Athens International Film Festival
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    Archive : 14th AIFF 2008

  • Baghdad High

    Baghdad, the present. Four high school seniors of different ethnic and religious backgrounds pick up their digital cameras and record what’s left ...
  • Football Under Cover

    When Marlene, member of an amateur women’s soccer team in Berlin, discovers that her Iranian counterparts have never had the chance to play against ...
  • Bigger, Stronger, Faster

    In a culture where the word ‘steroids’ has entered everyday vocabulary, Christopher Bell’s insightful documentary tries to examine what motivates ...
  • Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

    ?This won’t hurt,? scribbled Hunter S. Thompson on his suicide note and proceeded to blow his brains out. At his funeral, his ashes were fired from ...
  • I Am Because We Are

    ‘I am because we are’, a phrase by Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu, expresses a central tenet in African philosophy, namely that we are all ...
  • The Other Side Of Istanbul

    While the deliberations over Turkey’s ambivalent relationship with human rights seem to go on for ever, its capital’s best-kept secret is no longer ...
  • Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

    What really happened on that infamous night that almost led to Polanski’s arrest for the rape of the 13-year-old Samantha Gailey and forced him to ...
  • The End Of Poverty?

    How can there be such dire poverty when our planet produces such vast wealth? How come over 85% of energy reserves are used up by a mere 25% of the ...