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Produced by Storyline Entertainment in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada in Association with History Television and with the participation of Cinema Esperanca International, Canadian Television Fund - Created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry - CTF: Licence Fee Program, Rogers Documentary Fund, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Vision TV, Knowledge Network, Saskatchewan Communications Network and the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit. |
For Immediate Release: Thursday September 26, 2002 The Gemini-Nominated Feature-Length Documentary Aftermath: The Remnants of War Has Been Selected To Screen At The Hollywood Humanitarian Symposium In Los Angeles October 6 As Part Of The Hollywood Film Festival. With A Prestigious Panel Discussion To Follow Chaired By Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams Continuing to garner the attention it deserves, the Gemini-nominated feature length documentary, Aftermath: The Remnants of War, has been selected to screen as part of the esteemed Hollywood Humanitarian Symposium held during the Hollywood Film Festival in Los Angeles on October 6, 2002. The screening and panel discussion will be chaired by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams, founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. She is also being bestowed with the Festival's Humanitarian Award, for her dedication to fighting injustices and creating social change for the improvement of human rights. This is the second time Aftermath has been paneled by a Nobel Laureate. Last year following the premiere screening at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto, Bobby Muller, co-founder of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, was on hand for discussions. The multi-talented trio of Canadian filmmakers - Ed Barreveld, Michael Kot and Daniel Sekulich - make up the team of Storyline Entertainment, who along with the National Film Board, co-produced the mesmerizing doc. Filmed on location in Russia, Vietnam, Bosnia and France, Aftermath follows the true stories of people who continue to work under hazardous conditions to clean up their countries after war, and reveals not only the human suffering caused by the lingering repercussions of toxic chemicals and unexploded artillery, but also that war never really ends. There will be two panel discussions following the screening of Aftermath. First one will include Ms. Williams; Liz Bernstein, Coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines; and Dr. Steven E. Koonin, Provost of the California Institute of Technology. The second panel consists of Caroline Baron, Producer Monsoon Wedding, Founder of FilmAid International; Deborah Oppenheimer, Executive Producer of The Drew Carey Show and Producer of the Oscar-winning doc Into The Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport; Lorenzo Soria, Chairman of the Board - Hollywood Foreign Press; Robin Groves, Senior Representative, UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees); Dr. Betsy McLane, Ph.D., HFF Public Affairs Liaison. The Hollywood Humanitarian Council was created to give a voice to the voiceless through the visual medium. It's members include six Nobel Peace Prize Laureates such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu and a wide variety of politicians, actors, producers and directors, such as Martha Coolidge, Matt Damon, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Danny Glover, Arthur Hiller, Norman Lear and Paul Mazursky, just to name a few. Aftermath Awards & Festivals: UNESCO Prize for Best Humanitarian Film, Int'l Festival of Environmental Film & Video, Goias, Brazil Special Jury Prize, Int'l Festival of Environmental Film & Video, Goias, Brazil Documania Special Prize, Environmental Festival, Girona, Spain Gold Camera Award, US International Film and Video Festival Special Jury Award, Houston International Film Festival Gold Medal, Best International Affairs Documentary, New York Festivals Television Competition Wilbur Award for Best Theatrical Film (Religion Communicators Council) Bronze Plaque Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival Vermont International Film Festival International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam 20e festival international du film d'environment (Paris) The Santa Barbara International Film Festival Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century Newport Beach Film Festival Cracow Film Festival 9th Shanghai Television Festival 4th International Festival of Environmental Cinema and Video (FICA) Goi‡s, Brazil 9th international environmental film festival, sant feliu de guixols, Spain Hollywood Film Festival Maine International Film Festival 4th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival Roshd International film festival, Iran Produced for Storyline Entertainment by Aftermath Pictures in co-production with The National Film Board of Canada in association with History Television and with the participation of Cinema Esperanca International, the Canadian Television Fund - created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry - CTF: Licence Fee Program, Rogers Documentary Fund, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Vision TV, Knowledge Network, Saskatchewan Communications Network and the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit
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