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  • FROM INDIA:

    by Mitko August 26, 2020
    August 26, 2020

    we are excited that our film Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia is in official selections of #pcisff2020! Fest will be held online from Sep 1st to Sep 6th. CHECK IT …

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  • We won the eco award in CATALUNYA!

    by Mitko May 31, 2019
    May 31, 2019

    wow, our eco award from CATALUNYA, just picked up by our beloved cameraman Yeray Martin Perdomo, who loved it so much that it became his crown, his ice cream, his …

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  • So humbled with all the awards our films have received this year

    by Mitko November 6, 2018
    November 6, 2018

    UNESCO special award, Amnesty Italy and yesterday the Benedetto Senni Award, a cash award we will donate to BURKINA FASO activists who made positive change through the power of activism …

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  • Power to the people of BURKINA FASO!

    by Mitko July 7, 2018
    July 7, 2018

    Wow wow, our BURKINABÈ RISING received BEST DOCUMENTARY award in ITALY’s Ischia Fest, that projects films up at the castle: Castello Aragonese. Soooo special venue to see films and feel …

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  • Leaving ecstatic!! Next stop, LESOTHO!

    by Mitko May 8, 2018
    May 8, 2018

    From BELGIUM: just finished up in LEUVEN at the Afrika FilmFestival – an amazing experience: full house opening night, awesome films during the fest, and closing night with UNESCO awards …

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  • Our К2 and the Invisible Footmen film just received the award of BEST FILM at PAKISTAN’s Karakorum Mountain Fest in Gilgit

    by Mitko January 23, 2018
    January 23, 2018

    And our film Burkinabè Rising: the art of resistance in Burkina Faso just got invited to run for a UNESCO award!! [Photo courtesy of Karakorum International Mountain Festival.]

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  • IRELAND/ Wexford

    by Mitko October 26, 2016
    October 26, 2016

    Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara being awarded a Grand Jury award for most outstanding film screened at the Wexford Documentary Film Festival! 2016 Sept. 11 [Photo credit: …

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  • POLAND/ KRAKOW

    by Mitko October 23, 2016
    October 23, 2016

    Just deported/ banned by INDIAN gov for my human rights work, while celebrated in POLAND, for the same human rights work, with the Sergio Vieira de Mello award! life is …

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  • From CZECH REPUBLIC/ KARLOVY VARY

    by Mitko October 10, 2016
    October 10, 2016

    Award for our K2 film!!! So amazing our editor/cinematographer Jawad Sharif was able to come all the way from PAKISTAN to receive the award in person . [Photo credit: Iara …

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  • This was the wrap in LAHORE 2015 June

    by Mitko July 25, 2016
    July 25, 2016

    I hear the fest will become a traveling fest and will go to KARACHI, GILGIT, ISLAMABAD etc next!!! nonstop exciting news! [Photo credit: Iara Lee.]

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Iara Lee, a Brazilian of Korean descent, is an activist, filmmaker, and founder/director of the Cultures of Resistance Network, an organization that promotes global solidarity and connects and supports agitators, educators, farmers, and artists to build a more just and peaceful world through creative resistance and nonviolent action!

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