The Unwinking Gaze

UK, 2008
Director: Joshua Dugdale
Website

Ashin Sopaka

“Peace inside is peace outside.”

Ashin Sopaka is a well known Burmese monk and the creator of the Movements for Peace and Freedom in Burma.
He played an important role in the Myanmar democracy movements, especially in the September 2007 "Saffron revolution".
In 2008, Ashin Sopaka has been awarded the International Freedom Prize by the Society for Liberty in Rome.
He is the founder of Cologne Buddhism Center in Germany.

Website: ashin.de
Youtube: Peacewalk

Yodok Stories

Norway,Poland; 2008; 83 min
Director: Andrzej Fidyk

Today, more than 200.000 men, women and children are locked up in North Korea's concentration camps. Systematic torture, starvation and murder is what faces the inmates. Few survive many years in the camps, but the population is kept stable by a steady influx of new persons considered to be 'class enemies'.

A small group of people have managed to flee from the camps to a new life in the prosperous South Korea. Some of them gather and decide to make an extraordinary and controversial musical about their experiences in the Yodok concentration camp.

Despite death treats and many obstacles the musical becomes a tour de force for this ensemble of refugees and for them a possibility opens to talk about their experiences and inspire others to protest the existence of the camps.

Website: Yodok Stories

Children Underground

US 2001, 104 min
Director: Edet Belzberg

The film follows a group of abandoned adolescent street children who live in the Romanian subway system. The street kids are encountered daily by commuting adults, who pass them by in the station as they starve, swindle, and steal, all while searching desperately for a fresh can of paint to get high with.

One World 2009_Czech Republic

The eleventh One World festivalwillbe held in Prague from 11 to 19 March 2009 and then travel to a further 29 towns and cities throughout the Czech Republic.In addition, a selection of One World films will be presented in Brussels and in Washington DC as part of the Czech Presidency cultural program.

The festival is organized by People in Need and held under the auspices of Václav Havel, the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra, the Minister of Culture Václav Jehlička, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg, and the Mayor of Prague Pavel Bém.

One World is today the largest and most important human rights film festival in Europe and is firmly established as one of premier cultural and media events in the Czech Republic. One World presents approximately 120 films from all around the globe and seeks to promote the best quality documentary filmmaking on social and political issues. In 2007 One World was awarded UNESCO special mention for its contribution to human rights and peace education.

Website: One World

Playing For Change - Stand By Me

Playing For Change