections, the Muslim Brotherhood had a clear advantage; its infrastructure in the mosques, the Qur’anic schools and the universities gave it a ready-made political base.The Muslim Brotherhood candidates won a windfall of 32 of the 80 seats in Parliament.

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Persian Jews or Iranian Jews are Jews historically associated Iran, which was known internationally as Persia until 1935. The bibli-cal books of Isaiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, Chronicles, and Esther contain some references to the experiences of Jews in Persia. Imam Khomeini visited with members of the Jewish community and issued a decree ordering the adherents of Judaism and other revealed reli-gions to be protected. Jews are entitled to self-administration and elect their own representative to the 290-seat Majlis. Jewish burial rites and divorce laws are accepted by Islamic courts. Tehran has over 20 synagogues. Iran has one of only four Jewish charity hospitals in the world. Kosher butcher shops are available in Iran. There are He-brew schools and coeducation is allowed. But why take our word for it, watch Jews in Iran.

Jews in Iran

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Kaka Bra is a farmer living in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq. He doesn’t have any good memories of the past. He lost seven of his fam-ily members when Saddam Hussein ordered the mass killing of Kurds during his reign. He describes the current situation in the city to be very dangerous such that one needs to make a will before he lives the house every single day. He witnesses killings almost every day but he does not believe in tit for tat at all. Through him we get to know intimate details of life in this city and Iraq as a whole.

Kashan is the first of the large oases along the Qom- Kerman road which runs along the edge of the Great Desert. Its charm is there-fore mainly due to the contrast between the parched immensities of the Kavir region and the greenery of the well-tended oasis, to the lively atmosphere of this almost compulsory halt, the rest-ful shade of cupola- or vault - covered houses and the coolness of gardens made even more pleasant by their water – fountains. Kashan’s water-supply comes from a system of qanats which con-verge up on the oasis. But the city also benefits from the presence of a nearby abundant spring which enabled Shah Abbas the Great to create a blooming garden in the suburb of Fin (6 km south). Bagh-e Fin has its poetic appeal and gardeners are attempting to restore the luxuriance of flower-beds overlooked by century-old cypress-trees.

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Following the NATO air strikes that began in March 1999, Kosovo be-came a UN Protectorate. From April 2002, UNMIK followed a policy of ‘standards’ before ‘status’ in order to calm pressures of independence within the enclave. In March 2004, tensions grew and people took to the streets with Albanian rioters taking to the streets targeting Serbs and UNMIK soldiers. Kosovo was the beginning of the breakdown of former Yugoslavia what will be the end of this breakdown?

Khabr Nation Park and Ruchun wild life refuge covers an area of 169200 hectares. Khabr is eleventh National Park of Iran which alone covers an area about 120000 hectares. The lowest elevation is 1000 and the highest 3845 m. The area has a rich flora (about 750 species) and about 120 endemic species. In view of phytogeography, the area situated between Irano-Turanian and Sahara-Sindian regions which includes several communities and various vegetation.

Kosovo & The Future StatusKhabr Jungle

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On the 17th February 2008, the youngest country in the world was born. Kosovo’s Albanians are breathing again, but the Serbs are in a big dilemma. Happiness and celebrations on one side, and on the other, mistrust and uncertainty. But the new country is threatening to be a time-bomb…

Kurdistan province with so many cultural, historical and natural attractions is one of the exceptional parts of Iran. It is located in the west of Iran in the vicinity of Iraq border. In here, the historical, cultural, and tourism features of the province are discussed. One of the extraordinary tourist attractions of Iran and a must-see place for adventurers.

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52’ or 4 x 26’TurkeyRef #: 241

Ethnic Kurds compose a significant portion of the population in Tur-key. Unlike the Turks, the Kurds speak an Indo-European language. The Kurds live across all of Turkey but the majority live to the east and southeast of the country, from where they originate. We take a look at the events shaping these people…

Kurds in Turkey

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7 x 26’ VenezuelaRef #: 203

The riots in the Paris suburbs highlight the many problems plaguing France’s capital city, as well as the rapidly changing face of the na-tion. Thirty-seven percent of all immigrants in France live in the Paris region, according to 1999 census data.It is currently estimated that 40 percent of the French population descends from these different waves of migrations, making France the most ethnically diverse country in Europe. Nevertheless, the immigrants from other European countries have had an easier time blending in, while the “non-European” groups have tended to assimilate at a slower pace. We pay a visit to these suburbs to try and understand their stories.

Venezuela has become famous as a leading anti-US country in Latin America and Hugo Chavez is known as a charismatic person in the country he leads. The Land of Grace, deals with Venezuela’s politics, economy and culture, showing how a nation changed dramatically throughout modern history to become a leader of social, cultural and industrial reforms, heading in the right path of self-determination and independence.

La Banlieue Land of Grace

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India has always been famous as the land of mysteries, having many things to offer to newcomers and tourists. In this series, different as-pects of life in India and Kashmir are brought to the fore. On the other hand, the camera takes the viewers to the mysterious atmosphere of India’s art and culture, different religions, disparate traditions, and various lifestyles, giving you a glimpse of what life is like in the sub-continent. The Land of Paradoxes opens new horizons into the land of never-ending discoveries.

Jews, Zoroastrians, Christians and Muslims have been living with each other in Iran since time immemorial. One does not need to be overly careful to see churches, synagogues and mosques on the streets standing next to each other in perfect harmony and peace, creating a unique spiritual and architectural atmosphere, heralding unity within diversity. Followers of different faiths in Iran respect each other’s beliefs. The Land of Religions introduces a number of Iranian cities where followers of different faiths live peacefully with each other and perform their religious ceremonies.

Land of Paradoxes Land of Religions

52’AntarcticaRef #: 231

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The Last Continent is a scientific documentary portraying the life of sea mammals in an exciting manner. Ultraviolet rays have left nega-tive impacts on environment, human beings and fish.Due to ultraviolet rays, krill that are sources of nutrition for whales and seals from the depth of five meters in the water go further deep into depth of 15 meters. This causes a change in the behavior of whales. The ultra-violet rays have even caused wounds on their bod-ies. Even though a scientific journey, this also turns out to a journey into self-discovery.

This program explores Sino-American economic relations, the mutual influence of the two countries on one another and China’s approach to globalization. It shows how China is looking for more locally viable globalization models. The film in part has a look at China’s Muslim population and their contribution to the making of this vast country. While Letters to Sparrows investigates China’s plans to expand its future use of nuclear energy, it tries to take a look at the status of its women as well.

Last Continent Letters to Sparrows

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A series about social life of a people living along the coastline and sharing the same culture. What is life like for the people who live on the sea and why is it important for them to call the sea the Persian Gulf?

Life on the Persian Gulf

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The historic and international aid convoy, Viva Palestina, travels over 3000 km in an effort to break the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. This documentary follows the members of the convoy in one of the largest humanitarian mission by land, with over 200 vehicles loaded with aid. Ignored by mainstream media, the convoy sets off its jour-ney from London to Gaza via Europe. They then face many obstacles in the last days of the journey traveling through Egypt.

President Nicolas Sarkozy was elected on a campaign promise to clean up politics and put an end to the murky dealings that had tar-nished the image of the French state under his predecessors. In the run-up to the 2007 presidential election, the centre-right candidate famously offered voters the vision of an “irreproachable Republic”. That pledge has turned sour after the French president was forced to part with two junior ministers accused of embezzlement and fight off allegations that his ruling UMP party had been showered with il-legal cash by L’Oreal heiressFrance’s richest woman.

Lifeline to Gaza Lost Emperor

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“Lifeline to Gaza: The Return” tells the story of a diverse group of people from Europe, the US and the arab world joining together to break the siege of Gaza. Following in the footsteps of their friends who broke the siege by land in March 2009, the group leaves from London and picks up more vehicles along the way. By the time it enters the Gaza strip it consists of 200 vehicles. In part one, the group leaves from London and makes its way across Europe. Largely ignored by the European media, it pushes on quickly until it reaches Greece. There the people give it a rousing welcome. But at the same time, news filters through that Egypt has begun construction of an im-penetrable steel wall on its border with Gaza. The process of get-ting the people and vehicles across the Mediterranean proves to be a logistical nightmare. But once in the seaport of Al Arish, just half an hour’s drive from Gaza, things turn sour and blood is spilled as the convoy aid workers and the Egyptian security forces go head to head...

Lifeline To Gaza: The Return

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21 x 52’ Iran, US Ref #: 341

Political relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid to late 1800s. An era of close alliance between Shah Mo-hammad Reza Pahlavi’s regime and the American government was followed by a dramatic reversal and hostility between the two countries after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.Opinions differ over what has caused the decades of poor rela-tions. Explanations offered include everything from the ”natural and unavoidable” conflict between the Islamic Revolution on the one hand, and American ”arrogance” and desire for ”global dictatorship” and ”hegemony” on the other. This documentary brings together experts on these relations in candid interviews about the history and the road ahead in relation between these two countries.

Lion and Eagle: Iran-US Relations

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52’ or 6 x 26’ Afghanistan Ref #: 175

What the world observes in Afghanistan today couldn’t be far-thest from the initial pleasant picture the occupiers promised to bring to the country.Our camera goes on a dangerous journey to places in Afghani-stan such as Herat, Qandahar and Panjwai to picture the life of Pashtun people and the hardships they are enduring because of terrorist activities there. Within this journey you wonder how similar the life of these people is to the image the American oc-cupiers depicted before and after occupation.

Living Afghans


This film focuses on the lobbying industry in the UK. Every year in the UK, oil companies, private health providers and arms manufacturers spend billions of pounds on lobbying. They do this so as to ensure that the government legislates the policy that business wants. Geographically, the Palace of Westmin-ster is quite literally surrounded lobbying firms. This presenter-led documentary interviews politicians, ex-lobbyists, academics, and activists with a view to uncovering the techniques lobbying firms use to influence politicians in modern Britain. Specifically the show focuses on how lobbying from private health companies is shap-ing the government health policy in the UK.

Lobbying in the UK

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This film focuses on the way young people in England, especially pro-Palestine and Muslim youth feel and see the situation in Palestine. The fact that young people around the world are traumatized by the plight of Palestinian youth is an important point to drive home, as sympathy and humanitarian identification with Palestinian youth from youth from around the world (England in this case) is something which mainstream western media and discourse wants to deny and criminalize. The central part of the film is the lead-up and the actual 22 day war against Gaza starting in late Dec 2008, and the reaction of the British public against this aggression, focusing on young people. The problematic policing is focused on during the demonstrations. This highlights the way that the police themselves exacerbated the situation at the protests in creating further tension which led to civil disturbances.

London Youth Protest War Crimes in Gaza

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52’ South AfricaRef #: 193

South Africa is home to an estimated five million illegal immigrants, including some three million Zimbabweans. Attacks on foreign nationals increased markedly in late 2007 and it is believed that there have been at least a dozen attacks since the start of 2008. A series of anti-immigrant riots occurred in South Africa beginning on May 11, 2008. This documentary follows two of these immigrants each with his own unique story but sharing what this country has to offer them.

Lost in Migration

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52’ Afghanistan Ref #: 225

Hopes and dreams of two Afghan girls. One goes to an American school in Kabul, the other in a public school. How do these two lives differ from one another?

Madam President

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The most important factor leading to the victory of the Islamic Revo-lution was the guidance of the charismatic leader late Imam Khomei-ni, Time’s Man of the Year in 1979 and one of the magazine’s 100 most influential people in the 20th century.He brought down the Shah of Iran, a despotic ruler. Internationally, he is known as “the virtual face of Islam in Western popular culture.” The role of the Iranian people cannot be overemphasized. They stood up behind their leader and set up an Islamic Democracy. This is the story of the man and the people he influenced.

This program chronicles the life, character and leadership of Nel-son Mandela, one of the great figures of the twentieth century. It is a personal biography of Mandela, drawing on intimate inter-views with Nelson Mandela’s political allies.It chronicles Mandela’s decades in prison where he evolved from a fiery radical into a mature leader and examines how Mandela continued his political mission after his release, a mission that sought to build one nation for all South Africans.

Man of the Century Mandela

52’ or 12 x 26’IranRef #: 205

26’ SingaporeRef #: 139

The Persian Gulf, though a strategic crossroads and the scene of many important regional and international developments, enjoys a unique marine life about which much research has not been done. It is an example of an ecosystem of corals and home to different fish species and other marine-life. This is an hour of a journey under the pearl-blue waters of the Persian Gulf.

Maryam chronicles the story of a Dutch woman who later converted to Islam and married a man from Singapore. She talks about her life experiences as a new convert into the religion and her views of why she puts on the Islamic head scarf and wears modestly. Being a woman, she also shares her feelings about fashion and trends in the modern world.

Marine Life of the Persian Gulf Maryam (Helena)

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More than 29,000 people disappeared in the last war in Bosnia and Herzegovina.Nothing is known about the fate of those who disappeared during that time. Life is especially difficult for those who disappeared AFTER the signing of the Dayton Peace Accord. Many survivors are looking for the remains of the killed relatives. From exhumation to DNA ex-traction and identification, we follow this process for the lucky ones who find the remains of their loved ones from the many mass graves strewn all over Bosnia.

Mass Terror

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2 x 52’ or 8 x 26’ RussiaRef #: 186

6 x 26’ AfghanistanRef #: 260

In this series, we take a tour of Russia, exploring the country’s politics, economy and culture as well as people’s customs, and the general atmosphere after the fall of communism. Views for and against the Russian definition of democracy are discussed in this program.

Our camera here features people from different walks of life and different age groups in Afghanistan to talk about the ongoing problems Afghanis are currently facing and desperately hoping to get rid of.

Matroyshka Inside Out Maybe Tomorrow

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26’ PeruRef #: 431

Many contemporary communication scholars believe that media has been used and still continues to be used as one of the most po-tent tool to form opinions, whether at home in a smaller sphere of audience or the entire world with international audience. Much of it is true and verified by innumerable researches.This very aspect of media, therefore, has been capitalized by some of the notable institutions, the Central Intelligence Agency of America, being among the prime most agencies.

In an unprecedented appearance for the cameras, we get to meet the very same people that the US Government has unsuc-cessfully been trying to capture for several years. We are the first ones to get to the elusive PCP, in the most recondite part of the Amazon rainforest. The US Government has offered 5 million dol-lars for any information that leads to the leaders of any of the two factions of the former Shining Path, and added them to their Narcotics Rewards Programme.

Media Morphs Meeting the Peruvian Guerillas

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A synagogue, a church and a mosque. In today’s turbulent world, some may find it hard to put these three together. But all these places of worship exist together in one place: 30 Tir Street (formerly known as Ghavam-ol-Saltaneh Street), Tehran, Iran. The beginnings of Jew-ish history in the area of present-day Iran date back to late biblical times. After occupied Palestine, Iran is home to the second-largest Jewish population in the Middle East. Haim synagogue dates back to 1913 while the St. Peter Protestant Church was built circa 1873. The mosque on the other hand dates to the 20th Century. Surprising?

Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496–1561), though his teachings were a relatively minor influence on the group. As one of the historic peace churches, Mennonites are committed to nonvio-lence, nonviolent resistance/reconciliation, and pacifism.We visit a community of Mennonites and discover how they live their life wondering how evangelists have quite a different point of view of events happening around them unlike the Anabaptists who still hold firm to their fundamentals.

Melting Pot Mennonites

7 x 26’Mexico, USRef #: 219

The flow of migrants from Mexico into the United States is the most controversial issue between the two countries.Millions of people in the United States today identify themselves as Mexican immigrants or Mexican Americans and there is an ongoingwave of immigration both legally and illegally into the southwestern United States. A series of coffins hung on a border wall memorializesthose who have died crossing the border.What is the reason?

Migrants’ Movement

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Based on Ahmed ‘Kathy’ Kathrada’s autobiography by the same name, Memoirs, is a documentary about love, hope and despair. As one of the famous Rivonia 8, Kathy spent 26 years in jail for being an anti-apartheid activist.He is mostly known for spending time in jail with the likes of Mandela, Sisulu, Mbeki and others in apartheid South Africa and burying the original draft of Mandela’s autobiography, until such time it could be smuggled to London.. However, unknown to many was that Kathrada went to jail a man in love with an-other political activist, Sylvia Neame. This documentary goes through Kathy’s life while in jail away from the love of his life. Through his letters from Robben Island Prison, we get a glimpse of South African history told in a very personal way.

Memoirs

26’IraqRef #: 325

Landmines were used by Iraqi forces to prevent Kurdish “pesh-mergas” (freedom fighters) from moving freely around terrain which constituted a bear perfect hiding place for guerrilla troops. Additionally, the Iraqis believed the laying of mines around fields and fresh water springs would prevent the Kurds they had man-aged to drive out of their homes from returning. “The war continues for us, our ennemy left behind a different ennemy when he left our territory”, says the mayor of Chwarta, a small town north of Suleimania, in Iraqi Kurdistan.

Mines, the Crops of our Farms

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On 15 February 2003, nearly two million people marched in London to try to prevent the coming invasion of Iraq. They came from all walks of life, all social classes, all faiths and none. Some were expe-rienced activists. Many had never been on a protest march before. How was it possible to mobilise the biggest peacetime demonstra-tion ever seen in Britain? What was the relationship between the tra-ditional left and the Muslim community, which was just beginning to take to the streets in large numbers? What has happened to all these people since, and what lasting impact has the anti-war movement had on the British social and political landscape? The film follows four characters from different backgrounds through the first half of 2010. All of them were involved in that massive march in 2003, so seven years later, what are they doing now, how do they see their experi-ence back then, and what does it mean for them now?

Iran is a country with many natural attractions, among them, the mud volcano near the Tang fishing village in southern Iran. This wondrous mud volcano is located in northwestern Chabahar city, Sistan Baluchistan province. After each eruption, a sound like gun-shot is heard with gas and mud issuing from the depths of the earth instead of lava. This unique geological phenomenon dem-onstrates morphologic characteristics and tectonic activities in the area and the substances jetting out of it provide information on the condition of subterranean water and oil reserves.

Million Man March Mud Volcanoes

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26’IranRef #: 249

The music of Iran has thousands of years of history, as seen in the archeological documents of Elam, one of the earliest world culture, which was located in southwestern Iran. In-struments used in Persian classical music include the bowed spike-fiddle kamancheh, the goblet drum tombak, the end-blown flute ney, the frame drum daf, the long-necked lutes tar, setar, tanbur, dotar, and the dulcimer santur.This is a journey in Persian music through the ages and the challenges it has overcome and it currently faces.

Music of Iran, The

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Muslims from the Balkans have paid the biggest price from the breakup of Yugoslavia and wars that happened in the last Century. The genocide that happened to the Muslims who found themselves at the crossroads between Orthodoxy and Catholicism is one of the most horrible crimes in the history of Europe. Bosniak Muslims are the only authentic Muslim Community in Christian Europe, which is living on the meeting point of several conflicts. This documentary delves deep into history and also investigates the present to portraythe current situation of Muslims living in the Balkans.

The documentary looks at the 2010 UK elections with specific insight on the role of British Muslims and the impact they had. It seeks to understand and explore how Muslims can play a pivotal part in shaping the future of the country and follows the endeav-ours of Muslim candidates. The programme highlights the impor-tant issues affecting British Muslim voters and shows how Muslim organisations push to politicise their community and tackle apa-thy from within, whilst also taking on Zionist and Islamophobic elements from without.

Muslim Between Orthodoxy & Catholicism Muslim Elections, The

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The West often accuses Islam of being unfair to women; that the women are disparaged and have no rights. This issue has especially been underlined maybe because the whole Muslim world is in the focus of the media today. However as these women from the Bal-kans attest, this is not really true. Muslim women are engaged in all spheres of social life. Tackling the issue of the differencebetween lo-cal culture and religion itself, this documentary tries to differentiatethe two to project a true image of the religion, which gives womenall the necessary rights and freedom she requires.

The official story of Dr David Kelly is that he took his own life in an Oxfordshire wood by overdosing on painkillers and cutting his left wrist with a pruning knife. He was said to be devastated after being unmasked as the source of the BBC’s claim that the Government had ‘sexed up’ the case for war in Iraq. A subsequent official inquiry led by Lord Hutton into the circumstances lead-ing to the death came to the unequivocal conclusion that Kelly committed suicide.Yet suspicions of foul play still hang heavy over the death of the weapons expert whose body was found seven years ago next month in one of the most notorious episodes of Tony Blair’s pre-miership. In a disclosure, following questions submitted under the Freedom of Information Act, police admitted they still do not know who owned the watch found beside his body. Police did not bother to check with Dr Kelly’s relatives if it belonged to him.

Muslim Women in Transition Mystery of Dr David Kelly, The

52’Britain, USRef #: 357

26’Canada, USRef #: 138

The Vietnam War was a military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1959 to 30 April 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its commu-nist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other nations. This is a step by step review of the events leading up to and including the Vietnam War from the Gulf of Tonkin incident to the final years of Vietnamization. A war that ex-acted a huge human cost in terms of fatalities, including 3 to 4 million Vietnamese from both sides, 1.5 to 2 million Laotians and Cambodi-ans, and 58,159 U.S. soldiers.

The story of the Native American has been a story marked mainly by betrayal and sorrow. Ever since white men from across the ocean set foot onto that land, the Native American has lost almost everything--his ancestral lands, his dignity, and even his culture have fallen by the wayside. How interesting it is that the people who came to this land first are the ones who have been shortchanged. Add to that jobless-ness, alcoholism and a myriad number of economic problems, this documentary takes a look at the problems currently faced by some Native American tribes in North America.

Nam Natives

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Britain’s incoming Army Chief, General David Richards has stirred controversy by saying that his country’s mission in Afghanistan could last for up to 40 years. In an interview General Richards said, “I be-lieve that the UK will be committed to Afghanistan in some manner, development, governance, security sector reform, for the next 30 to 40 years.” The same goes for the other side of the Atlantic. With the US continuing its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many question, when will these wars end?

Throughout history there have always been reasons for people to move to other countries. Majority of them emigrate because they want to live a better life while others do so because of political rea-sons. Overall, it can be said that immigration is always from a poor to a rich country. But what about those who live in rich countries where ‘freedoms’ and ‘liberties’ are abound? In this documentary, we meet some Americans who have left the ‘land of Stars and Stripes’ in search of a better life elsewhere.

Never-ending Wars New Immigrants

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In 2005, hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans. It took over 5 days for people to be evacuated. A poor and majority black population was left abandoned and the question began to be asked, ‘Would this have been allowed to happen if this was a rich, white community?’ If this natural restructuring of the community was not enough, the authorities have come up with a new plan. New Orleans public housing occupied some of the best real estate in the city. The housing authority planned to de-molish the housing and replace it with ‘mixed-income’ housing. This documentary looks at the housing schemes in New Orleans post Katrina and the controversies surrounding them because it looks like a richer and whiter New Orleans is now being built in which the city’s workers, mainly black, have no place.

New Orleans Public Housing

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There are many paths into New York’s little known netherworld. One of them is a metal door sandwiched between a grimy Midtown apart-ment building and a nondescript bodega. Thousands of people walk by every day, never even noticing it. While millions of straphangers walk up and down the city’s clearly marked subway entrances, only a handful know of the dangerous, harsh - yet surprisingly peaceful - world that lies on the other side of this particular door.An estimated 5,000 people live beneath the streets of Manhattan in a labyrinthine system of abandoned railway tunnels. Each day New Yorkers swarm through the underground unaware of the hid-den community which uses the tunnels as their home. A gripping and eye-opening film which goes in search of an urban legend and discovers it is more than myth. Many of New York’s tunnels and sta-tions have became obsolete and have become the home of the city’s dispossessed.

Nimich is located in the Rasht valley in Tajikistan’s eastern mountains. A hidden treasure, this documentary takes a look at the traditions and customs of the local community during the holy month of Ra-madan and it’s celebration of the festive day of Eid.

New York Underground Nimich: Ramadan in Tajikstan


Doc Festival 2010

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Purple Hearts was the first book of photography portraying the violence of America’s war in Afghanistan as experienced by American soldiers. The photographs of the war veterans have been shown in art galleries, published in newsweeklies, and used by local commu nity groups as a tool for organizing and raising awareness. This documentary is a profile of the pho-tographer behind this work, Nina Berman. We profile Berman as she gives us an insight into the world of photography in today’s America and explains her struggles to find wide audi-ences for her photographs while keeping control of her images and ne gotiating their presence in today’s ideologically-charged American public spaces.

Nina Berman, American Photographer

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Millions of people each year stage demonstrations worldwide to ex-press their revulsion at the recent wars the US has sparked, their only slogan being “No More War”. What are the protesters’ concerns? What are their opinions of war on terror? Why are people of the world ever concerned about fighting terrorism? This documentary reflects the views of all peace campaigners who unanimously from four corners of the globe say No More War.

When Former British Minister, Tony Blair, led the UK to invade Iraq in 2003 causing hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, he was about to engage in an invasion that would also cause hundreds of British deaths. One such life was that of 29-year old Lance Corporal Shaun Brierley. He died just 10 days into the invasion.Tony Blair told his subjects that the financial cost of the war and the loss of lives would be justified when Iraq’s big weapons were found. But his intelligence was wrong. There were no weapons. At a memorial ceremony in London a few years later, Tony Blair was signing autographs. Shaun’s father, Peter Brierley, approached him. Blair offered a handshake. But Peter refused to shake hands with Blair, saying “Don’t you dare; You have my son’s blood on your hands.” This incident sparked media interest. In this film, Peter Brierley and his wife speak intimately about their son, their family, Tony Blair and the invasion of Iraq.

No More War Not Shaking Blair’s Hand

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The documentary traces the steps of an Iranian in the UK as he delves in the annals of history surrounding the nuclear programme of Iran. Leading with the interview with Dr Ete-mad the founder of the programme during the time of the Shah it is interlaced with interviews from officials in the IAEA. The purpose of the documentary is to elaborate and clarify the current stalemate between Iran and the Western coun-tries on Iran’s nuclear energy ambitions.

Nuclear Amnesia

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26’TajikistanRef #: 311

Nowrouz, which falls on March 21st, is a national feast, dating back to no less than 2500 years. It echoes Iranians’ insight on the globe as they consider the rebirth of the nature after a cold season as the start of a new year.At every home, people arrange on a table seven small dishes of na-ture’s symbols, like fruits, wheat sprouts, and a bowl of water in which a gold fish swims. Together with a mirror and several painted eggs, the arrangements form what is called Haft-Sin, which means Seven S’s, because names of these seven dishes begins with S in Persian.

In harmony with rebirth of nature, the Persian New Year Celebration, or Norooz, always begins on the first day of spring, March 20th of each year. Norooz ceremonies are symbolic representations of two ancient concepts - the End and Rebirth. This is custom practiced not only in Iran but also other countries sharing the same culture. This is a look into the customs and traditions of Tajikistan in celebrating Nowrooz.

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The Niger Delta in Nigeria has been the attention of environ-mentalists, human rights activists and fair trade advocates around the world. The activities of large oil corporations such as Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Elf, Agip etc have raised many concerns and criticisms. Criticisms abound about the way the oil compa-nies have neglected the surrounding environment and health of the local communities. The Niger Delta is the richest area of bio-diversity in Nigeria, but regular oil spills that are not cleaned up, blatant dumping of industrial waste and promises of develop-ment projects which are not followed through, have all added to the increasing environmental and health problems. What is thereal problem in this oil rich country?

Oil River

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Ths is a beautiful narration of the lives of people from Kirkuk a village in Iraq. While oil wells were discovered in their region in the first half of the twentieth century, they could not be ex-plored for long because of disputes between the government and foreign oil companies. While it remained unexplored, the people earned their livelihood by selling the unrefined oil in the local market.In the words of one villager, “While the other countries which have oil deposits have become developed countries we still re-main poor.”

Oil the Cancer of our City


Doc Festival 2009

Official SelectionUNCIPAR

Doc Festival 2010

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10th Rome AlternativeFilm Festival

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6 x 26’PalestineRef #: 353

Sixty-five years ago over 100,000 artillery shells, rockets, and mortars blasted the Okinawan coastline from approximately modern-day To-rii Station to Camp Lester. United States ships and aircraft saturated the area with fire and metal, landing as many as 25 rounds on ev-ery 100 square yards of ground for a half-mile inland. This “Typhoon of Steel” was designed to soften the Japanese defense along the landing beaches in anticipation of the largest amphibious invasion of World War II--Operation ICEBERG. The Battle of Okinawa began as an opening stage for the invasion of mainland Japan. However, only weeks after it concluded, the use of atomic weapons hastened the end of the war. Thus, the battle stood as the last--and bloodiest--ground campaign of the Pacific War. After over 6 decades, the Japa-nese still remember that fateful day.

The Gaza Strip is a coastal strip of land on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea bordering Egypt and Israel. It is one of the most densely populated places on earth. According to the CIA Fact book as of July 2008, it holds a population of 1,500,202 on an area of 360 square kilometers (139 sq mi). The UN, HRW and many other interna-tional bodies and NGOs consider Israel to be the occupying power of the Gaza Strip as Israel controls Gaza’s airspace, territorial waters and does not allow the movement of people or goods in or out of Gaza by air or sea. The Gaza War, codenamed Operation Cast Lead by Israel, and known as the Gaza massacre in parts of the Arab and Muslim world, began on December 27, 2008, when Israel launched a military attack on the Gaza Strip. One year on, we look at the effects of the war in Gaza

Okinawa- 65 Years after Operation Iceberg On Two Feet

52’ or 3 x 26’TajikistanRef #: 368


Central Asia is a geographical expanse including five newly indepen-dent republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan all of which have been parts of the historical Greater Khorasan region. In this region, the availability of water and lack thereof plays a huge role especially since this commodity can be thereason of prosperity. In this regard Tajikistan is most blessed. Howev-er, what is people’s share of this huge wealth and figures in a country which has no other wealth other than water. Could having waters which flow from their soil to other republics be possibly enough?

This documentary takes a look at the religious make-up of India. With an estimated population of 1.13 billion, India is the world’s second most populous country. India is the second-most culturally, linguis-tically and genetically diverse geographical entity after the African continent. Over 800 million Indians (80.5%) are Hindu. Other reli-gious groups include Muslims (13.4%), Christians (2.3%), Sikhs (1.9%), Buddhists (0.8%), Jains (0.4%) and others. These religious diversities are compared and contrasted in this documentary.

One Other Winter Open Hearts

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52’ or 90’ or 5x26’ IraqRef #: 428

Almost 7 years after the American invasion of Iraq 5 million chil-dren have been orphaned by the war and a whole generation traumatized by the consequences of the American invasion. This is in addition to the 1 million Iraqis, half of them children under 5, who died slow deaths during the 1991-2003 U.S.-led United Nations economic sanctions. Children of Iraq were sub-mitted to a violent conflict and abuses, losing their parents, be-ing jailed in Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca and all sort of trau-matic experiences. For a generation of Iraqi children, war is all they know. So instead of playing with bikes or balls, they bring their nightmares to life.

Once Upon A Time

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26’UkraineRef #: 377

The Orange Revolution was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate aftermath of the run-off vote of the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election which was claimed to be marred by massive corruption, voter intimidation and direct electoral fraud. Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, was the local point of the movement with thou-sands of protesters demonstrating daily. Nationwide, the democratic revolution was highlighted by a series of acts of civil disobedience, sit-ins, and general strikes organized by the opposition movement. 5 years on, we take a look at the revolution… Was it really a ‘revolu-tion’?

Orange Revolution, The36’Palestine, Britain, USA, IranRef #: 153

The documentary Out of Star depicts a division of Orthodox Jews known as the “Neturei Karta” which strongly opposes Zionist views. This Jew division, unlike Zionists, believes that the Jewish occupation of Palestine is completely illegitimate. The followers of this group, ex-isting throughout the world, have constantly been under the Zion-ists’ attack. In an interview, the Neturei Karta movement spokesman, Rabbi David Weiss, describes their views on different matters pertain-ing to Judaism and the harassment they have suffered in the hands of western governments.

Out of Star

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52’ PalestineRef #: 342

It has been almost a decade since Nidal abu Arif has gone to Gaza. Living in Norway, he has always felt sheltered and that every-thing would be fine. However on late December in 2008, every-thing changed. As he saw rockets and what appeared to be white phosphorous falling on the Gaza strip, he knew he had to go back home; even if it will be for a short while. After the attack, he began his journey back home. We follow him through the trials and tribu-lations of trying to get into his homeland and see his reaction to what awaits him inside the Gaza Strip.

Out of Gaza

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52’Afghanistan, ColombiaRef #: 459

Private, professional fighters and security personnel are increas-ing in numbers and popularity as death and injury tolls of young soldiers at war rise. There were an estimated 100,000 private con-tractors on the ground in Iraq --an almost one to one ratio to ac-tive duty American soldiers. In 2007, Blackwater alone had 2,300 private soldiers deployed in nine countries including inside the U.S. Private military and security companies operate in a legal vacuum: they pose a threat to civilians and to international hu-man rights law. A UN working group reported seeing: summary executions, acts of torture, cases of arbitrary detention; of traffick-ing of persons; serious health damages caused by their activities; as well as attempts against the right of self-determination. It also appears that PMSCs, in their search for profit, neglect security and do not provide their employees with their basic rights, and often put their staff in situations of danger and vulnerability.

Outsourcing the War on Terror

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52’Iran TurkeyRef #: 232

She was born in Iran but was raised in Canada. However there comes a point in everyone’s life where one searches for not just the tangible but also the spiritual to fulfill one’s innermost void. In this documen-tary, we follow her in her journey back home to Iran and later to Tur-key in a monotheistic spiritual search inspired by the teachings and thoughts of Mowlana Jalal Ul-din Balkhi, also known as Rumi. Will she attain what she was searching for?

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52’ or 5 x 26’ USRef #: 198

26’GazaRef #: 338

This program is a series of interviews conducted with a group of anti-war activists, some of them Iraq War soldiers who are back home bitter and broken. The program, on the other hand, focuses on the soldiers killed in Iraq and takes the viewers, on a tour, through a num-ber of US tourist resorts where peace activists are busy campaigning for peace.

Israel launched a three-week military operation in Gaza in December 2008. Half a year on and the people of Gaza are still reeling from the effects of that attack. Homes remain destroyed, and access to public services, such as hospitals and water supply, limited. Most people in Gaza are feeling the impact of the strict Israeli closure which they have now endured for over two years. As the entire society becomesincreasingly impoverished, some people are relying more on donkey carts and bicycles.

Pacific Coast People of Gaza, The

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52’ PolandRef #: 340

The Chinese had intimate relations with Persia since the Ashkanid Dynasty in Persia. Camel and donkey caravans travel back and forth both directions for almost a thousand year before the coming of Is-lam to this region. People mixed with each other without regards to race and color. This documentary follows the historical influence of the Persian language and culture in today’s China.

According to polls in both the Czech Republic and Poland, up to two-thirds of the population oppose the U.S. bases. Both countries, how-ever, are governed by pro-U.S. center-right coalition governments that support the U.S. base proposal. n Poland, Defense Minister Ra-doslaw Sikorski was forced to resign after saying that Poland would take Russia’s concern over the U.S. bases into consideration. Sikorski had also opposed placing at risk the 1,000 Polish troops who will be part of the NATO forces sent to Afghanistan. Opponents of U.S. bases also criticize the extra-territoriality of the bases, which will become sovereign U.S. territory. This and other challenges facing Po-land are discussed in this program.

Persian Silk Polish Challeges

52’ or 4 x 26’ AfghanistanRef #: 448

Twenty years of invasion, civil war, and drought have left Afghani-stan’s institutions in ruin. Millions of Afghans huddle in refugee camps or are displaced from their homes. Land-mines defile the countryside. Millions are sick and poor; many live at starvation levels. For these and many other reasons, rebuilding Afghanistan’s economy will require not only economic reconstruction but an effort to reinvent the country’s political and cultural institutions. The war effort in Afghanistan has become a parody of most of the military incursions dating back to 1945, and has become the longest-running exercise in futility since then. There are several obvious reasons for this, all of which seem to be lost on the politicians and military intellectuals who are presiding over this extravaganza.

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A large bare plain, surrounded by mauve cliffs with sharp edges. It is there, in the center of the Marv Dasht basin, that Cyrus the Great chose, toward the end of the his reign, to build under the shelter of a fold in the mountains, a palace worthy of the Empire. It was named Parsa, but later under subsequent Greek influence became known as Persepolis, “The city of the Persians”.

Persepolis

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Abu-Samih stood in front of his postcard kiosk, watching pedestrians in Al- Rasheed Street. The street stretches through the heart of Bagh-dad, an area about to disappear from memory. “Many businessmen, lawyers and professionals lived and worked here. Intellectuals used to gather at the Al-Baraziliyya café, but many of the street’s land-marks have now disappeared.” This deterioration in the street’s status coincided with the changes in Iraqi economy and politics. A look into the artists who still frequent such places…

“The truth is that Islam, Christianity, and Judaism share traditional standards of modesty. There are still areas of the world where Chris-tians dress with the same modesty as traditional Muslims, although they have greatly decreased in the last century. It is a misapprehen-sion that modesty is a trait unique to Islam. It is scandalous that a po-litical conflict has been made of this issue in many areas, especially inEurope, considering that Christians in theory have the same duties, according to their own faith, as do Muslims.” This is part of what Prof Mc Elwain, Former Nordic Representative of the Seventh Day BaptistMissionary Society, tries to expound. In this one hour we join him on a journey to Scotland in search of his history.

Poverty Stricken Café Prof. Mc Elwain

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52’ or 4 x 25’Iran, Turkey, India, Italy, Thailand Ref #: 154

Mowlana Jalaluddin Balkhi, known to the English-speaking world simply as Rumi and famous also as Mowlavi in Iran, was a 13th century Persian poet highly celebrated in the world for his poetical works; an Iranian poet who wrote all his works in Persian and Persian culture can be traced in all his works.Rumi is a descriptive name meaning “the Roman” since Jalaud-din lived most of his life in Anatolia, which was once part of the Byzantine Empire. This program depicts Mowlana’s life, ideas and ideals, teachings and mysticism, among other things, and investigates the reasons for his universal fame.

Persian Paradise

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52’ or 5 x 26’USRef #: 383

A documentary that looks at how the police and legal system are discouraging political protest in the UK. It tells the stories of three young men who were unjustly imprisoned after protesting in Lon-don against the Israeli bombing of Gaza in 2009. The documentary questions tactics employed by the British police and explores al-legations that the Metropolitan police have blurred the distinction between Muslims engaged in terrorist acts and Muslims engaged in political protest. It also questions the impartiality of the British legal system at a time when the politics of fear and xenophobia, and prob-lematic concepts of ‘extremism’ have been absorbed into the political mainstream.

Posttraumatic stress disorder is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event which results in psychological trauma. High rates of PTSD in Iraq War veterans are being seen, as well as a number of other difficulties, including alcohol and drug use, and depression. This may not be too surprising to read as the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are in the news everyday, as are re-ports of their effect on the mental health of the men and women serving there. A majority of service members in Iraq and Afghanistan have encountered traumatic experiences and high rates of PTSD and other difficulties have been found. This is not a medical documentary but the story of soldiers who have to undergo this disease for many days an end…

Protest PTSD

52’ or 4 x 26’EgyptRef #: 215

Since its establishment, the Brotherhood committed itself to work in the social arena, providing comprehensive social programs to those in need. Today, the social work of the brotherhood is very visible across the Egyptian society.The documentary is based on interviews with members of the Brotherhood, some of the organization’s most known critics, his-torians, politicians, members of parliament and the head of the organization. This is combined with visits to poor neighborhoods where the Brotherhood is active, for example in the cemeteries, which have developed into residences for some of the poorest people in Egypt. For many years, the Egyptian government ne-glected these urban spaces, leaving them to the Brotherhood’s young activists to take care of. The documentary takes a close look into the Brotherhood’s social program and activities towards this neighborhood and its inhabitants.

Quest for the Brotherhood

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This is the story of two young girls and their desire to learn Indian traditional music. Street vending by the river Ganges, they yearn for a time when they will be able to attend such classes. They work very hard but not everyone pays attention to them. In this docu-mentary we journey into Indian classical music and learn about the different rags. Will these two girls reach their goals?

Rags by the Ganges

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40’ Turkey Ref #: 356

26’ BulgariaRef #: 250

The issue of the headscarf debate has been very intense and con-troversial since it was banned. Although secular, Turkey is a Muslim majority country, where over 99 per cent of the people are Muslims. It has resulted in a clash between those favoring the secular princi-ples of the state, such as the strongly secular Turkish Army, and those who are more conservative with their religious beliefs. On February 7, 2008, the Turkish Parliament passed an amendment to the con-stitution, allowing women to wear the headscarf in Turkish universi-ties, arguing that many women would not seek an education if they could not wear the hijab. This amendment was to be later annulled. Rainbow Headscarf follows the lives of those who are affected by this ban and looks at how different women cope differently with the ban.

In the holy fasting month of Ramadan Muslims in many Bulgarian villages turn into one big happy family breaking their fast together. According to official figures, Muslims make up more than 12 percent of Bulgaria’s 7.8 million population. They coexist with Christian com-patriots in a culture known as “komshuluk”, or neighborly relations. This is glimpse of life of Ramadan in Bulgaria.

Rainbow Scarfs Ramadan in Bulgaria

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52’ IranRef #: 234

These are short one-minute fillers soulfully animated to Islamic ar-chitecture and glowing verses of the Holy Qur’an in Arabic with their translation in English. A new verse a day during the holy month of Ramadan.This series has won numerous awards.

The grand spiritual, magnificent religious complex of the holy shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) situated in the holy city of Mashhad, Iran, has been called by visitors and historians as “The Glory of the Islamic World”. The marvelous buildings and structures in the holy shrine comprise one of the oldest and most beautiful religious and histori-cal monuments in the world. The grand complex of the holy shrine is round in structure which includes six courtyards (Sahn), twenty - three porches (Riwaq), the Gohar shad Mosque, Razavi University of Islamic Sciences, Islamic Research Foundation, Museums, the Central Library Complex, Offices, Hospital, Inn and the buildings for perform-ing ablutions. Just a few of the Razavi treasures…

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During the Bosnian war, Serb forces conducted sexual abuse strat-egy on the thousands of Bosnian Muslim girls and women which will be later known as mass rape phenomenon. So far, there are no exact figures on how many women and children were system-atically raped by the Serb forces in various camps, but estimates range from 20,000 to 50,000. Some of those women relate their story.

Rape as a War Strategy


Doc Festival 2009

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52’ IranRef #: 363

Iran’s tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. Iran’s Guardian Council said the voter turnout for the presidential election was more than 85 percent, describing people’s participation as ‘unprecedented’. The next morning, with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the elec-tion with 63% of the votes cast, and that Mir-Hossein Mousavi had received 33% of the votes cast. After the elections protests broke out against the election results which later turned violent. Several people lost their lives. What was it that led to the huge voter turn-out and what caused the protests? ‘The Real Fake’ is an indepth analysis of the events leading to the elections and tries to find out what was ‘real’ and ‘fake’. From the elections to the disputed outcome.

Real Fake, The

Official SelectionAIBS 2010

52’ or 10 x 26’Iran, EuropeRef #: 299

During the 8-year war imposed by Iraq on Iran, many countries in the West sold weapons and military equipment to Saddam Hus-sein’s regime. After the war when Iraq’s use of chemical weapons was proven to the world, none of these countries took respon-sibility for selling weaponry to Iraq. Neither did they own up to the huge damage that the ousted Saddam’s regime caused to Iran and even to its own people via those chemical weapons.These countries, collectively feasting on selling weapons of mass destruction to Saddam, were the same countries, which were looking forward to seeing him sent to the gallows for the crimes they themselves were accomplices to. This documentary follows up on this issue to reveal the nature of those responsible.

Reflection of a Silence

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52’IranRef #: 236

20’ Britain, DenmarkRef #: 176

This documentary is about a Uruguayan journalist who meets and interviews with Imam Khomeini in Paris and then decides to change his life completely from being an absolute atheist to a devout Muslim.

This 20-minute program includes interviews with experts, Congress deputies, filmmakers and NGO members in Britain and Denmark talking about the miserable situation in which Palestinians are living in and what the Palestinian people are facing today. The effect of oc-cupation on their social life and the resulting displacement explored in this documentary.This documentary depicts the hardship and suffering of Palestinian refugees living in Arabic and Westerns countries.

Red Years, Green Years Refugee Nation

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52’ or 4 x 26’TurkeyRef #: 242

26’ IranRef #: 315

Islam is the largest religion of Turkey. More than 99 percent of the population is Muslim, mostly Sunni. The Shia Alevi community, a dis-tinct Muslim sect, make up 20 percent of the population. Christianity (Oriental Orthodoxy, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic) and Judaism are the other religions in practice, but the non-Muslim pop-ulation declined in the early 2000s. A window into all the religious colors that make up Turkey.

The reptile fauna of Iran is quite diverse and includes representatives of eight families: Agamidae (20 species), Anguidae (2), Eublepharidae (3), Gekkonidae (39), Lacertidae (42), Scincidae (14), Uromastycidae (3), and Varanidae (2). This documentary takes a look at the biogeog-raphy of Iranian lizards, listing specimens examined and a gazetteer collecting localities. Detailed species accounts include synonymy, diagnosis, colour pattern, size, natural history, habitat, distribution, and remarks.

Religious Colors of Turkey Reptiles

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26’USRef #: 247

When the US economy takes a downturn, Chuck Chambers gets busy. Chuck is a PI and repo-man in Bradenton Beach FL and these days business is booming. The beach front is packed with multi-million dollar homes while the inland areas are home to a dwindling population of poor, uneducated fishermen/laborers. A unique perspective on this slice of the US economic pie.

Repo-Man

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The 33-day Israeli onslaught on Lebanon and its bitter effects on Lebanese people and their lives are explored in this documentary. But this is more a war documentary than a social one. Where did Is-rael attack Lebanon from? What were the reasons? What happened in the war? This documentary features scenes from a war that was launched disproportionately but was responded with courage.

Iran was the second home to many Afghans who crossed the bor-der in search of peace, a place away from violence and bloodshed, seeking refuge in different countries including Iran. These Afghans are now in their own country, filling important posts, ranging from cabinet ministers to university professors.The camera in Return follows these people to portray the current situation in Afghanistan, how the country is being re-constructed after years of chaos and military mayhem.

Resistance & Victory Return

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26’Pakistan, BritainRef #: 220

52’ or 4 x 26’ France, Russia, IranRef #: 270

Moazzam Begg, author of the best seller Enemy Combatant, and one of the most famous ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees returns to Pakistan for the first time and back to the scene of the crime ... his home in Islamabad from where he was kidnapped in the middle of the night by Pakistan intelligence.An Afghan family is now living there but he is invited in for tea and finds very little has changed.During the visit he gives his graphic account of what happened that night in 2002, his reflections on 9/11, the current state of Pakistan and while there he is asked to help the family of Dr Aafia Siddiqui - he remarks on the parallels of her plight and his own.

The French Revolution was an uprising against, absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy while the Russian Revolution was a rebellion against incompatibility be-tween the medieval authority of the tsar and the modern realities of a slowly industrializing nation. The Iranian revolution on the other hand was a revolution that transformed a country from a monarchy to an Islamic Republic. How do these 3 revolutions compare and con-trast?

Rendition, Repatriation & The ReturnRevolution; French, Russian and Iranian Styles

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52’EgyptRef #: 464

Egypt was a stable authoritarian regime, prospects of change were minimal and every expert in Washington would have bet-ted on the endurance of its regime. Contrary to pundits, it turns out that the Egyptian regime was neither stable nor secure. Pro-tests started when -inspired by the successful revolution in Tu-nisia- thousands began taking to the streets to protest poverty, rampant unemployment, government corruption and autocratic governance of President Hosni Mubarak, who has ruled the coun-try for 30 years. Many Egyptian youth felt ignored by Mubarak on the grounds that he is not looking out for their best interests and that he rather serves the interests of the West. The cooperation of the Egyptian regime in enforcing the blockade of the Gaza Strip was also deep-ly unpopular amongst the general Egyptian public.

Revolution in Egypt

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6 x 26’ IranRef #: 364

From the temperate forests bordering the Caspian Sea to the sub-tropical region of Oman and the Persian Gulf, Iran is a vast country, full of natural beauty, and rich in history. Its wild, open landscapes encompass vast mountain ranges, lush forests, arid deserts, fertile plains and marshy lowlands. This tremendous variety of geogra-phy and climate has created an incredibly rich bio-diversity, such that within the borders of one country you might see the Cauca-sian Black Cock and the African Sacred Ibis, or set sail in search of wild salmon in the north, crocodiles in the south, and blue whales Golden Eagle in the Persian Gulf. This paradise for nature lovers is one of a dwindling number of places in the world where the rich-ness of the natural environment can still be seen untouched. This documentary takes you deep inside the wildlife of Iran in beauti-ful ‘Rhymes of Wholeness’

Rhymes of Wholeness


The trials and tribulations of a rickshaw driver in one of the large parts of India are depicted in this observational style documen-tary. He is young, full of energy and dreams but has to put every-thing aside in order to support his parents.He is now suffering from cartilage inflammation. With no money or insurance what are his options?

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6 x 26’ Iran, IraqRef #: 345

Bob Stewart was the first British United Nations Commander in Bosnia. On April 22nd 1993 Colonel Stewart led his men into the village of Ahmici. He had been asked to go there by Muslim sol-diers who had refused to stop fighting because, they said, Croats had massacred women and children in the settlement. To verify these claims Stewart took his men to investigate. The video clip that he showed of what he discovered was horrific. He recalls those moments in this documentary…

Ever since the Iranian Revolution, Iran has experienced many terror attacks against even the highest positions in the govern-ment. Since the invasion of Iraq by the United States and Brit-ain, Iran has experienced an increasing number of explosions (or “terrorist attacks”) in Iranian border provinces and areas. These provinces, which are subject to new waves of attacks by previously unknown groups, border Anglo-American occupied Iraq to the West and Pakistan and Afghanistan in the East. A look at different attacks, their perpetrators and victims within the border.

Road to Bosnia Road to Perdition, The

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26’IranRef #: 331

The Road to Sadr City is the history of resistance in present day Sadr City. This history goes back to the time this city was created by for-mer Iraqi leader Abdulkarim Qassim to the present day when the US occupation is causing untold problems for residents of this satellite town.

Rud-khan castle is a brick and stone medieval castle in Iran. Located 25 km southwest of Foman city north of Iran in Gilan province, it is a military complex which had been constructed during the Seljuk Dynasty. The Castle is built on two tips of a mount, with an area of 50,000 square meters. Its architects have benefited from natural mountainous features in the construction of the fort. A look into this unique architecture…

Road to Sadr City, The Rood Khan Fort

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The first Russell Tribunal met in 1967 to investigate war crimes committed in Vietnam and to adjudicate them on the basis of international law. Despite lacking formal judicial status, the tri-bunal acted as a public awareness forum, highlighting acts of in-justice and impunity for violations of international law. Decades later, the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation is sponsoring the establishment of a Russell Tribunal on Palestine. This tribunal is formed to discuss errors, omissions and complicity of third na-tions and international organisations causing Israel’s occupation of the territories and its impunity.

Russell Tribunal on Palestine

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52’ Iran, CanadaRef #: 330

An Iranian youth who grew up in Canada travels to Iran to follow President Ahmadinejad in one of his provincial trips and covers his view and interviews with people for and against the president. This documentary contains candid interviews with Iranian youth on their take on what is going on around them including a candid one-on-one interview with the man who many consider contro-versial- Mahmood Ahmadinejad.

Revolution in Motion

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26’IranRef #: 317

This is a documentary series about US soldiers who return from the Iraq War. Now they are very different from the time they left for the war. They feel helpless and guilty. The camera follows these soldiers and tries to relate the unsaid secrets of their heart. The program also interviews the family and friends of these soldiers, trying to give a picture of the lives of these people before going to the war and after it.

Sahoolan water cave situated 43 kms to the southeast of Mahabad near the village of Issakand on the road to the city of Boukan in this northwestern province, is the country’s second largest water cave. The surrounding high mountains with their high-flown peaks and fully virgin deep valleys add to the beauty and majesty of this amaz-ing natural attraction. َAn underground adventure into the belly of the earth.

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26’IraqRef #: 317

‘Saddam’s Walkman’ is the story of betrayal and forgiveness. Mo-hammad Ridha, a 19 year old man, was betrayed by someone he thought was his friend to Saddam’s security forces who later mercilessly executed him. They used a walkman to record unwary people in their everyday conversations and later used these re-cordings against them. Mohammad Ridha’s story is now being told by his brother, who after finding out the culprit, instead of seeking revenge, decides to forgive the traitor. This documentary gives you a glimpse of how innocent people were killed and homes devastated during Saddam’s era and how the scars continue to linger to date.

Saddam’s Walkman

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If you want to describe the bitter story of Sardasht Chemical Bom-bardments, you will end with the bitter smell of mustard gas. When-ever the people of Sardasht city feel the pain, they remember June 28, 1987. On this day the Iraqi Baathist forces employed chemical weapons against Sardasht city. More than 20 years have passed from the chemical bombardments which took place against Sardasht city, but the people of this city still suffer the pains that resulted from these chemical weapons.

France has at least one major shift in its foreign policy after coming topower of the unpopular Sarkozy in the country’s presidential elec-tions and that is political dependence on the United States. Will this be to the best interest of the French people and their culture? Are the French for the new president’s foreign policies? Are the rights of immigrants considered by the new power lords in France? This docu-mentary is an effort to unfold the truth behind France’s new foreign and domestic policies.

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The use of secret evidence within the British judiciary is spread-ing. Already a fixture within terror trials it has also been used in employment tribunals and Freedom of Information requests. The Home Office and the security services argue that this practise is essential in the name of national security. Human rights lawyers and journalists disagree, calling it ‘an enormous weapon in the armoury of the State’. Secret Evidence, the documentary presents an overview of a sys-tem that some fear is infiltrating and eroding rights established over centuries– the most fundamental of all being the right to a fair trial.

Secret Evidence

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26’PolandRef #: 378

26’GermanyRef #: 264

This documentary goes in search of secret prisons in Poland after the Polish prosecutor’s office began investigating claims there was a CIA prison in Poland for al Qaeda suspects where guards might have used methods close to torture. Polish media had reported that a classified note written by the Polish secret service had proved the existence of a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency base in Poland. Since 2005, separate reports by the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the European Commission have concluded that CIA prisons did exist in Poland and Romania. Under Polish law, a Pole who was party to an agreement allowing the CIA to torture suspects could be sued in the regular courts or even in the State Tribunal, a special court for government officials. Will they find anything?

At Christmas time in 2000, four young Algerians preparing a bomb-ing attack in Strasbourg were arrested in Frankfurt at the request of the French secret service. They were accused of being Al-Qaida members and tried. The accused rejected the allegations, declaring that they were victims of the French secret service’s manipulations. There are allegations that the French and Algerian secret services had collaborated closely since the Algerian War…

Secret Prison, The Secret Service’s Agents

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26’IraqRef #: 355

The conflict in Iraq is inflicting immense suffering on the civilian population. Mental health as an aspect of suffering in war has been receiving increasing attention, with particular concerns cen-tering on children because of their vulnerability and the growing awareness of the potential long-term harm to society through disruption of human attachments, and the development of ag-gressive patterns of behavior, which have the potential to aid recruitment to terrorist networks. Whilst human resilience is an important notion, it is also important to consider the damaging impacts of war not only for the people caught up in it, but for the region and for humanity itself.

Scorched Earth

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26’SwedenRef #: 451

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Hijacking boats in international waters and killing passengers is, of course, a serious crime. The editors of the London Guardian are quite right to say that: “If an armed group of Somali pirates had yesterday boarded six vessels on the high seas, killing at least 10 passengers and injuring many more, a NATO taskforce would today be head-ing for the Somali coast.” It is worth bearing in mind that the crime is nothing new. For decades, Israel has been hijacking boats in inter-national waters between Cyprus and Lebanon, killing or kidnapping passengers, sometimes bringing them to prisons in Israel including secret prison/torture chambers, sometimes holding them as hos-tages for many years.

After almost 2 decades from the breakup of Yugoslavia, some say Ser-bia still represents the instability factor in the Balkans because it still has many unresolved issues domestically. After the fall of Slobodan Milosevic’s regime, the new authority did not fulfill the expectations of the West and the international community. What is happening in this country now especially after Kosovo declaring independence? This documentary takes a look at a country struggling to find itself both internally and internationally.

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Bosnia-Herzegovina is seeking a precedent-setting decision court that would hold a state — Serbia — responsible for genocide for the first time, rather than individuals. A ruling in Bosnia’s favour could open the way for claims of billions of dollars in compensation. Croatia has a similar case pending be-fore the U.N. tribunal, also known as the world court. Serbia tried to distance itself from the regime of Slobodan Milosevic, which orches-trated the wars in the early 1990s that killed an estimated 200,000 people. Will Serbia be able to distance itself from the past?

Shah-e-Hamadan has been one of the principal historical figures who have shaped the culture of Kashmir. His influence on arts and culture and the economy of the valley cannot be overstated. He in-troduced the Central Asian architecture in the valley and when fused with the Kashmiri architecture, gave rise to a new style. The most famous example of this is the Khanqah-e-Mualla, the monastery dedicated to him in Kashmir. This building, which contains the room where he stayed on his first visit to the valley, is a beautiful model of wooden architecture of Kashmir, with engravings on walls. Sepa-rating the man from legend, this documentary travels to Srinagar to find out the truth.

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The Shahnameh is an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi around 1000 AD and is the national epic of Iran. The Shahnameh tells the mythical and historical past of Greater Iran from the creation of the world up until the Islamic conquest of Iran in the 7th century. Aside from its literary importance, the Shahnameh, written in al-most pure Persian unmixed with adoptions from Arabic, has been pivotal for reviving the Persian language subsequent to the massive influence of Arabic. A closer look at this literary masterpiece.

The majority of South Africa’s Asian population is Indian in origin, many of them descended from indentured workers brought to work on the sugar plantations of the eastern coastal area then known as Natal in the 19th century. They are largely English-speaking, al-though many also retain the languages of their origins. Discriminat-ed against by Apartheid legislation like the Group Areas Act, applied in 1950, Indians were forcibly moved into Indian townships, and had their movements restricted. Some Indians played an important role in the anti-apartheid strug-gle, and a few rose to positions of power after the 1994 elections in South Africa. More than a decade after the creation of the ‘Rainbow Nation,’ we find out how one family lives today.

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They have all the privileges a modern urban man can think of. Social welfare, state of the art technology, modern educational and recre-ational facilities, etc. But why do they end up with all those mental problems. What are the roots of the problems one may never imag-ine a person can have in a well to do society? What is this individual-ism and loneliness that is driving people to philosophical disappoint-ment and, one can never be sure when, to suicidal attempts.What are the factors behind the disintegration of these families? This program explores the magnitude of the problem through a number of case studies. See how sometimes the shadows creep silently.

Two Afghan MPs and two children. How do their lives compare in present-day Afghanistan and where do they intertwine?

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What does Kabul, the beating heart of Afghanistan, look like today? What are the capital-dwellers, a people with great expectations and high aspirations looking forward to?Kabul, Small City, Great Expectations is an effort to show the social and cultural life in Kabul while featuring the capital’s security system, education, and employment several years after occupation.

After the end of oppressive apartheid system and the revolution of the world- renowned Nelson Mandela, the father of the movement, South Africa saw huge changes in its social, religious and security systems. Among positive changes one can refer to is racial desegregation, cultural unity, presence of Muslims and an increase in the country’s educational standards. Nevertheless unemployment abounds in the country and there is an atmosphere of Xenophobia, not to mention security problems there which make South Africa the third most unsafe country in the world. South by South Africa explores the long term effects of British co-lonialism on the culture and civilization of South Africa, taking the viewers to the dark holes of a people looking forward to a brighter and more promising future.

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Has U.S. use of depleted-uranium weapons turned Iraq into a radioactive danger area for both Iraqis and occupation troops? This question has already had serious consequences. In hot spots in downtown Baghdad, reporters have measured ra-diation levels that are 1,000 to 1,900 times higher than normal background radiation levels. DU-caused radiation had already raised alarms in Europe after studies showed increased rates of cancers, respiratory ailments and other disabilities of occupation troops from NATO countries stationed in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. A look at this dan-gerous weapon.

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The US-led war in Iraq received mixed reactions inside the US with bi-partisan disapproval of the war rising according to the polls. Amid all this, Washington banned interviews with US soldiers serving in Iraq and stopped broadcasting the funeral ceremonies of soldiers killed in Iraq on the mainstream media, glossing over morbid war facts and denying true number of fatalities.Hear the grievances of the families of the Iraq War victims who were sent to Iraq to fight terrorism. Why do they speak out against the per-petrators of the Iraq War?

This is a documentary about the terrorist organization, MKO, told through the eyes of former MKO agents who have turned away from their former horror activities. An insight into this organization which has caused fear and is recognized as a terror organization worldwide.

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The island of Abu Musa had been a part of Iran from antiquity un-til the early 20th century. The Tunbs were in the dominions of the kings of Hormuz from 1330 until 1507 when they were invaded by Portugal. The Portuguese occupied the island until 1622, when they were expelled by Shah Abbas. In the early 20th century the islands were occupied by the British Empire on 7 June 1921. On the other hand, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are two small is-lands in the eastern Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz. The islands are also in dispute with both the UAE and Iran claiming ownership. Where does the truth lie?

Small Islands, Big Politics

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Nuclear Energy is the energy that is released from the nucleus of an atom. During the process, mass gets converted into energy. In brief, nuclear energy is the energy that is obtained from the splitting of uranium atoms in a process known as nuclear fission. Although there are three ways from which nuclear reaction is possible - fission, fusion and decay, only the energy from the first has been utilized till date.There has been great advances in using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, such as medici-nal use of isotopes and radiation techniques. Nuclear energy can also be used in industries for processing and sterilization of various products by means of radiation. With so many above mentioned advantages, nuclear energy is surely the fuel for the 21st century.

Splitting the Atom

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This documentary takes a look at the plight of refugees returning home after the ‘94-’95 war in the Balkans. What do they face when they go back home?Are they going to fit in after neighbor turning against neighbor? 50kms from Srebrenica lies a tiny village. The first returnees came back here in 2000 with the backing of security forces. What is their current situation? What is their life like? And how are they coping? These are just some of the questions that seek to be answered in this documentary.

Secret police, torture, murders, deportations, forced disappearances, targeted assassinations, chemical weapons, and the destruction of wetlands (more specifically, the destruction of the food sources of rival groups) were some of the methods Saddam Hussein used to maintain control. The total number of deaths related to torture and murder during this period is unknown, as are the reports of human rights violations. After Saddam’s downfall, families search for their loved ones with nothing but pictures in their hands.

Srebrenica Today Stolen Picture

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In nineteenth-century France, parents abandoned their children in overwhelming numbers - up to 20 percent of live births in the Pari-sian area.The country’s 1941 né sous X, or “born under X,” law upholds a tradition of unprosecuted abandonment by unidentified mothers begun after the 1789 revolution. Recently, one of the approximately 400,000 citizens born under the law challenged it before the Euro-pean Court of Human Rights, claiming that denying children the right to discover their biological parents’ identity violated the Euro-pean Convention on Human Rights. This February, the court upheld the law by a narrow margin, finding mothers’ and children’s interests equally valid and “almost impossible to reconcile.”

The world saw how Israel launched a disproportionate war against Lebanese people in the Summer of 2006. The 33-day war inflicted heavy casualties and destroyed much of Lebanon’s infrastructure in the south. Resistance is a familiar word for all Lebanese. This docu-mentary shows scenes of the 33-day Israeli war against Lebanon in July 2006, portraying how the war affected the social life of people in that country.

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The UN Refugee Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits all forced recruitment of children below age 18 into armed forces. Yet there are 300,000 child soldiers around the world. With the largest number of child refugees in the world, Myanmar is home to tens of thousands of these children serving in armed forces. Although the country is a party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, it has not yet signed and ratified the optional protocol. The recruiters apprehend young boys as young as twelve from streets, bus stations and other public places and effectively imprison them during the period of weapons training. These boys are often beaten with harsh consequences if they attempt to escape. The documentary explores the possibility of a strong desire that exists amongst many former and current child soldiers - to be relocated to a third country (as Thailand does not recognize the Refugee convention and thereby does not allow them to assimilate into Thai society) where they can restart their lives.

The presence of US naval forces in the Swedish port city of Goteborg has infuriated the people of this country. This documentary explores the US-Sweden relations and the effect of the US marines’ presence on Swedish social affairs and at the same time delves into the condi-tion of Iraqi asylum-seekers who set off from Iraq for more security only to find other groups of US soldiers there. This film examines so-cial life in Sweden under the light of its history, trying to depict the future of this Scandinavian country.

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Walking around the streets of Sofia and the big cities of Bulgaria in the evening, one can find many contrasts. The center areas of those cities, the main streets, the malls, the entertainment venues or the places with holiday decoration are all brightly lit. Quite dark are, how-ever, the small neighborhoods, the little streets, the buildings, the parks. Is it possible that the in its third year of membership in the EU, that the country managed to finally overcome the imposed demand to stop producing electricity with the first four blocks of the Kozluduy nuclear power plant.

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A journey into old and new Tehran from the former palaces turned museums to the old architecture to skyscrapers.A visual imagery of what makes Tehran the largest city in the Middle East and the most populated city in South Western Asia.

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In a series of short video documentary programs, we show you things that may not be new to you, but we show them through a third eye.

Few people realize that the Gaza Strip is part of the Mediterranean rim sharing the same sea with many European countries and west-ern holiday destinations. The tiny seaport in Gaza should be a natural trade route providing a great source of income for the Palestinians, but the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. Cut off from the restof the world by land, sea and air, the Free Gaza Movement came together to smash the Israeli-led blockade using international wa-ters and Palestinian marine territory. The aim of the movement was primarily to highlight the injustices of the siege. Two years in the planning and threats aside, the project finally took to the water in August of 2008 with more than 40 passengers representing 17 dif-ferent countries on board two boats. Our cameras were there from the beginning…

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Winner of the ‘Best Film’ Award at the 7th Tehran International Sports Movies Festival, The Return is a documentary about the hopes and dreams of 2 boys with different backgrounds but all with the same dream of playing the game of Rugby. Filmed at the prestigious Pretoria Boys High School in South Africa, it follows these two boys in their preparation to make it into the school’s rugby team’s first XV. An intimate look at 2 very different lives in a ‘new’ South Africa.

The Return

Best Feature FilmFICTS 2008

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If you wonder what Iran really looks like, if you have never been to this country before and only heard about its magnificent his-torical places and superb tourist resorts, this is the right film to watch. But that’s not all. There is something special about this film that makes it exceptionally unique and that’s all the magnificent aerial shots taken by the famous Iranian photographer, Hamid Modjtahedi. The aerial photography along with special lighting techniques applied in the film provides the viewer with terrific images of beautiful Iranian landscapes from all angles. Even for those who have once visited Iran and want to see it again this film is strongly recommended. These riveting images plus descriptions provided by the host of the program all say This is Iran.

This is Iran


Workers from French charity L’Arche de Zoe (Zoe’s Ark) faced charges of child abduction after attempting to fly 103 children out of Chad. The charity has been accused of child trafficking in the case of the 103 children it attempted to fly out of Chad. UN officials say many of the children are from Chad, not Sudan, and there is no evidence that they are orphans. This documentary reveals the abduction of Chadian children by a group of French fakes operating under the cover of L’Arche de Zoe and the French government’s unwillingness to deal with the criminals.

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In March 2009, The Davis Cup match between Sweden and Israel went ahead as planned - without spectators in the southern city of. Swedish organizers on cited security concerns for the closed-door policy because anti-Israeli demonstrations are expected during the best-of-five series.Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city, has a left-leaning local gov-ernment and a large Muslim minority. Its leaders have strongly criticized Israel after the Gaza invasion, and some have called for dropping the Davis Cup match altogether. “It shows the tensions that exist after the conflict in Gaza,” said Reepalu, of the left-lean-ing Social Democrats. Why did this match capture the attention of the mass-media and people worldwide?

Tie Break

Official SelectionCinema Verite 2011

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By revealing the bitter realities in the Palestinian territories, this docu-mentary draws the viewers’ attention to the ongoing crisis in Pales-tine, which is particularly targeting women and children. With the crossing borders closed, electricity cut off and water supply systems damaged by Israel in Gaza, the Gazans are put under severe pressure, calling desperately for help. Is the international community consider-ing solutions to this crisis?

Truth has many angles. Sometimes it is easy to tell it, sometimes, not. Some are even running away from it. What about the question of re-ligion? What about the truth of the religion of Islam. We are walking through the streets of downtown Montreal, Canada. Our host is Der-rick Stamp. A man deep in thought.He has been searching for the truth all his life...

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During the 8-year imposed war on Iran, Iranian fighter pilots faced and fought against the best pieces of hardware produced in the former Soviet Union and France with fighter pilots from Russia, Iraq and East Germany. This documentary looks at Iranian air defence technology especially the Tomcat fighter pilot squad-rons in Shiraz, Hamedan, Tehran and Esfahan. mmediately after the end of the Iran–Iraq War, the IRIAF was par-tially rebuilt through limited purchases of MiG-29 fighters and Su-24 bombers from the Soviet Union, as well as F-7M and FT-7 fighters from China. While providing needed reinforcement to the Iranian Air Force, these types never replaced the older, U.S.-built F-4 Phantoms, F-14s (the IARIAF is now the only air arm in the world using the fighter), or F-5s. Instead, the IRIAF continued its efforts to keep these types in service, and began a number of projects to refurbish and upgrade them.

This film demonstrates the transfer policies that the Israeli occu-pying authorities and entities practice against the Palestinians in Jerusalem since the 1967 occupation, through the occupation of the whole city and displacement of Mughrabi Quarters in 1967, and the ongoing exclusion tactics for all who resist including to-day’s immigration policies be it in Sheikh Jarrah Quarter, al Bustan Quarter, and in the holy area inside Jerusalem (al Quds). The audience will experience many different stories from resi-dents of Jerusalem (al Quds) who are suffering from the Israeli policies by displacement and destruction of their homes, looking for an underlying cause… making Jerusalem (al Quds) an exclu-sively Jewish city.

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The Caspian tiger, also known as the Persian tiger, Turanian tiger, Ma-zandaran tiger,or Hyrcanian tiger was found in Iran, Armenia, Azer-baijan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan until it apparently became extinct in the late 1950s, though there have been several alleged sightings of the tiger in the more recent years.First thought to have been its own distinct subspecies, genetic research in 2009 proved that the animal was closely related to the Siberian tiger (P. t. altaica).Separated by only one letter of genetic code,it is believed that the two split off from each other only in the past century. Some research-ers suggest that it may be possible to reintroduce the closely related Siberian Tiger to the Caspian tiger’s historical range in hopes of recre-ating this now-extinct big cat.

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In the weeks leading to dropping of atomic bomb on Hiroshima, an old soldier with the name of Henry Stimson, did all he could to prevent the tragedy ahead. In the end, he was defeated by a young romantic scientist & an ambitious politician. This is the story of those three men & how their struggle changed America forever.

Trinity: The Politician, Scientist and the Bomb

Best DocumentaryShahid Aviny 2009


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Turks form the largest ethnic minority in Germany. Turkish immi-grants from the onset were regarded as temporary settlers, hence the name guest workers. Consequently, Germany did not put into place structures that would facilitate the integration of the Turks in the new society, and neither did the Turks themselves work toward becoming integrated into the new society. Furthermore, Turks were perceived as the ‘most foreign’ group in Germany. As a result, the negative term foreigners (or Ausländer) were mainly reserved for the Turkish population. This was in part due to their perceived alien cul-ture and religion.

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At present third world farmers are producing more and more but earning less and less. Many of them feel lucky if they earn a dollar a day for backbreaking agricultural work. Unions representing planta-tion workers are being outlawed and intimidated when they try to resist falling wages and conditions.If supplies of these commodities could be reduced only by a small percentage, the impact on price would be dramatic. The days of slavery and colonialism are over but new forms of Western exploitation of the developing world con-tinue. In this documentary, farm workers who feel they are getting short-changed by the perfume industry tell their story.

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In late 2004, Ukraine underwent the “Orange Revolution”—several weeks of peaceful mass demonstrations that reversed a fraudulent election, catapulted a democrat to the presidency, and promised to transform the country into a modern European state. Just a few months later, the Orange coalition, led by President Viktor Yush-chenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, was already at log-gerheads, and by late 2005 it had split. It is small wonder that, by late 2007, most Ukrainians turned their backs on politics and focused their energy on their personal lives. So what is life like in Ukraine to-day?

Ukraine Today


The film investigates the world’s biggest intergovernmental or-ganization, on its progress to resolve Western pressure on Iran’s nuclear program for peaceful energy. Unveiling Western hypoc-risies and actions illegal under international law to put sanc-tions on Iran and interviewing an IAEA official to state the facts about Iran’s ambitions including countless number of inspec-tions finding no trace of nuclear weapons. It outlines the fact that the West itself has the highest number of nuclear stockpile and Iran’s objective is to ultimately create a nuclear weapons free world. The documentary will provide an in depth analysis of UN operations, presenting views from a UN official, activists and academics and hopefully Iranian officials.

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Contrary to what he had preached in his electoral campaign, Peru’s President, Alan Garcia, soon after assuming power, put special em-phasis on securing the Free Trade Agreement with the US. In order to achieve this, the US (at that time still under President Bush’s administration) demanded that Peru change its domestic laws to ‘secure a predictable legal framework for U.S. investors’. What this meant in practice was that a series of generous benefits were to be given to foreign investors. These involved securing access to gas and oil resources in previously untouched parts of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Garcia had to act quickly to amend Peruvian legislation on time, as President Bush was due to leave the White House. For this purpose a set of laws were passed by the executive, paving the way to open up Peru’s Amazon basin – an area roughly the size of France – for oil exploration. This sparked an insurgency by the Amazonian indigenous communities, which saw at least 35 people dead, after clashes with the police. In the meantime govern-ment executives were caught in a bribe scheme aimed at securing a multi-million concession for a Norwegian oil company. The story of the land and its people.

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The West and the Westerners usually have a negative image of Muslims and Islam largely created by the Media without any obvi-ous reason. Muslims are associated with terrorism, violence and the third world with a usually few people expecting to see otherwise. If you are one of these people this will be an eye opener for you. You will see Muslim scientists, lawyers, physicians, university professors, and other intellectuals and academic elites in western society talking about their life and their achievements “under the light“.

A four-part series looking at seemingly simple but grave issues facing Britain in the 21st Century. Does the British Government Lie? After thirteen years of Labour government, Britain’s political institutions have been in crisis. Members of parliament have been accused of corruption. The electoral system is facing an overhaul. In this film, Phil Rees investigates an even more sinister casualty of the Blair and Brown governments.

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This series discusses the concept of Armageddon or end of times by followers of Zoroastrianism, Budhism and Hinduism. It also discusses the conditions of the end of times, saviour and utopia. The series also looks at the beliefs of non-belivers like secularists and nationalist regarding this concept. Abrahamic religions are also discusses. The series tries to bring to the fore the movement of waiting for a saviour for a better future. We see that deep down almost all religions in one way or another are waiting for a saviour.

Hijab is the symbol of the Muslim woman. However, this sacred sign has caused problems for women who live in non-Muslim countries. Many are not allowed to go to public schools while some govern-mental and private companies do not employ women with Islamic Hijab. Bringing into the spotlight the reality of the situation facing Muslim women in Europe today, the film examines their lives to see if they are accepted, the way they are, by the society they live in?

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Uganda is divided into 80 districts, spread across four administra-tive regions: Northern, Eastern, Central (Kingdom of Buganda) and Western. Parallel with the state administration, six traditional Bantu kingdoms have remained, enjoying some degrees of mainly cultural autonomy. The kingdoms are Toro, Ankole, Busoga, Bunyoro, Bugan-da and Rwenzururu.In September 2009, some elements alleging to be spokespeople for the Baanyala tribe, declared that Bugerere had seceded from the Kingdom of Buganda. His Majesty, the Kabaka of Buganda, was il-legally prohibited by the Yoweri Museveni administration to travel to Bugerere, a decision which unfortunately led to riots and the killing of 30 innocent people – most of whom were Ganda.

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All the conflicts rocking the Middle East today crystallize around the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Peace hinges on it, and so does war. For some, the STL should bring about the dissolution of the He-zbollah, quell the Resistance and establish a Pax Americana. Others consider that the STL is flouting the law and subverting the truth to ensure the takeover of a new colonial order in the region.Discuss-ing theories and counter-theories, we try to discover the real truth behind the murder of this Lebanese politician The truth ultimately seeps through. The Israeli drone videos released by the Hezbollah expose Israel’s involvement in the crime preparations. The facts re-vealed by Odnako point to the use of a sophisticated German weap-on. The puzzle is nearly complete...

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The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high-density penetrators. This ammunition consists of depleted uranium (DU) alloyed with 1–2% other elements. At high impact speed, the density, hardness, and flammability of the projectile enable destruc-tion of heavily armoured targets. Tank armour and the removable ar-mour on combat vehicles are also hardened with depleted uranium plates. The use of DU became a contentious political-environmental issue after the use of DU munitions by the US, UK and other countries during wars in the Persian Gulf and the Balkans raised questions of uranium compounds left in the soil.

Soldiers who fought in the Iraq War can well remember the depth of destruction and what remains is the story of regrets and honors.The feeling of futility and perhaps guilt among those who watched the horrendous acts of crime against humanity is not a rare one for Iraq War veterans. Revelation of truth does not happen to all, nor does it come soon.For many Iraq War is reminiscent of Vietnam, which is taking the lives of many on a daily basis.

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The U.S.–Mexico border has the highest number of both legal and il-legal crossings of any land border in the world except for the Canada - US border. What makes this border so controversial? What is the rea-son? Lack of job opportunities? Low standards of living back home? Or any other probable reasons alike?

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Offering a humanitarian rather than political report London based Filmmaker and Birmingham based activist embark upon a journey to discover the true effects of the blockade on the people who‘s lives are divided by the border of Rafah. The Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza Strip is rarely active. After hearing announcements on the TV and in local newspapers that it would be open for three days, hun-dreds of people flock from around the world, to the Egyptian border with Gaza in a desperate attempt to visit their relatives and bring vital supplies to what has been described as the world’s largest outdoor prison. Among those trying to leave the destroyed Gaza Strip we meet those who are simply trying to get back in to visit their loved ones, some of which haven’t seen their families for 15 years or more. Maybe they have come to enrol their daughter at university, for a family wedding or pay their last respects to a dying relative, in any case these are normal actions that any human can empathise with.

Watch the French Eugene Flandin’s adventures and his journey to Iran to see how architectural masterpieces are reconstructed in this documentary. You would see towns, castles, bridges and historical monuments all from his point of view. Eugene Flandin’s paintings and sketches of these sites have played a remarkable role in intro-ducing ancient Iranian civilization as well as Iranian architecture to the world. See the Iranian art through Flandin’s eyes.

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He was the first U.S. soldier killed in combat in Iraq, even though the United States wasn’t quite his country. Lance Cpl. Jose Antonio Guti-errez, 22, an orphan who grew up on the streets of Guatemala City, made the perilous border crossing through Mexico and entered the U.S. illegally when he was 14. This is his story told by those who were very close to him

In modern history, the US Government has always either caused or helped spark many conflicts in the world. Notwithstanding US covert and overt roles in stoking wars around the world, many in the US wit-tingly and intelligently oppose the US foreign policies. The opposi-tion, however, is not easily allowed to voice their protest concerningUS’ meddlesome policies, so they have to immigrate to other coun-tries to continue their activities there. In spite of organizational con-straints, Canada is a place where these people and many runaway soldiers, deserters and conscientious objectors take refuge in, afraid of being arrested at home.

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War & Peace is the story of nuclear energy in the modern world. Motivated by manifold reasons and panicked by a foreseeable ex-haustion of fossil fuel reserves in this increasingly over-populated planet, many countries have been striving to access this source of energy as a peaceful civilian method to generate power. Similarly, nuclear energy is undeniably a means of power-show for many countries in the world. War & Peace, the other side of the story of nuclear energy.

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Islam in China has a rich heritage. China has some of the oldest Mus-lim history, dating back to as early as 650. Throughout the history of Islam in China, Chinese Muslims have influenced the course of Chi-nese history. Muslims now live in every region in China. Of China’s 55 officially recognized minority peoples, ten groups are predominately Muslim. This program look at the past and present of the Chinese Muslims.

Iran’s nuclear energy program is one of the most controversial issues the media has ever seen to date. Some accuse Iran of being after de-veloping atomic bomb while Iran says it is developing peaceful civil-ian nuclear technology. This issue has progressed to such an extent that it forms the basis of people’s perception on Iran. In this docu-mentary our camera talks a walk in several European capitals to seek local views on Iran and tries to present a different perception on the country with a 6000 year-old history.

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In this documentary, we meet the man who spent years incarcer-ated without charge or trial on the mere suspicion that he might be a terrorist and examine the rise of the far right, who are fuelled by a hatred of Islam and Muslims. How the government has de-flected attention away from its foreign policy by targeting Mus-lims and promoting a western version of Islam is also examined. We also meet the man who spent years in Guantanamo Bay, with the connivance – he says – of British agents and focus on how the media is inciting Islamophobia with its provocative reporting of Islamic issues. And we ask whether British foreign policy is the real cause of Muslim radicalization.

War on Terror or War on Islam?

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12 x 26’US, Britain, Iraq, AfghanistanRef #: 216

Investigating the United States’ involvement in the wars follow-ing World War II, from Vietnam War, cold war, Desert Storm, the wars in Bosnia, Haiti, Sudan, and Kosovo to the invasion of Af-ghanistan and Iraq under the pretext of fighting terrorism and hunting Al-Qaeda operatives, this documentary delves deep into the behind the scene involvement of the US in these ‘wars’.

War, American Style

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5 years into the occupation of Iraq, there is no end in site.200 former US soldiers meet outside of Washington DC.They name their meeting after 1971’s ‘Winter Soldier’ - a turning point in GI resistance to the Vietnam War.FIve years after the Invasion of Iraq, Iraq Veterans against the War pro-test at the ational Archive home of the US Constitution.

They say, “You poor so girl, you’re so beautiful! It’s a shame that you cover your beauty!” Women who were born and live in Canada speak out as to why they put on the Islamic head scarf or ‘hijab’. Why is it so important for them to put on this simple piece of cloth and why wouldn’t they think of leaving the house without it? It is in Canada!

Winter SoldierWhy Hijab?

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The Union Jack is one of the best-known images in the world. It is the emblem of Great Britain and a design icon around the world. But in this film, Phil Rees discovers that its future is under threat.When the Celtic nations gained devolved powers in 1998, the flags of Scotland and Wales became their national symbols. A member of the Welsh Assembly, Nerys Evans, tells Mr Rees: “I don’t feel any affinity at all to the Union Jack. It doesn’t represent me or my country or anything I believe in.” Many in England see the Union Jack as a symbol of monarchy, war and Empire. “We are at the point in our history where we want to move ahead with being a modern nation state,” says Robin Tilbrook. “Britishness and the old imperial legacy does represent something of baggage and an anchor on what we might otherwise be”.

Who Needs the Union jack?

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6 x 26’IraqRef #: 213

This is not a political description of the ongoing situation in Iraq, nor does it try to expose US motivations for invading Iraq. It is rather the story of a nation who has been enduring violence im-posed upon them by both foreign invaders and despotic gov-ernments inside. What is it that defines a nation’s identity? Whatdoes it mean to be an Iraqi for the Iraqi children? How is it that the Iraqis are so terribly familiar with the meaning of violence? These are the questions that are discussed in this documentary.

Wounded Iraq

26’IranRef #: 179

This is not a political description of the ongoing situation in Iraq, nor does it try to expose US motivations for invading Iraq.It is rather the story of a nation who has been enduring violence imposed upon them by both foreign invaders and despotic gov-ernments inside. What is it that defines a nation’s identity? What does it mean to be an Iraqi for the Iraqi children? How is it that the Iraqis are so terribly familiar with the meaning of violence? These are the questions that are discussed in this documentary.

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26’ IranRef #: 108

6 x 26’France, Italy, BelgiumRef #: 443

Zoroastrians in Iran have had a long history, being the oldest reli-gious community of that nation to survive to the present-day. They live side by side with the majority Muslims and also have a represen-tative in the Iranian Majles (Parliament). We take a look at some of the customs and traditions inthis short trip into the lives of Zoroastrians in present-day Iran.

Zionism began in Europe in the late 19th century like Commu-nism. It was well financed (insert Rothschild) and quickly became influential in Europe. Defenders of Israel’s aggressive stance have for many years been recognised as a powerful force shaping Unit-ed States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby has been making a concerted effort to strengthen its presence in Europe. The lobby’s determination to make an im-pression on European Union policy-makers was exemplified by a new booklet published recently. This documentary looks at the grip that this lobby has on different European governments and how it influences policies in those companies.

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1948 121001 Nights 1213th Tribe of Israel 1433-Day War 1335° Latitude 15444-Day Face-O� 16,1751st State 18,19

A Home Away From Home 20A Simple Question 20Abu Ghraib-The Black Prison 21Accessory to War 21Afghanistan 9 Years On 23Afghanistan After Occupation 22Accessory to War 23Africa, In and Out 24Afridis 25Aftermath 25Ahmadinejad & Canadians 26Al Qaeda, the Lebanese Chapter 26Albania in a Transitional Process 27Ali Baba 30Aliya Battalion 28,29Alternative Iraq Enquiry, The 27 America Countdown 31AMIA 31Ancient Passages 34Ancient Persian Paintings 32,33And Thus Depart the Prominent 34Armenians in Iran 35Ashura 35Ashura in Britain 36Aspects of Persia 36Azerbayjan Travelog 37Azure Crisis, The 37

Baluchestan 42Bare Hands 43Bare Truth 46Battle for Johannesburg, The 44,45Battle�eld, The 46 Beauty & the Beast 47Black Christmas 47Bloody Sunday 48Born Again 49Bosnia & Herzegovina in a Damned triangle 52Bosnia: A Painful Peace 50Bosnian Pilgrimage, The 53 Boycotted 52Breathless 48Brian Haw 51Bridge Construction in Iran 51Brit Muslim 54Britain’s Thought Police 55British Muslim Struggle, The 56Broke Down in Motor City 54Broken Dreams 60 Brothers in Poverty 57Bullet Does not Hit One Head, The 58Burnt Palms 59

Ba'ath Party 40Back from Iraq 38,39Balkan Connection of Smuggling 40Balkan Issues 41Balkanization of the Balkans 41Balkans, Hopes and Despair, The 42

Gaza is Dying 96Gaza: During and After 103Gaza: When Saturday Came… 98,99Gold Quest 102

Dance of the Stars 71Dangerous Professors 71Dark Justice 72,73Dawn of Mirage 74Decline of Democracy, The 74Defeat of the Champion 77Deported, The 75Diaspora Calling 76Displacement, FTA, & Violence in Colombia 79Distorted Lens, The 80, 81Do U Know 77 Does the British Government Lie? 82Donkey Party 83Dr. Fatima Hussein 83

Dam Construction in Iran 70 Dance of Letters 70

Epidemic White 86Esfahan 84,85Espionage: Struggle for Survival 86Ethanol Story, The 87Evangelists 87

Failed Tactics 88Family in the West 88 Ferdowsi 89Fire on the Water 89Flotilla: Untold Stories 90Footprint 91For a Daqui Fora! 91For Freedom 92French Dream, The 93French Vision 94From Bani Asad Tribe 93From Ohrid to A European Macedonia 94From Vietnam to Iraq 95

Canadian Muslims 61 Caucasus Files, The 62 Children of Gaza, The 63Children of War 63Chilean Narrative 64 Cities of Iran 64 Crossroads 65 Colombia: The US’ Latin American Enforcer 66 Comoros 68 Controversial Shield, The 67 Colombia Guest 67 Curveball 69

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Great Challenge, The 97Great Wall of Mistrust, The 102 Grey Bases 96Guantanamo: Inside the Wire 100,101

Haiti 104Hamza 104Hay al Karamah 105Head in the Sand 105Health under Siege 106Heavenly World 107Hidden Fist 107Hidden War 108Hired Guns 109Holy Feast, The 108Home Sweet Home 110Houseboats 111Human Rights 112,113Hunger Strike 114Hunter, The 114

IranianTechnology 134,135Iraq, Occupied but Proud 131Iraq: Behind the Camera 133Iraq: Through the Lens 130Is the War in Ireland Over? 132Islam in America 138Islam in Argentina 133Islamophobia 136Israel, Pro�t, Propaganda & Peace? 136Israel's Open Secret 137Ivory Coast 131

I was There 115Imam Khomeini, Reformer of the Century 117Imam Khomeini's Political Thought 119Imam Reza 118In America 120 In Pursuit of Truth 119In Rome 121In Search of Identity 121In Search of Prisoner 650 122In the Name of the Rose 122India's Atomic Dreams 123Internal Exile 123Iran and the End of the World 126Iran Nuclear Power Story 124,125Iranian Handicrafts 126Iranian Kaleidoscope 127Iranian Parliament 128Iranian Revolution 128Iranian Woman, The 129

La Banlieue 147Land of Grace 147Land of Paradoxes 148Land of Religions 148Last Continent 149Letters to Sparrows 149Life on the Persian Gulf 150Lifeline to Gaza 151Lifeline To Gaza: The Return 152,153Lion and Eagle: Iran-US Relations 154,155 Living Afghans 156,157Lobbying in the UK 158

London Youth Protest War Crimes in Gaza 159Lost Emperor 151Lost in Migration 160

Madam President 161Man of the Century 162Mandela 162Marine Life of the Persian Gulf 163Maryam (helena) 163Mass Terror 164 Matroyshka Inside Out 165Maybe Tomorrow 165Media Morphs 166Meeting the Peruvian Guerillas 166Melting Pot 167Memoirs 169Mennonites 167Migrants' Movement 168Million Man March 171Mines, the Crops of our Farms 170Mud Volcanoes 171Music of Iran, The 172Muslim Between Orthodoxy & Catholicism 173Muslim Elections, The 173Muslim Women in Transition 174Mystery of Dr David Kelly, The 174

Nam 175Natives 175Never-ending Wars 176New Immigrants 176New Orleans Public Housing 177New York Underground 178Nimich: Ramadan in Tajikstan 178Nina Berman, American Photographer 179No More War 180Not Shaking Blair’s Hand 180Nowrooz 182Nowrooz in Tajikstan 182Nuclear Amnesia 181

J. A. K 139Jena 6, The 140Jews in Iran 142Joe Glenton 139Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood 141Journey Back to Tunisia 141

Kaka Bra 143Kashan 143Khabr Jungle 144Kosovo & The Future Status 144Kosovo, No Man's Land 145Kurdistan Travelog 145Kurds in Turkey 146

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A Home Away From Home 20A Simple Question 20Abu Ghraib-The Black Prison 21Accessory to War 21Afghanistan 9 Years On 23Afghanistan After Occupation 22Accessory to War 23Africa, In and Out 24Afridis 25Aftermath 25Ahmadinejad & Canadians 26Al Qaeda, the Lebanese Chapter 26Albania in a Transitional Process 27Ali Baba 30Aliya Battalion 28,29Alternative Iraq Enquiry, The 27 America Countdown 31AMIA 31Ancient Passages 34Ancient Persian Paintings 32,33And Thus Depart the Prominent 34Armenians in Iran 35Ashura 35Ashura in Britain 36Aspects of Persia 36Azerbayjan Travelog 37Azure Crisis, The 37

Baluchestan 42Bare Hands 43Bare Truth 46Battle for Johannesburg, The 44,45Battle�eld, The 46 Beauty & the Beast 47Black Christmas 47Bloody Sunday 48Born Again 49Bosnia & Herzegovina in a Damned triangle 52Bosnia: A Painful Peace 50Bosnian Pilgrimage, The 53 Boycotted 52Breathless 48Brian Haw 51Bridge Construction in Iran 51Brit Muslim 54Britain’s Thought Police 55British Muslim Struggle, The 56Broke Down in Motor City 54Broken Dreams 60 Brothers in Poverty 57Bullet Does not Hit One Head, The 58Burnt Palms 59

Ba'ath Party 40Back from Iraq 38,39Balkan Connection of Smuggling 40Balkan Issues 41Balkanization of the Balkans 41Balkans, Hopes and Despair, The 42

Gaza is Dying 96Gaza: During and After 103Gaza: When Saturday Came… 98,99Gold Quest 102

Dance of the Stars 71Dangerous Professors 71Dark Justice 72,73Dawn of Mirage 74Decline of Democracy, The 74Defeat of the Champion 77Deported, The 75Diaspora Calling 76Displacement, FTA, & Violence in Colombia 79Distorted Lens, The 80, 81Do U Know 77 Does the British Government Lie? 82Donkey Party 83Dr. Fatima Hussein 83

Dam Construction in Iran 70 Dance of Letters 70

Epidemic White 86Esfahan 84,85Espionage: Struggle for Survival 86Ethanol Story, The 87Evangelists 87

Failed Tactics 88Family in the West 88 Ferdowsi 89Fire on the Water 89Flotilla: Untold Stories 90Footprint 91For a Daqui Fora! 91For Freedom 92French Dream, The 93French Vision 94From Bani Asad Tribe 93From Ohrid to A European Macedonia 94From Vietnam to Iraq 95

Canadian Muslims 61 Caucasus Files, The 62 Children of Gaza, The 63Children of War 63Chilean Narrative 64 Cities of Iran 64 Crossroads 65 Colombia: The US’ Latin American Enforcer 66 Comoros 68 Controversial Shield, The 67 Colombia Guest 67 Curveball 69

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Oil River 183Oil the Cancer of our City 184,185OKINAWA- 65 Years after Operation Iceberg 186On Two Feet 186Once Upon A Time 188,189One Other Winter 187Open Hearts 187Orange Revolution, The 190 ORS 194Out of Gaza 191Out of Star 190Outsourcing the War on Terror 192,193

Paci�c Coast 195People of Gaza, The 195Persepolis 198Persian Paradise 200,201Persian Silk 196Plot 197Polish Challeges 196Poverty Stricken Café 199Prof. Mc Elwain 199Protest 202PTSD 202

Rags by the Ganges 204Rainbow Scarfs 205Ramadan in Bulgaria 205 Ramadan Spiritual Buildup 206Rape as a War Strategy 207Razavi Treasure 206Real Fake, The 208,209Red Years, Green Years 211Re�ection of a Silence 210Refugee Nation 211Religious Colors of Turkey 212

Repo-Man 213Reptiles 212Resistance & Victory 214Return 214Return 215Revolution in Egypt 216,217Revolution; French, Russian and Iranian Styles 215Rhymes of Wholeness 218,219Rickshaws 220Road to Bosnia 221Road to Perdition, The 221Road to Sadr City, The 222Rood Khan Fort 222Russell Tribunal on Palestine 223

Sacri�cio 224Saddam’s Walkman 225Sahoolan Cave 224Sardasht Tragedy 226Sarkozy, the President of Everything 226Scorched Earth 229Secret Evidence 227Secret Prison, The 228Secret Service's Agents 228Secrets of a Crime 230Serbia in the Proces of Democratisation 230Serbia's Challenges 231Shah-e-Hamdan 231Shahname 232Sidharta's Mother 232Silence of Shadows 233Silent Nuclear War, The 235Simple Life 233Small City, Great Expectations 234Small Islands, Big Politics 237South by South Africa 234Speak out Against Them 236Spite of the Soil 236Splitting the Atom 238Srebrenica Today 239Stolen Picture 239

Story of Resistance, The 240Street-Kid Towers 240Stunted Imagination: Child Soldiers of Myanmar 241 Sweden: Yesterday, Today Tomorrow 241Switched o� Reactors 242

Tehran 243The Return 245Third Eye 244This is Iran 246,247Thugs of Zoe's Arch, The 248Tie Break 249To Gaza with Love 244To Whom it May Concern 250Tomcat Wars 251Transfer 251Travellers of Hope 252,253Trinity: The Politician, Scientist and the Bomb 254,255Truth, The 250Turks in Germany 256

Uganda: One Country, A President & A King 262Uganda: The Foul Scent of Exploitation 257Ukraine Today 257UN Review: Iran's Right 258Unbounded Truth, The 262Un-Contacted' Amazon Tribes and the Oil Threat, The 259 Under the Light 260Undercover BritainUnveiled 261Unveiled Without my Veil 261Uranium, the Beginning 263US Veterans 263US-Mexican Border 264

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War & Peace: The Story of Nuclear Energy 267War is not the Answer 266War on Terror or War on Islam? 269War, American Style 270, 271Weeping 266Western Eye, The 268White Wings 268Who Needs the Union Jack? 273 Why Hijab 272Winter Soldier 272Wounded Iraq 274,275

Za�ran 276Zionism in Europe 277Zoroastrians in Iran 277

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Paci�c Coast 195People of Gaza, The 195Persepolis 198Persian Paradise 200,201Persian Silk 196Plot 197Polish Challeges 196Poverty Stricken Café 199Prof. Mc Elwain 199Protest 202PTSD 202

Rags by the Ganges 204Rainbow Scarfs 205Ramadan in Bulgaria 205 Ramadan Spiritual Buildup 206Rape as a War Strategy 207Razavi Treasure 206Real Fake, The 208,209Red Years, Green Years 211Re�ection of a Silence 210Refugee Nation 211Religious Colors of Turkey 212

Repo-Man 213Reptiles 212Resistance & Victory 214Return 214Return 215Revolution in Egypt 216,217Revolution; French, Russian and Iranian Styles 215Rhymes of Wholeness 218,219Rickshaws 220Road to Bosnia 221Road to Perdition, The 221Road to Sadr City, The 222Rood Khan Fort 222Russell Tribunal on Palestine 223

Sacri�cio 224Saddam’s Walkman 225Sahoolan Cave 224Sardasht Tragedy 226Sarkozy, the President of Everything 226Scorched Earth 229Secret Evidence 227Secret Prison, The 228Secret Service's Agents 228Secrets of a Crime 230Serbia in the Proces of Democratisation 230Serbia's Challenges 231Shah-e-Hamdan 231Shahname 232Sidharta's Mother 232Silence of Shadows 233Silent Nuclear War, The 235Simple Life 233Small City, Great Expectations 234Small Islands, Big Politics 237South by South Africa 234Speak out Against Them 236Spite of the Soil 236Splitting the Atom 238Srebrenica Today 239Stolen Picture 239

Story of Resistance, The 240Street-Kid Towers 240Stunted Imagination: Child Soldiers of Myanmar 241 Sweden: Yesterday, Today Tomorrow 241Switched o� Reactors 242

Tehran 243The Return 245Third Eye 244This is Iran 246,247Thugs of Zoe's Arch, The 248Tie Break 249To Gaza with Love 244To Whom it May Concern 250Tomcat Wars 251Transfer 251Travellers of Hope 252,253Trinity: The Politician, Scientist and the Bomb 254,255Truth, The 250Turks in Germany 256

Uganda: One Country, A President & A King 262Uganda: The Foul Scent of Exploitation 257Ukraine Today 257UN Review: Iran's Right 258Unbounded Truth, The 262Un-Contacted' Amazon Tribes and the Oil Threat, The 259 Under the Light 260Undercover BritainUnveiled 261Unveiled Without my Veil 261Uranium, the Beginning 263US Veterans 263US-Mexican Border 264

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