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The Afternews duration 40 minutes 1 second The Afternews The Afternews	The Afternews In the digital era, what happens when the public… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title News Hu Director Won-suk Choi Producer Nung-ho Yoon Series Yes Series of title News Hu Running time 00:40:00 Year of production 2008 Country South Korea Genre Documentary Program description in session When major newspapers reported that a “a third force” was behind peaceful public demonstrations, the South Korean public turned to the Internet to expose the truth. And when more demonstrations were marred by police brutality, the truth was exposed on blogs with digital photos and video material posted by the public. So what happens when control of the “truth” slips from the fi ngers of major media players into the hands of the public? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 61 Shop steward Jacqui Rainers
Operation Filmmaker duration 1 hour 26 minutes Operation Filmmaker Operation Filmmaker	Operation Filmmaker In the wake of “Operation Iraqi… 2009 +2 More From UPF Director Nina Davenport Producer Nina Davenport Series Yes Series of title Independent lens Running time 01:27:00 Year of production 2007 Country United States Genre Documentary Program description in session This is a production that started out with the best of intentions. American actor Liev Schreiber had the notion to rescue an Iraqi fi lm student from his country and have him intern on a Hollywood movie. But as in the war itself, “good intentions” yielded unintended consequences. We watch in wonder as the realization of a good idea doesn’t turn out as expected, leaving an audience to wonder, who is in control of this programme - the director or the subject? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 43 Shop steward Jacqui Rainers
The Republic of Dreams duration 1 hour 11 minutes The Republic of Dreams The Republic of Dreams	The Republic of Dreams “The Dreams Republic” is an imaginary… 2009 +2 More From UPF Director Effendi Gazali / Rahmayanto / Akhmad Sef Producer Effendi Gazali / Rahmayanto / Yul Andryono Series Yes Series of title News.com-BBM Episode number in series 3 Running time 01:11:00 Year of production 2007 Country Indonesia Genre Comedy Program description in session The Republic of Dreams is a fi ctional country at the centre of this humorous talk show where characters have uncanny similarities to their real life counterparts in Indonesia. These fi ctional politicians are drilled by audience members over the issues of the day with hilarious consequences. In Indonesia, its politicians may have all the control but in the Republic of Dreams, the fi lmmakers and the audience are in charge. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 41 Shop steward Jacqui Rainers
Horizon: How Mad Are You? duration 59 minutes 29 seconds Horizon: How Mad Are You? Horizon: How Mad Are You?	Horizon: How Mad Are You? A two-part special. Ten volunteers have come… 2009 +2 More From UPF Director Rob Liddell Series Yes Series of title Horizon Running time 01:02:00 Year of production 2008 Country United Kingdom Genre Documentary Program description in session This reality TV programme asks the question who is sane or insane within a population of 10 people asked to perform various tasks in a group setting. Three analysts must put their reputations on the line and determine which of the “contestants” suffer from a range of disorders including depression and schizophrenia. This production raises a serious question of exploitation for the purpose of making a television show to gain higher ratings. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 24 Shop steward Carvin Elison
The Verdict: Gun crazy duration 28 minutes 28 seconds The Verdict: Gun crazy The Verdict: Gun crazy	The Verdict: Gun crazy The Verdict is an entertaining current affairs… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Tuomio: Asehullujen paratiisi Director Tuukka Ristimäki Producer Matti Virtanen Series Yes Series of title Tuomio Running time 00:28:00 Year of production 2008 Country Finland Genre Current Affairs Program description in session The format for The Verdict is unusual and brave for current affairs and factual television programming. The adaptation of the format could have the audience really thinking about the problem. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 73 Shop steward Carvin Elison
Nothing to Lose duration 1 hour 26 minutes Nothing to Lose Nothing to Lose	Nothing to Lose Johan is deemed to be no longer (psychiatricly)… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title TBS Director Pieter Kuijpers Series No Running time 01:26:00 Year of production 2008 Country Netherlands Genre Fiction Program description in session A well-produced drama that questions the sanity of an escaped criminal. Johan, the lead character, takes the audience on a wild ride deeper into insanity as he seeks to prove his innocence. How well does this fi lm explore the problems of the criminally insane? How extensively discussed is this issue in the Netherlands? What can we conclude and take from this programme? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 42 Shop steward Carvin Elison
The Famine Scam duration 53 minutes 20 seconds The Famine Scam The Famine Scam	The Famine Scam The Famine Scam. We believe this fi lm raises… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Sult-bluffen Director Christian Magnus / Robert Reinlund Producer Mats Ektvedt Series No Running time 00:53:00 Year of production 2008 Country Norway Genre Documentary Program description in session Statement Nr 1.: What we see on the evening news on television - is true. (That was a fundamental truth for decades.) Statement Nr.2.: Public service broadcasters are among (the most) reliable sources of information. (That was also regarded as a true statement, many times supported by public opinion surveys.) But what happens if one public service television reveals that another one was not cautious enough, and broadcast something that is not true? Or at least not of the necessary depth. What if one television company shows something as a humanitarian catastrophe, while for the other it is an episode in a large scale political-economic plot that deserves to be fully uncovered. Whom do we trust – if we can trust at all? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 63 Shop steward Pál Sipos
The Miracle of Vienna duration 50 minutes 37 seconds The Miracle of Vienna The Miracle of Vienna	The Miracle of Vienna This production shows how the Austrian football… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Das Wunder von Wien Director David Schalko Producer John Lueftner / Andreas Payer Series No Running time 00:50:00 Year of production 2008 Country Austria Genre Fiction Program description in session All soccer fans know that the title of this television programme is a paraphrase of a German expression: Das Wunder von Bern. It refers to the fi nal game in the 1954 World Cup, in which the German (then West German) team won the championship beating the Hungarians. It was a real miracle, and its social and political effects were far more important than just a simple sports victory. For a moment it united East and West Germany, and gave the Germans a new start after the end of World War II. In 2008, Austria and Switzerland jointly hosted the European Soccer Championship. Practically speaking, neither of the two countries had the slightest chance of winning the cup. So in a situation like that what could a public service broadcaster provide as a programme for its public for the opening night? A real fantasy piece: how Austria won the championship that hadn’t even been played yet? Yes, this is a real miracle from Vienna. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 67 Shop steward Pál Sipos
Throwing the Truth to the Wolves duration 55 minutes 17 seconds Throwing the Truth to the Wolves Throwing the Truth to the Wolves	Throwing the Truth to the Wolves Throwing the Truth to the Wolves tells the story… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Mowgli chez les nazis Director Philippe Lorsignol / Emmanuel Allaer Series No Running time 00:55:00 Year of production 2008 Country Belgium Genre Documentary Program description in session An entirely fabricated story of a Belgian child claiming she was Jewish and lived with wolves during the war years. It demonstrated the growing tendency of how money and audience ratings in public TV are opening the door to bogus stories. How do the media allow the “unusual” to become a central topic in prime time? How does sensationalism open door to manipulation? and the responsibility of public television? By using the Holocaust as a peg, knowing that this will open doors for sales? What happens after the broadcast once the fraud is revealed? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 74 Shop steward Pál Sipos
Unseen duration 27 minutes 47 seconds Unseen Unseen	Unseen The major political event of 2006 in Russia was… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Nezrimoe Director Pavel Medvedev Producer Pavel Medvedev Series No Running time 00:28:00 Year of production 2007 Country Russia Genre Documentary Program description in session A programme that observes two sides of a world political event. On the one hand, powerful leaders attending the G8 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, and, on the other, ordinary people whose lives are affected along the route of the motorcades. Having incredible access to the world leaders and their luncheons and press conferences, the editors then juxtapose those images with haunting images of a cemetery that was closed for three days during the event for security reasons. How did the producers gain such access? How did the producers manage to get such subtle, but telling commentaries about powerful people and events into a broadcast slot? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 77 Shop steward Márta Josza
Salvation duration 45 minutes 41 seconds Salvation Salvation	Salvation On his death bed a Sikh father confesses to his… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Mukti Director Ehteshamuddin Producer Khalid Ahmad Series Yes Series of title Partition stories Running time 00:45:00 Year of production 2008 Country Pakistan Genre Fiction Program description in session This production cannot be shown in Pakistan at the moment, although it was broadcast ationally before the Mumbai attack that led to a freeze in Indian-Pakistani relations. It tackles a hot issue in Pakistan: A Sikh (from India) and a Muslim (from Pakistan) hugging each other and seeking reconciliation after the partition of the Indian subcontinent 60 years ago. Deciding to make such a production was a brave one, and the issue of how television can be brave when showing “My point of view” is of global relevance. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 49 Shop steward Márta Josza
St. Petrovic duration 1 hour 3 minutes St. Petrovic St. Petrovic	St. Petrovic A story of friendship of two cinema amateurs. The… 2009 +2 More From UPF Director Alexandr Stoliarov Producer Alexandr Stoliarov Series Yes Running time 1:04 Year of production 2008 Country Ukraine Genre Fiction Program description in session This is an experimental biography, a programme that uses some animation, film-within-a-film and subthemes to explore the producers’ desire to make programmes. Shot in black and white with a very fi nely crafted soundtrack, the programme makes us think about how to reinvent the television biography. Shop steward Márta Josza
Sonderkommando Auschwitz-Birkenau duration 52 minutes 18 seconds Sonderkommando Auschwitz-Birkenau Sonderkommando Auschwitz-Birkenau	Sonderkommando Auschwitz-Birkenau In the days following the Red Army’s… 2009 +2 More From UPF Director Emil Weiss Producer Emil Weiss Series No Running time 00:52:00 Year of production 2007 Country France Genre Documentary Program description in session No faces, only the echoes of their voices tell us that Auschwitz is still haunted by its victims in this innovative artistic approach to conveying the attrocity of the Nazi’s attempt to exterminate the Jewish people. How can documentaries deal with historical issues, especially with topics like wars and human extermination, in a poetic and artistic way? How much space do public television broadcasters give for experimental and creative documentaries? Innovative in its approach, this programme deals with concrete historical issues in an unprecedented way. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 53 Shop steward Márta Josza
The Red Race duration 43 minutes 21 seconds The Red Race The Red Race	The Red Race This is a road without end, with no retreat.… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Hong Paodao Director Chao Gan Producer Ying Qiming / Patricia Schlesinger Series No Running time 01:10:00 Year of production 2008 Country China Genre Documentary Program description in session This beautiful and not so fl attering Chinese production uses a gymnastics school for small children as a metaphor for the whole society. The programme casts a critical glance at the regimentation of children and, by extension, can be read as a critique of Chinese society in general. After seeing it we wondered how this kind of programme could be made in China? In the west, we tend to think of China’s media as being very controlled, but is this true today? How did this courageous, innovative and self-critical programme get to be produced and broadcast? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 71 Shop steward Enrique Arroyo Schroeder
Speed Bump duration 32 minutes 15 seconds Speed Bump Speed Bump	Speed Bump Matabb - Arabic for ’’Speed… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Matabb Director George Khleife Producer Saed Andoni / Fareed Majari Series Yes Series of title Speed Bump Episode number in series 10 Running time 00:32:00 Year of production 2008 Country Palestine Genre Fiction Program description in session A Palestinian sopa opera soap opera produced partially with European funding! This doubly unique production was then refused for a time by the Palestinian Public Broadcaster (PBC) for no specifi c reason, though the programme makers suspect that the production was seen as “too liberal.” The programme was aired sucessfully on local TV with good ratings and is now available on the web as well. Tomorrow’s society on TV today? UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 54 Shop steward Carvin Elison
Gaza/Sderot - Life in Spite of Everything duration 49 minutes 46 seconds Gaza/Sderot - Life in Spite of Everything Gaza/Sderot - Life in Spite of Everything	Gaza/Sderot - Life in Spite of Everything These two-minute films demonstrate the problems,… 2009 +2 More From UPF Original title Gaza-Sderot - la vie malgré tout Director Joel Ronez Series Yes Series of title Gaza Sderot: the pre-war chronicles Running time 0:02:00 Year of production 2009 Country France Genre Documentary Program description in session The Israeli-Palestinian confl ict has moved into cyberspace. ARTE has commissioned an extraordinary interactive website that explores this confl ict in ways that single channel work has not. The interactive mode allows choice of vantage point. But will interactivity help to alter our perceptions and understanding of this protracted conflict? This presentation promises to merge content and tools into a remarkable experience. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2009 v. 21 Shop steward Carvin Elison