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Narrated by former President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate José Ramos-Horta, this short documentary leads us to three rural farming communities in Timor-Leste, a small island state in South East Asia. How can we protect our land, culture and our ancestors’ traditions while at the same time creating better lives for future generations? Three Stories. One country. Beautiful Timor-Leste. (Official Overview)
Short documentary featuring members of the LGBTI community in Timor-Leste and their allies sharing their personal stories.
Ema Nudar Umanu is the story of the dream of a woman who has died told to a man born from a duck's egg in a jungle far from anything. It is the story of a couple forced together, coming to realise that what they each wish for is to be one another. It is a story about the point at which life is death, love is loneliness, man is woman and dream is reality. Five weeks from initial concept to shot and made on the barest of budgets, the film is an unprecedented undertaking that brings to life a dream from beyond the grave. Ema Nudar Umanu is a romance of liberty, draped in tragedy, comic and absurd.
One man's inspiring story of hope, resilience and survival amidst the brutal fight to free East Timor.
A short film by Adi Pereira and Titinhu Brites.
During Timor's brutal occupation by Indonesia thousands of children were stolen, as were many of the country's resources. This is 'Jose' Abdul Rahman's story. In 1978 Jose, eight at the time, was hiding on Mount Matebian when a plane dropped a bomb, killing 22 of his family. He survived, fled the mountain and started following an Indonesian Battalion. The soldiers forced Jose, and many other boys, to work as porters. In 1979 the soldiers took the children by ship to Indonesia.
"Boneca de Ataúro: Searching for the Lost Love" is an animated short film (20mins), in which the main character-a handmade rag doll called Ataurina-while looking for her lost boyfriend Ketilu, takes us into an adventurous trip across the island of Atauro. Throughout the journey, Ataurina encounters several dangers and meets other characters, all handmade puppets born from the same hands at the "Boneca de Atauro" (Atauro's Doll), the renown cooperative of 60+ women based in the coastal village of Vila Maumeta, in the beautiful Atauro island (Timor-Leste).