The Gemini-Nominated
Feature-Length Documentary
Toronto: Thursday September 26, 2002
ÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉÉ.For Immediate Release
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 FestivalÕs 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 Ð Hollywood Foreign Press; Robin Groves, Senior Representative, UNHCR
(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees);
Dr. Betsy McLane, Ph.D., HFF Public
Affairs Liaison.
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É/2 Aftermath Screens at the Hollywood
Humanitarian Symposium
The Hollywood
Humanitarian Council was created to give a voice to the voiceless through the
visual medium. ItÕs 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, IntÕl Festival of Environmental Film &
Video, Goias, Brazil
Special
Jury Prize, IntÕl 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
20e festival
international du film dÕenvironment (Paris)
Thessaloniki
Documentary Festival Ð 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
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 Ð created by the Government
of Canada and the Canadian Cable Industry Ð 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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For more information or to set up an
interview
Please contact Ingrid Hamilton
416-802-2079 / gat@sympatico.ca