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The Fire

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:01:42 GMT

An experimental short documenting a family gathering during Easter at a farm in Portugal. The Fire composes an atmospheric snapshot of a farm, a family, and the story of a tragic fire.

"The Fire can be described as a depiction of an extended family, a disappearing social unit, engaging in various family rituals. These seemingly trivial events slowly reveal the theatricality of the everyday, and turn these taken-for-granted occasions into uncanny ceremonies. Old women's recollections are repeatedly juxtaposed with children playing, making the feeling of looming death even more acute.
Fire is destructive and at times lethal, but the viewer is offered only a calm account of its consequence; in the same way one is left only with the sound of fire's seductive force, fireworks." - Yuki Higashino, artist

Rita Ribas

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:01:41 GMT

Survivors of the Summer

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:47:46 GMT

In August 2006, Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reported from Lebanon on the aftermath of the 34 day war with Israel which left 1,191 civilians dead and 30,000 homes destroyed. He found a country devastated by war but also one which took pride in the resistance Hezbollah had shown to the power of the Israeli military. For some the war took their houses, for others their families.

Retracing his journey of a year ago, Hashem investigates how the people he met in 2006 have put their lives back together and what steps the government and Hezbollah have taken to rebuild peoples homes and Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.
In Dahiya, in the Southern suburbs of Beirut, he catches up with Nassry Hijazi, a year on still living in rented accommodation with his large family but confident that Hezbollah will not forget him.

In Bint Jbeil, close to the Israeli border, he finds the work of reconstruction under way, financed and in some cases overseen by the Gulf states. In Qana, he returns to the Chalhoub family. Sana and Mohamed lost 27 of their family on 30th July 2006. A year later they are trying to move on and rebuild their lives but the memory of the war and of the night the missile struck cannot be easily dispelled.

Damien Clarke

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:47:46 GMT

Darkside Productions

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:47:46 GMT

Nidal Abdul Khalek

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:47:46 GMT

Hashem Ahelbarra

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:47:46 GMT

Brute Force

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:40:29 GMT

A ground breaking investigation revealing previously unreported rates of rape occurring within the US military. Two former female soldiers talk exclusively about their experiences of being sexually assaulted and raped.

The film also features an extensive interview with Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski - one of the highest ranked female soldiers ever to serve in the US army - where she alleges sexual assault is endemic within the ranks.

Tim Durham

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:40:28 GMT

Diana Ferrero

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:40:28 GMT