Newsletter January / February 2011

CINEMA FOR PEACE GALA SPECIAL EDITION

We are dreaming and we hope the world can dream with us! Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy

Sean Penn for J/P HRO

Vice Chancellor of Germany Dr. Guido Westerwelle

Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy

His Holiness the Dalai Lama (Honorary Patron)

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

Chief Prosecutor of the ICC Luis Moreno-Ocampo

Astronaut Dr. Edwin Buzz Aldrin for Opel Project Earth

Sir Bob Geldof

CINEMA THE 10th CINEMA FOR PEACE GALA

Khaled Nabawy speaking about the revolution in Egypt at the Cinema for Peace Gala 2011. The video can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX7mhpyeFJU.

On February 14th, the 10th Cinema for Peace Gala took place in Berlin. Outstanding cinematic work which highlights the human condition and human values was honoured with the Cinema for Peace Awards. One of the highlights was the speech of the Egyptian actor Khaled Nabawy, who played alongside Sean Penn in Fair Game. In what was probably the most breathtaking speech of the evening, he praised the revolution in Egypt while commemorating its victims. Im very happy, he said, to share with you a moment we treasure the most, the moment of our Egyptian Revolution. () For the first time in thousands of years that entire nation embarked, in such a peaceful and civilized way, to give the country its dignity and pride back. Those people shed their blood for the freedom of their country. () We are dreaming and we hope the world can dream with us! The Youtube video of his appearance has since been chosen as a special feature on the homepage of the Huffington Post, amongst others, and has been watched more than 64.000 times, drawing comments such as the following: all support goes out to those Egyptians who gave their lives for freedom, justice and peace and the truth. No matter what faith you are (I am a Christian with friends who are Hindu, Muslim, Israeli etc) WE SHED OUR TEARS for you and know that what you are doing is right

Sean Penn speaking about his aid work with J/P HRO after a laudation by Dr. Guido Westerwelle

Sean Penn received the Cinema for Peace Honorary Award for the work he picked up with his J/P Haitian Relief Organization in Haiti. The German Deputy Chancellor and Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westerwelle held the laudation. Thereafter, Sean Penn addressed the audience with a strong plea, saying I think that we are the first century that is going to survive long enough to be accountable for its actions and its lack of actions (...) within your lifetime your children will ask you (...) to finally defeat poverty in this world, (or) you will die ashamed (...) in the future we might think twice before we bail out banks before human beings. We are very grateful to Dermapharm for donating 1 Mio Euros worth of medicine for Sean Penns camp in Haiti, the German government pledging 1 Mio Euros for J/P HRO, Sharp giving a Solar Panel worth 100,000 Euros and Opel providing Sean Penns team with a four-wheel car. Before and at the Gala, another 500,000 USD were raised, approximately half of which will go to J/P HRO for education, medical care, relocation and reconstruction services. Ismael Khatib, who donated the organs of his son to both Palestinian and Israeli children after his son was shot and whose inspiring story was depicted in The Heart of Jenin reported on the opening of Cinema Jenin in the West Bank. Another moving moment was when Yal Armanet-Chernobroda from Israel, whose husband was killed in a suicide bombing, and Nadija and Zakaria Tobassi from Palestine, the parents of the suicide bomber, joined Ismael Khatib hand in hand on stage for a grand gesture of reconciliation and to present the film After the Silence, which tells their incredible story and is Cinema Jenins first production.

Bill Roedy received the Cinema for Peace Award for fighting AIDS, while the international jury chose Of Gods and Men as the Most Valuable Movie of the Year for showing the importance of community and morality. 2. For uncovering the connection between the mobile phone industry and the civil war in the Congo, Blood in the Mobile received the Cinema for Peace Award for Justice. The Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Documentary of the Year went to Skateistan for displaying the unifying power of sports in a war-torn country. Father Marco Arana was honoured for protecting his people against an aggressive Peruvian mining operation despite death threat, as seen in The Devil Operation. Janes Journey, A Message from Pandora and Harmony received the International Green Film Awards presented by Opel Project Earth. The gala also gave us the opportunity to feature such valuable projects as Safekeeping Darfur, the Genocide Film Library Bosnia, the Children of War Screening at the UN General Assembly Hall, Films against AIDS, and the film This Prison Where I Live in support of the imprisoned Burmese artist Zarganar. In a powerful message Aung San Suu Kyi asked the international film community to help Zarganar and support the movement for democracy in Burma, saying that we need the cinema and artists to make the world understand that Burma needs help; that Burma has not begun its democratisation process yet. Aung San Suu Kyi delivered a video message and asked the film community of the world for help. Watch the video on Youtube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2lVm2 Wk5_E. Go to www.cinemaforpeace-foundation.com to sign a petition in support of Zarganar and other imprisoned Burmese artists. Find Aung San Suu Kyis complete speech at the end of this newsletter. A special acknowledgement goes to our presenting partner Opel Project Earth who also contributed an expedition through all 4 climate zones to the charity auction at the end of the gala. Furthermore we would like to thank the other sponsors such as United Internet with WEB.DE and 1&1, Tiroler Nussl and Christian Angermayer with the Silvia Quandt Bank. The Screenwriter of Of Gods and Men Etienne Comar and the laudator for the Most Valuable Movie of the Year Ornella Muti

Award Laureates and Laudatory Speakers

Winners and Nominees 2011

THE CINEMA FOR PEACE HONORARY AWARD to Sean Penn for humanitarian work in Haiti with J/P HRO THE CINEMA FOR PEACE AWARD FOR FIGHTING AIDS to Bill Roedy & MTV for the Staying Alive campaign, the Ignite campaign and Shuga THE INTERNATIONAL GREEN FILM AWARDS PRESENTED BY OPEL PROJECT EARTH The Winners: 1st Prize: JANES JOURNEY by Lorenz Knauer 2nd Prize: A MESSAGE FROM PANDORA by James Cameron 3rd Prize: HARMONY by Julie Bergman Sender & Stuart Sender The Further Nominees: COUNTDOWN TO ZERO by Lucy Walker, GASLAND by Josh Fox, SEED WARRIORS by Mirjam von Arx & Katharina von Flotow, THE PIPE by Risteard O Domhnaill THE CINEMA FOR PEACE AWARD FOR MOST VALUABLE MOVIE OF THE YEAR The Winner: OF GODS AND MEN by Xavier Beauvois The Further Nominees: AS IF I AM NOT THERE by Juanita Wilson, BIUTIFUL by Alejandro Gonzlez Irritu, CONVICTION by Tony Goldwyn, FAIR GAME by Doug Liman, IN A BETTER WORLD by Susanne Bier, INCENDIES by Denis Villeneuve, MIRAL by Julian Schnabel, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT by Lisa Cholodenko, THE KINGS SPEECH by Tom Hooper, THE SOCIAL NETWORK by David Fincher, THE WHISTLEBLOWER by Larysa Kondracki THE CINEMA FOR PEACE AWARD FOR MOST VALUABLE DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR The Winner: SKATEISTAN FOUR WHEELS AND A BOARD IN KABUL by Kai Sehr The Further Nominees: BLACK DIAMOND by Pascale Lamche, HELL AND BACK AGAIN by Danfung Dennis, INSIDE JOB by Charles Ferguson, NO WOMAN, NO CRY by Christy Turlington, RESTREPO by Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington, TO FIGHT FOR THE YEAR OF DECISION by Gerardo Milsztein, WAITING FOR SUPERMAN by Davis Guggenheim, WASTE LAND by Lucy Walker THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS FILM AWARD Presented by Amnesty International, Movies That Matter and the Human Rights Film Network The Winner: Father Marco Arana in THE DEVIL OPERATION by Stephanie Boyd The Further Nominees: Ayed Morrar in BUDRUS by Julia Bacha, Aung San Suu Kyi in AUNG SAN SUU KYI LADY OF NO FEAR by Anne Gyrithe Bonne THE CINEMA FOR PEACE AWARD FOR JUSTICE The Winner: BLOOD IN THE MOBILE by Frank Piasecki Poulsen The Further Nominees: ARMADILLO by Janus Metz, IMPUNITY by Juan Jos Lozano & Hollman Morris, PUSHING THE ELEPHANT by Beth Davenport & Elizabeth Mandel, RUSSIAN LESSONS by late Olga Konskaya & Andrei Nekrasov

The Cinema for Peace Gala 2011 had the honour to have the Dalai Lama as its patron. He sent us the following message, issuing a special challenge to the media of the world:

Speeches held at the Cinema for Peace Gala 2011

Ismael Khatib (through interpreter Fakhri Hamad) on the development of the Cinema Jenin Project and its the message of peace and reconciliation: Ismael says that he is very happy to be here again. What is happening now after reopening the cinema and after this reaction from everywhere, he feels stronger and stronger, and he believes more in his message of peace, that his message is reaching every place on this Earth. He is so proud to be here again with you and he hopes that this message of peace will reach everyone on the Earth. [Ismael Khatib agreed to donate the organs of his son to both Palestinian and Israeli children after his son was killed in an Israeli attack. He was portrayed in the film The Heart of Jenin.] Armanetsuicide Yal Armanet-Chernobroda on the reconciliation with the parents of Shadi Tobassi, the suicide bomber responsible for her husbands death: Ich bin froh hier zu sein, danke fr die Mglichkeit hier zu sein, zusammen mit der Familie Tobassi. Wir haben zusammen einen wunderbaren Schritt gemacht. Es ist sehr wichtig fr mich zu sagen, dass es in Israel und Palestina Leute gibt, die diesen Schritt des Friedens und der Vershnung machen wollen. Wir haben ein Jahr lang mit Marcus Vetter, Jule Ott und Steffi Brger unseren Film gemacht, und jetzt haben wir den zweiten Schritt mit ihnen gemacht, und ich danke Ihnen fr Ihre Untersttzung. Danke! Translation by Cinema for Peace: I am happy to be here, thank you for this opportunity to be here, together with the Tobassi family. We took a wonderful step together. It is very important for me to say that there are people in Israel and Palestine who are willing the take this step towards peace and reconciliation. We spent a year with Marcus Vetter, Jule Ott and Steffi Brger to make our film. And now we are taking the second step with them. I would like to thank them and all of you for your support. Thank you! Zakaria Tobassi, Shadi Tobassis father (through interpreter) on the reconciliation with Yal ArmanetArmanetChernobroda, whose husband was killed by his sons suicide bomb: [Applause] I think that you will clap again. He says that Palestine is the land of peace, the land of love, and we are here because we love peace and we love to be together. We hope that every one of you will support us to make peace and to live in peace in Palestine, the land of peace.

Mohammad Mostafaei, lawyer of Sakineh Ashtiani, an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning in 2010, on the need of supporting the democratic movement in Iran: This is the first time I speak English here, and Im sorry because I cant speak English well. It is my pleasure that I could save 50 people from the death penalty and 30 people from the stoning penalty. But Im here now, I cant go to Iran, but you must support our country. There are a lot of journalists, a lot of human rights activists and political activists in the prisons of Iran. Mr. Jafar Panahi cant make movies. Hes the best moviemaker in Iran, but he cant make movies because the government has not allowed him to make movies for the past 20 years and two journalists, innocent German journalists, are in prison and you must help us to reach democracy and peace. Today in Iran a lot of people went out on the street, but the government doesnt want them to have a demonstration. I want you to help us, not only Iran, but all the other countries that are living under a dictatorship. Khomeini is one of these dictators who is a killer. He killed a lot of innocent people in Iran, and I ask you to help these countries as well, not only Iran. Tomo Kriznar, human rights activist, on the need to further develop the project Safekeeping Darfur: Thank you everybody. First of all, thank you Cinema for Peace. What he has said is the fact that the international community are giving us the biggest mission of protecting civilians, and they failed to do what that small camera did when it was projected and sent to us by our friends from Slovenia. And now the Camera for Peace is a new extension for the project and it is adopted by Cinema for Peace, so I can assure Mr. MorenoOcampo that through this camera he may find new and credible evidence to pursue our criminal president to wherever he deserves. Cinema for Peace also hopes that organisations will give us the peace which we deserve and of which we are in need of. The international communitys 20,000 troops may go to wherever they want, and this camera will replace everything. Thank you Cinema for Peace. Gerhart Baum, former Federal Minister of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the need to Safekeeping further develop the project Safekeeping Darfur: I will shortly describe the background. The genocide in Darfur is a forgotten conflict. More than two million people are living in camps in very bad conditions. More then 300,000 people were killed and many thousands of women were raped. And no peace is in sight. There are some activities from outside and Mr. MorenoOcampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, issued an arrest warrant for Sudans president al-Bashir, which was a success for the first time in history. For the first time in history human rights prevailed over sovereign immunity. And I appreciate very much that the initiative of Cinema for Peace because these small hidden cameras that are placed in extremely dangerous places, are able to give evidence of violent actions and to deter the offenders. But not only cameras and the protection by supervision is necessary. We urgently need a real peace process, and I challenge the international community to do this now. Currently the country is in a new phase. Southern Soudan has decided to form a new country, a new sovereign country, and now the problem in Darfur should be solved. I challenge my own government to do that and I challenge the

government also to end the oppression of the political opposition in Sudan. In the last days, demonstrators were imprisoned and were tortured and were brutally knocked down, and I think without any hesitation, we should stand side by side with those using their fundamental rights as East Germany did in the revolution to have a united free Germany. We are the allies of all people all over the world which want nothing else but to use their fundamental rights. Hasan Nuhanovic, project manager, on the aim and need to continue work on the Genocide Film Library Bosnia project: Thank you very much. Very briefly, yes, what you said is true. It was the UN Peace Keepers who handed over my family to the Serbs, who then killed them. It happened in front of my eyes. Fifteen years later, we are trying to construct a project. We have several thousand Srebrencian genocide survivors and we want to record their testimonies, keep them forever in our memorial and make them available on a website, so that the future generations of the world will know what happened in Srebrenica and in other places in the world and so that it never be forgotten and that it never happens to anyone again. Never again. Jane Ekayu, child trauma councellor, on spreading the message about the use of child soldiers in Uganda: Im happy to be here with you tonight. Im a trauma child counsellor from northern Uganda where I work with children who are former child soldiers. What I emphasize so much with the children who return from captivity is that they have to put their painful experience behind them and pick up the broken pieces and move on in life. We are working this year to bring some of the former child soldiers in Uganda to go to some places in the US and also here in Europe, and we want to go to the schools. Our message to the schools is we want to start with the children when they are young. We want to pass the message of peace. We want the children to know that they can have peaceful resolutions to all conflicts that surround them. We also want to be able to raise some funds that will go towards helping the children in northern Uganda, the former child soldiers who rebuked their lives and the funds will surely go towards education of these children. We want to empower them, their families, give them socio-economic empowerment. We also want to be able to take care of the health of these children or former child soldiers. So we surely ask for your support towards this and we would be very, very grateful as you become one of the peace bugles for northern Uganda and the rest of the world. Our message is very clear: We dont want what happened to northern Uganda to happen anywhere in the world. Stefanie Sycholt, director of THEMBA A BOY CALLED HOPE, on the taboo of speaking about HIV/AIDS Screenings among those infected and the power of the movie THEMBA and the THEMBA Community Screenings in South Africa to break this taboo: Good evening, thank you very much. Sorry, that was a bit of a jog. I wish we could have brought some of the 10,000 children whove seen this film in the last two months thanks to Cinema for Peace with us today. Ive just brought two quotes with me that I want to read to you, well one particular one of a girl whose mother died just a

few weeks before she saw Themba. Her mother had never told her that she had Aids, and she came to us afterwards and said, I wish she had told me that she had HIV. I wanted to tell her that I loved her that I did not care that she had HIV just like Themba did in the movie. I would have talked about it and maybe she would not have suffered so much. Maybe it could have helped if we had talked about it. Please let other children see this film. Please let people like my mother see this film. I want them to know they can tell their daughters. I want girls like me to speak to their sick mother and say, I love you even if you have HIV. You are my mother. Thank you. Etienne Comar, OF GODS AND MEN screenwriter, giving his acceptance speech after receiving the Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Movie of the Year for OF GODS AND MEN: Good evening. Im very impressed to be here tonight to receive this great achievement, great prize. We have been very lucky with this film, we received many, many prizes, but maybe this one is the most valuable. I would like to tell you that, really. Xavier Beauvois, the director, is not here with us tonight, but I just had him on the phone and he told me to thank you so much for this. I would like to say that those three words, Cinema for Peace, are really powerful and beautiful together. I would also like to say that this prize belongs also to those seven monks who dedicated their lives to create peace between the two communities, the Christian community and the Muslim community. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. against Khaled Nabawy, Egyptian actor, on the revolution in Egypt and the fight against dictatorship: Guten Abend. Ich bin glcklich in Berlin zu sein. Its a great inspiration to be here among you. Great people are working for others. And its a great inspiration to be very close to an inspiring place, where the Germans had their will to break the wall, to break the barriers between each other. Ladies and Gentlemen, good evening, allow me first to thank Sean Penn, thank you for being who you are. Thank you for being a treasure for humanity, and thank you Jaka, the president of cinema for peace. Allow me before I speak to be a witness on the ground on our great revolution after 30 years of great suffering. Allow me to share with you 2 minutes, in memory of those who gave their lives for Egypts freedom. Two minutes and it is a song, and it has footage of the mothers, real mothers, real reactions after they knew that their children have died. Im so sorry because I didnt have enough time to translate it but it says, I love my country and tell my mother dont cry, I have left for my nation to live. [Song] Thats the cross, the last shot, on Sunday, on the square when we were protecting Christians to pray. On behalf of Egyptians and Egyptian filmmakers, Im very happy to share with you a moment we treasure the most, the moment of our Egyptian Revolution. I am among you tonight not because Im an actor or a filmmaker, but because I was a witness on the best ever seen or heard of, the Egyptian Revolution. That was led and done by the people and the youth of Egypt. For the first time, since thousands of years that entire nation embarked in such a peaceful and civilized way to give the country its dignity and pride back.

Those people shed their blood for the freedom of their country. An entire regime, a bunch of criminals trying to kill them. They tortured and threatened them to go home but they failed. Because of the will, the courage and the passion of the Egyptians had was unbeatable. By the way, they killed more than 300 of the best weve ever had, as you saw. They tortured and wounded 5000, many of them lost their eyes and many of them lost their arms and legs. Those people who inspired the whole world give lessons on how much human beings can change their destiny and change the future through unity. I know that the world is wondering whats next. And let me tell you that those words are valid. Because the coming weeks and months are going to determine our future forever. But I want everyone to know that the people I saw and heard during this revolution is mature enough to complete this dream. Although there were no police in the last three weeks in the streets, they made human shields to protect the Egyptian museum, their houses and families. There are 20 million people in the streets of Egypt; however there is no single incident of rape or violence. So Im not worried. Yet I am dreaming. I am dreaming for a free country, with a new constitution, with a parliament, that is the true ruler for a better education. We are dreaming, and we hope that the world can dream with us. The filmmakers like you Sean Penn, will have a lot of material in the coming years and I hope we can all share it. I want you to remember two dates: Jan 25 and Feb 11th. And finally, I extend you an invitation on behalf of all the Egyptians, please (emotion), please come to Egypt. Its safe, Egyptians are waiting for you to celebrate with you, it is a new era, please dont be late. Thank you. Rene Kock, SKATEISTAN FOUR WHEELS AND A BOARD IN KABUL producer, giving his acceptance speech Cinema after receiving the Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Documentary of the Year for SKATEISTAN: Well hey, in this distinguished company, its really, we never anticipated winning this. Thank you so much. Our film is so young, it has such little legs. Thank you to Skateistan, Oliver Percovich, Max Henninger, Shams Razi who let us into their lives for a year and gave us all their contacts into the community and let us show a little different glimpse of life in Kabul other than what the news are showing. Thank you Kai for coming up with the idea, and Ken working tirelessly. Nadia was also devoting all her talent from the very first second and for unaccountable hours. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you; I dont know how to thank you. Thank you to the foundation. Kai Sehr, SKATEISTAN director, giving his acceptance speech after receiving the Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Documentary of the Year for SKATEISTAN: Whoo, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a second! First and foremost, and Im serious about this, this award is for the kids of Afghanistan. Thank you very much, thank you all.

Bill Roedy, MTV Chairman, on the need to continue the fight against AIDS: So HIV has been around for 30 years. Its preventable and its treatable. There has been progress, but there are still nearly 2 million people dying every year. There is progress on treatment but for every one person whos added on treatment, there are two newly infected, so its still out of control. We still have to keep the fight against one of the worst epidemics in history. And I just want to say, sitting here so far this evening, Im sure everyone feels the same, every story that weve heard so far is amazing and it touches our heart, and all of you, whether youve been on the stage, whether youve spoken, or whether you are sitting here, all of you are playing a role in the stories tonight. You have more power, you have the power to speak for those with less voice, you have the power to fight for those with less opportunity. I attribute all of you in this room, the spirit and energy will win all these fights were talking about tonight. To you! Father Marco Arana Zegarra speaking out to the international community and seeking support from the International Criminal Court (ICC): The ways that lead to peace are not made of gold but are made of the lives of the people who aspire for peace and for love. In order to reach the lives of those who died in this fight are not in vain, we are fighting and we are looking for an international convention that holds international enterprises responsible for violations of human rights. If we are looking for a way, then its the way to peace and the way to love. Thank you very much. MorenoLuis Moreno-Ocampo, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, on how films and filmmakers are helping the victims of human rights abuses: Thank you very much. As its been said, HIV can be stopped. In fact, all these atrocities that we saw today could also be stopped because these crimes, these massive atrocities are planned. And if those who plan them know that they will be jailed, they will not do it. And thats the opportunity now. But the question today for me is how filmmakers are helping the victims. I have investigated crimes all over the world, and victims feel like me (right now), they are not listened to. Hey, please stop it, okay?! Listen to me! [applause] Thank you, thank you very much. I will be brief. Victims feel alone. Victims are attacked and ignored. In 2006, my investigators were interviewing victims in Darfur. One man told us how the army attacked his village. They burned the house, they stole the cattle, they raped his wife, but the worst was that they raped his 8-year-old daughter and they forced him to watch. And he was asking, Why? He was asking the perpetrators, Why? And he was asking my investigators, Why? And at the end of his testimony of this painful story, he said, Im very happy. Now I can die. You, you will spread the truth. And we are doing that. We transformed his story into evidence, and with this evidence we got an arrest warrant against President Omal al-Bashir for this crime. [applause] But filmmakers can do more. They can spread the truth beyond the courtroom. If filmmakers do that, this man will feel supported. Its up to

us. And thats what we learned today. Cinema for Peace is helping the victims of crimes to meet with filmmakers, actors and producers from all over the world, and that is making the difference. Can we show the map? I have a little map to show you in a few seconds because Bob Geldof is telling me to be short. How do we have more hope today? Because we are not alone. The International Criminal Court is the face of a new system, a new era. There are 114 states from all over the world which are committed to end impunity of these crimes and to do justice to prevent crimes. And there are five films today that are presenting stories about some of these countries, and you listen to what happened in these countries. Basically you will see films showing people in Berlin, what happened in Colombia, in Georgia, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in Afghanistan. The answer is what filmmakers are doing for the victims. Movies are connecting us. Movies are building a new community. Humanity as a community. Thank you, Cinema for Peace, for that. LeutheusserSabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Federal Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Germany, presenting the nominees for the Cinema for Peace Award for Justice: Ladies and gentlemen, we have experienced a very thorough film presentation, and for that I would like to extend my gratitude. Considering the outcome, sometimes made on low budgets, and at enormous personal risk on the part of those responsible, I would say that each one of these films would have merited this award. So it was clearly a difficult task to single out a film seeing that qualifying material would not have done justice to any of these works. Albert Einstein once made this point very well when he said when its a matter of truth or justice, there is no distinction between minor problems and major problems. For the most general considerations affecting human considerations are indivisible. These are also not films we could watch as interested but otherwise passive viewers. What we are shown here is always linked with what we do, whether consciously, as in the case of soldiers in Afghanistan, or unconsciously, as when someone buys a mobile phone. Armadillo does not only show the horrors of the war in Afghanistan, it also presents us with a finely drawn portrait of the slow physical and mental burden and injury of all the people participating in these events, of the population, of the young soldiers and of the worried mothers fathers wives and friends. Impunity leaves the viewer entirely bemused in the Kafkaesque efforts to shape to the reconciliation process between two Colombian rebel groups already in a conciliatory dimension. In the film Blood in the Mobile, directed by the Danish director Frank Poulsen, various levels of problems and responsibilities come together as though under a burning glass. The Directors journey from Denmark via Kinshasa does not only reveal the dangers and the substantial personal risk that Frank Poulsen ran in one of the poorest countries in Africa. The film is also dissecting a whole network, difficult to penetrate and consisting of a dependency between violent military forces, corrupt political exploit and rural populations in current companies and nave end consumers.

Frank Poulsen earns our respect for showing us in drastic pictures the connection between entrepreneurial interest, bitter poverty and enslavement thus revealing an impact beyond the films actual content. So, the film raises the important question of how companies whose production directly or indirectly helps to finance crimes against humanity and how they can be held to account for these crimes under the criminal law. This film makes up a component of the debate on moral and ethical responsibilities in the global economy, whose operations transcend territorial boundaries. Ladies and gentlemen, this years winner Frank Piasecki Poulsen, BLOOD IN THE MOBILE director, giving his acceptance speech after receiving the Cinema for Peace Award for Justice for BLOOD IN THE MOBILE: Thank you very much. I think maybe we dont need peace maybe we need war against greed. There is so much greed in this world. The world is so full of resources, especially in the third world, we wouldnt have to see so much poverty if we in the Western world were we have all the wealth would only pay a fair price for the resources we are extracting in the third world, then we wouldnt have a problem. Its all about logistics. So really we dont need arrangements like this, we dont need this kind of stuff, there is enough wealth in the world that we can all share. And this has to do with every time you come and vote what kind of politicians you are voting for. We came a long way from being monkeys in trees, and we came a long way from the jungle. And thank you very much for this award. Alain Visser, CEO Marketing, Sales and Aftersales of the Adam Opel AG, introducing Opel PROJECT EARTH: Good evening ladies and gentlemen. First of all let me tell you and let me start by saying, we here on the podium, I have never felt so small. I have never felt so small as I do right now. Secondly, you may have noticed that there are.... Flemish is a throat disease of which half of Belgium is plagued by. First of all, we are proud to have the best chocolate in the world. Secondly, and Im changing the script a little, we have very good beer. And thirdly, a few months ago, our country broke a record of surviving the longest without a government. Were very proud of our chocolates. Of protecting the environment and thats what we really want to do. We at Opel want to be leaders in protecting the environment. A lot of you in the room will think this is the usual marketing blah blah. We have heard very emotional revolutions today, like in Egypt. Those who do not believe that the mobile revolution will come are either dumb or nave, and the combination is not excluded. How we as an organisation behave in such way that we prove environmental and thats where Project Earth comes in. The Savannah, the Arctic, the Oceans, and the Rainforest with the foundation supported by Sting - a patron that is really going to supervise this whole project. And we thought of someone whos seen the earth from a very different angle. .. Im very proud to introduce Buzz Aldrin. I travel quite a lot and I have a very concerned wife, so every time I land I send her an SMS that says the eagle has landed. Thank you very much for your attention. Id like to introduce Buzz Aldrin.

Dr. Edwin Buzz Aldrin speaking about the need to protect our planet: The eagle pilot is very happy to be with you here tonight. And yes Alain, we are all indeed crew on this wonderful planet. Proud to join you at this event at this wonderful event as patron of the Opel Project Earth and to be a part of everything that the Cinema for Peace and Opel Project Earth stands for. As you just mentioned, I had the privilege of being the second man to set foot on the moon. We had to face years of planning and research and we faced many, many challenges but we made it to the moon. And flying to the moon was one hell of a ride! It was a very special feeling to sit 110 m high on the gallons of combustive fuels waiting to be ignited. But let me tell you, the view I had on that trip was worth all that we went through. Its something that I will never ever forget. I also recognized the fragility of our planet and I knew I would do everything I could to preserve it. And that is why I didnt hesitate when Opel approached me about Project Earth there are countless places on our planet that offer examples of people assuming a conscious and respectable relationship with the environment and our resources and that is ultimately what Project Earth is about. Its an ideal way for me to continually contributing to the preservation of this extraordinary planet. Please continue to do what you can to protect and conserve the earth so that future generations may also have the chance to see what Ive seen I can only and emphatically agree with Marshall McLuhan and that we are all crew. It is up to each and every one of us, it is our responsibility, to take care of this beautiful planet. In seeing the energy and determination that made his evenings event possible makes me think we are on the right road. We made it to the moon because we believed that we would reach our goal. That same faith, determination, and drive will be what makes us successful in protecting the Earth. Thank you all and please join me for the Project Earth to protect our planet and to use alternate energies will stop war for resources and will create peace. Thank you very much. Prof. Dr. Klaus Tpfer, Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and former Federal Minister for the Environment of the Federal Republic of Germany, speaking about the importance of The International Green Film Award: There is Cinema for Peace at the very first moment and the International Green Film Award. What the devil does this have to do together? But you see if you are a little bit older than I am, if you spend more than eight years headquartered in the middle of Africa in Kenya, responsible for the environment policy of the United Nations, you listen very carefully to my boss back then in my very good friend today, to Kofi Annan. He once mentioned, there will be no peace on earth, as long as the destruction, the abuse of nature is going on. And you see it daily. Right now we are sitting here having a wonderful dinner. People are confronted with rising food prices, also leading to speculation on the exchange. I think we have to protest against this as well. And I am absolutely convinced, congratulations to Opel, that e-mobility is the best. But please, lets join hands, and ask where is electricity coming from and as long as we do not have enough renewable energy to do for this we have to do a lot more for to avoid the problems for the environment.

Therefore its good to have those great heroes that are known all over the world, the prince of Wales, Prince Charles, who is not asking whether this is the best for his career as a coming King in his country, hes asking what is necessary to bring harmony back into his life. Congratulations to those who presented as this film, Harmony, the contribution of Prince Charles for this life and for the Earth. Thank you very much. Joe Berlinger speaking on the developments in the legal case against Chevron after having received The International Green Film Award for his movie CRUDE at the Cinema for Peace Gala 2010: Hello, I was quite honest to receive his award last year from Leonardo DiCaprio who got the award from Mikhail Gorbachev and now I have the honour of passing the award on to somebody else but I was really honoured after the festival, about two months after the festivals, when Jaka called me - (I still cant pronounce his last name) and wanted to help me because hed heard I was being sued by Chevron for the film that was honored here Crude. And Crude was about the indigenous communities of Ecuador suing Chevron for massive contamination thank you. But Jaka sent out the world about this attack on the freedom of the press and the attack on journalists that was going on in my country. So I learned that Cinema for Peace is not just an award show, but an organisation that also wants to affect change. So I want to say thank you for that support. Half an hour ago, I received a text message, actually I received 100 text messages. The courts in Ecuador has just awarded the indigenous people in Ecuador an 8 billion USD settlement against Chevron. Im really thrilled to present this green Oscar to James Cameron for Message from Pandora. Amazing when

you really think about notches about where this film exists its on the DVD for Avatar, the most successful movie of all time and that shows you that when Hollywood wants to effect change they can do that and I applaud the makers of that DVD for doing this. So I want to bring up Maria Wilhelm and Mitch Anderson, she is James partner for social ventures and Mitch is from Amazon Watch who also worked on this film and worked on Crude. Maria Wilhelm accepting The International Green Film Award - 2nd Prize for the movie A MESSAGE FROM PANDORA: I am happy to accept this award on behalf of James Cameron, but we are even more grateful for the opportunity to focus attention on the peoples of the Brazilian Amazon and their fight against the Belmonte hydroelectric dam one of 60 planned. But more broadly it is a battle about energy old energy versus new energy. And that is something that affects us all. Right here in this room right now in plotting the energy future of our planet, we are all indigenous people as James Cameron says. We have a responsibility to each other, to act with consciousness, commitment and with true courage. Mitchell Anderson, Amazon Watch, speaking about the endangered Amazon rainforest: To share the stage right now with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon, I want to tell you a

story about the first people that inhabited the Amazon rain forest the greatest tropical rain forest on our planet. Far away from this Berlin evening, the Kayapo, of the Brazilian Amazon are fighting for their lives The Kayapo, the Haruka and the Arara are fighting to stop the construction of one of the most destructive dams to face the Amazon, the Belo Monte. This dam will destroy their ancestral territory, the rivers, and their way of life. The Kayapo people are fighting to protect the Amazon forest by challenging a dirty energy development model that is hell-bent on destroying it. They are fighting so that you and I can breathe it here tonight here tonight. At Amazon Watch, we support the Kayapo and hundreds of other indigenous peoples across the Amazon basin, amplifying their voices and waging international campaigns against reckless corporations short-sighted financial institutions and wayward governments. And so tonight, I have 2 messages. And now I have 3 after reading the Wall Street Journal. Only an hour ago that a corporation, Chevron, that we have been waging an international battle against for the last 10 years was just fine to eight really in dollars for massive environmental contamination of the Amazon rain forest this is a moment to be proud and I hope that we can all celebrate with the indigenous peoples of Ecuador right now so please give an applause thank you. And I have two messages, one from the legendary Kayapo Chief Kaoni Tudor President of Brazil, the first female president in Brazilian history: President Dilma, my people do not want the Belo Monte dam. It will destroy us. Listen those are the words of the legendary chief, and finally, my last message for all of you tonight who have been listening to some of the most inspiring stories Amazon watch and the indigenous peoples of the Amazon are up against some of the most powerful corporations with some of the most powerful interests in the world, we need your moral support, we need your financial support, and so Id like to conclude that this award, which is very heavy, will not mean anything unless all of us together can come together and you can support the movement and the people fighting for their lives and for their dignity. Thank you very much. Julie Bergman Sender giving her acceptance speech after receiving The International Green Film Award - 3rd International Prize for HARMONY: I want to say thank you to Cinema for Peace, and maybe more humbling than being in a room with so many brilliant storytellers, is being in a room with those whose stories we tell. Thank you for all you lived through and all that you do and also that one of the things thats been an extraordinary experience has been working with the Prince of Wales. He has become a sort of self-appointed convener of ideas and people and stories and passions and its been a tremendous honour for my husband Stewart Sender who is not with me tonight and our German partners as well, to bring the story to the screen. Thank you very much. Film Lorenz Knauer giving his acceptance speech after receiving The International Green Film Award - 1st Prize for the movie JANES JOURNEY: I dont know what to say. Im completely overwhelmed and the first thing I have to say is that I cant believe that you are here (Buzz Aldrin) we started this project 6 years ago, and I never dreamed that at the end of its Id be standing here with one of my heroes from my youth. And now hes standing right next me so this is a

privilege. But the thanks that go to my team I cant seem up there, and they went through hell with me to get this film made, thank you Richie for the camera and Andre for the sound, and low stand for the music I love you guys thank you. And the biggest thank you of course goes to Jane Goodall who is sadly not with us this evening and want to share a very short story. Filming on the beach of Bornmouth right near her childhood home, she remembered bombs that she watched falling from German planes during the war. She was on the same beach where we were filming. There were bombs falling on her hometown during the war coming from German bombers. She suddenly stopped the interview and she said: Lorenz! These people were our parents and they were killing each other. And now you and I are doing this film together! Isnt that a miracle? and I have to say: Yes Jane, it is a miracle!, and I am so incredibly grateful that we had the opportunity to make this film and I hope this helps her carry on her message that she repeats so often that shes probably repeating some were right now in Florida at a lecture. And that is how important it is that each and every one of us can make a difference every day for animals and the environment for people. So thank you very much, and thank you Jane. Jane Goodall speaking in recognition of The International Green Film Award - 1st Prize [video message]: While I am truly overwhelmed by this tremendous honour and desperately sorry I cant be with you but unfortunately I was committed to giving a lecture in Florida. Im especially thrilled that I have won this prestigious award because it justifies the incredible commitment of director Laurenz Knauer in the great talents of his team. This is the only film that is truly captured the message that Im so desperate to share with the world and I want to thank everyone whos helped to make it possible. From across the ocean, Mr. H. and I raise a glass to you! Dr. Guido Westerwelle, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, speaking about the awarding of Sean Penn with the Cinema for Peace Honorary Award: Meine Damen und Herren, Ladies and Gentlemen, Excellencies. I would like to express our gratitude. That I have the honour to welcome so many foreign guests here in the wonderful city of Berlin and in the name of all German participants in this evening I would welcome you all. Thank you very much for being here, thank you very much for visiting Berlin and the Federal Republic of Germany. I would like to include in his gratitude of course our host for this evening it is an intensive evening, and I would also like to express our gratitude for our host, thank you very much to these. Spent a warm applause to those who invited us, because I think it is really a difficult work to organize such an impressive evening. Thank you very much. Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a pleasure and it is an honour for me to present Sean Penn with the Cinema for Peace Honorary Award today. That Sean Penn should be receiving an award on an evening of film will surprise hardly anyone, but Sean Penn is not being honoured today because hes a successful and a famous actor. Today we are honouring Sean Penn because he is a committed member of the global society. Some people

think globalization is at first an economic phenomenon. But globalization is not primarily the globalization of markets. What we are experiencing right now is the globalization of value, of freedom, and all our readiness to help end of humanity and compassion. None of us can forget the dreadful images of the earthquake in Haiti. People are fearing for their lives. Childrens eyes crying for help. Haiti is no longer in the headlines, but the people, they are still suffering sorrow and hardship. And I think this is what counts. The agent, and the support, when the media and spotlights are not in Haiti. This is so important that we have a sustainable engagement. The people in Haiti still need our help. Each of them like each of us just has this one life on earth. Sean Penn began his help just hours after the earthquake had struck, just as he did when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. His organization provides medical care for the victims. It gives people a new roof over their heads over from one moment to the next have lost everything. The really special thing about this help as we hear from the people on the spot is that it is so quick, so effective, so direct. Let me give you an example. German journeying carpenters built shelter for an orphanage. There are huge problems getting the supply of clean water, some children had already gotten sick with cholera. At first the Carpenters didnt know who to turn to for help for these children. Finally they rang up Sean Penns organization. It took just one phone call and water filter buckets were delivered to this orphanage. Governments, Ladies and Gentlemen, Excellencys, governments have a special obligation in crisis situations, but politics is far more than just government action. Each and every one of us bears responsibility for the society we live in. Mr. Penn, today you are receiving the Cinema for Peace Honorary Award in recognition of your work to the people of Haiti. You are receiving it because you save lives, you are receiving it because you are right there for the people on the ground. You are receiving the honorary award today because you give the people of Haiti hope. Herzlichen Glueckwunsch mchte ich in meiner eigenen Muttersprache hinzufgen. Herzlichen Glckwunsch, congratulation, thank you very much for being here and participating this evening. Sean Penn on the current situation in Haiti and the need to take responsibility for our actions: responsibility You know I used to carry a comic strip in my wallet that is a little illustration in a line underneath that said: dont mature, mature people do shit work. I find that theres a problem with fear, and the problem is that it separates us from the young who dont have it and to whom the future belongs to. I think we watched the news today - Im going to interrupt myself: Do you have MTV Punkd in Germany? This is going to be a bonanza for Ashton, whos sitting across from Bob. Norman Mailer once said that this may be the first century that mankind doesnt survive. But I think that really will work out, what were facing now, is so exciting because principle is not only dominating strategy is becoming strategy. And the caution of our own generation and those before us has lost its way, and I think that we are the first century that is going to survive long enough to be accountable for its actions and its lack of actions. And what we are primarily accountable for is the fairness the equity that disallows poverty on the planet.

I am going to elect to be brief from this point on, we are a beneficiary tonight, but tonights beneficiary among so many areas of need, and all I can promise you, is that the great staff that we have, all the dedicated people, young Haitians who are giving themselves 23 hours a day if not 24 and have been doing so for the last year, we have a foothold because we can establish new principles and we have the support and the courage of the world Im so proud that my friends came here to speak to you tonight and told her the story of his countrys young courage. But what well do in our way with the money that we can raise, is to continue and I give that credit to my Haitian staff to show that the support of people like you can make an impact, that it can succeed, and that we can be proud of what were accountable for, and that in the future we might think twice before we bail out banks before human beings. You know theres a driving thing because were all part of it. This is what I mean by facile minds and how their hearts are keeping pace with it, and the young people we over and over forget to listen to. But this time its clearer that we will hang our heads in shame if we dont. You know we have this horrifying war in Iraq, we look at the way in which the American constitution was so violated. And I think back on the pardoning of Richard Nixon by Gerald Ford. And of course in a short space of time, it could be argued that unify the country, but I dont think we have to compete with the Chinese in the sense that weve got to look 2000 years forward to be smart. Its got to happen in our lifetime and our accountability is going to either havent successes or its failures, and it depends on everyone here. So what I can say is thank you to the Cinema for Peace. We will honour any support that we can get for Haiti, for J/P HRO, but more importantly know that within your lifetime your children will ask you. And if you have not identified that passion that you will stick with it and you will support, to finally defeat poverty in this world, you will die ashamed. embodiment for irreverence. And thank God for him. Lastly I would like to make one suggestion. Next year you really have to put a microphone in front of Bob Geldof, who is really the human

Aung San Suu Kyi and Cinema for Peace ask for your support to free the artists Zarganar and Kyaw Thu in Burma
At the 10th Cinema for Peace Gala, Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi called on the film community to stand up for Burma. Help to free fellow artists and filmmakers in Burma by signing the petition. The Burmese popular artist Zarganar has received a sentence of 59 years in 2008. He was sent to prison for publicly supporting peaceful protests against the government. The Burmese actor and Myanmar Academy Award winner U Kyaw Thu suffers the same fate. Freedom of speech is tightly restrained in Burma: Much like Zarganar and U Kyaw Thu, countless artists are under arrest or prevented from working in their craft, because they engaged in humanitarian activities or criticised the government. Support our campaign for Zarganar and U Kyaw Thu by signing this petition and sending it back to our Cinema for Peace office: To President Thein Sein, We, the undersigned artists and filmmakers, call for creative freedom in Burma, the immediate removal of work bans for artists and the immediate release of the artists U Kyaw Thu and Zarganar who currently are imprisoned for their political opinions and their commitment for their own country. The Undersigned,

______________________ Please send a signed version of this text to: Cinema for Peace, Friedrichstr. 125, 10117 Berlin, Germany. If you require any further information, please contact the CINEMA FOR PEACE office by calling Carolina Zishiri +49.30.76.77.525.14 or via e-mail to carolina.zishiri@cinemaforpeace.com. Find Aung San Suu Kyis speech and further information about the subject below.

Aung San Suu Kyis Video Message for the Cinema for Peace Gala 2011
We who are working for democracy in Burma are in need of the help and support of the international community. We want to achieve an all inclusive political process that will allow the people of Burma to determine their own destiny. We want all those who wish to join in to be given the opportunity to join in the political process. Because of the great influence of the cinema we would call upon film celebrities to help us convince the world that there is a genuine need to help the movement for democracy in Burma. In Burma artists are not free. Many of you have heard of our famous comedian Zarganar who is in prison for having engaged in humanitarian activities. This might seem very strange to many people. Why should anybody be penalized for engaging in humanitarian activities? What this demonstrates is the narrowness of the political process, now in effect in Burma. We are not allowed to do what we wish, we are not allowed to help our people, to help our country in the ways that are open to us. We are only allowed to help our own country in ways that the authority decides that are open to us. Because of that we need the cinema and artists to make the world understand that Burma needs help; that Burma has not begun its democratisation process yet. Although Zarganar is very well known he is not the only artist who has suffered as a result of the narrow choices available to people in Burma. A famous actor, Uchongwei who is involved in the movement for democracy was never allowed to engage in any of his cinematic work after he refused to give up his political affiliations. He died several years ago. He died without ever again being able to work as a film actor. And there is now Uchoidun who is a famous actor in our country and who has doing very, very important humanitarian work. He too has been prevented from working in the cinema because he does not take the official line. Just because we not toll the official line it does not mean that we are not working for the good of our country and this is what we want the world to understand. This is what we would like the Cinema for Peace to help the world to understand. In Burma self-sacrifice is an everyday matter for all our people who are in prison. The very fact that they have chosen to go to prison rather than to give up their beliefs, the right of the people to determine the destiny of their country, means that for them self-sacrifice has become a way of life. We would like people to understand that self-sacrifice is not a waste. They are those who say that self-sacrifice is foolish, it is meaningless, it leads nowhere. It is through the cinema that we would like to convince the world that it leads somewhere. It leads to a better, happier, safer world for everybody. We depend on artists, actors, producers, directors, people who are connected with the cinema to reach out to all the people to whom we are not in the position to reach out by making the world not only a bigger place but at the same time a closer community you will be able to help all those of us who have been deprived of their basic human rights. I hope that from this day onwards the world will be able to know more about the struggle in Burma through the efforts of the Cinema for Peace. Thank you very much.

ZARGANAR ARTISTS IN BURMA ZARGANAR & U KYAW THU Since 1962 Burma is reigned by a military junta which suppresses anybody who has other political views than defined by the government. The governmental military rulers have been trying to stifle the voices and activities of a whole range of people: human rights defenders, independent journalists, members of the Buddhist clergy, humanitarian activists and of numerous artists. Today, countless artists in Burma are imprisoned or prevented from working in their craft, only for opposing the line of the government, for peacefully demonstrating or for engaging in humanitarian activities. THE FATE OF ZARGANAR ZARGANAR is Burmas most famous social satirist and activist. A former dentist (hence his stage name Zarganar, pliers in Burmese), he became famous in the late 1980s as a stage and TV comedian, especially for his Beggar stage shows in which he and his comedic troupe poked fun at the corruption of Burmese military leaders, deteriorating living standards, and the lack of basic freedoms in Burma. In November 2008, a Ragoon court sentenced the prominent comedian, actor and director to 59 years in jail a sentence later reduced to 35 years for disbursing relief aid and talking to the international media about his frustrations in assisting victims of Cyclone Nargis. Zarganar was previously detained for a year following the 1988 pro-democracy demonstrations in Burma, and jailed for four years in 1990 1994 for making political speeches. Police rearrested Zarganar in September 2007 for publicly supporting the protests by monks, and detained him for 20 days. Zarganar is serving his sentence in a prison in Myitkyina, Kachin State, in northern Burma, known for its bitterly cold winter. His mother Day Kyi Oo died in March 2009, while Zarganar was in prison.

THE FATE OF U KYAW THU The story of another Burmese actor and director, U KYAW THU is quite similar. In the 80s and 90s U Kyaw Thu was one of the leading men of Burmese cinema. He won two Myanmar Academy Awards and became famous for his awareness movie on HIV/AIDS which was blocked by the censorship board of the government. U Kyaw Thu is known for his social commitment. Together with Zarganar, he took care of the victims of the cyclone Nargis in 2008. He provided free funeral and medical services for the poor and stood up for freedom of speech and democracy by refusing to shoot propaganda films. As a consequence, the government muted him by blocking his Facebook account and arresting him and his wife in the aftermath of the monks protests in 2007.

ARTISTS IN BURMA The conditions of Burmese prisons are devastating: Prisoners suffer torture and beatings. They receive no or poor medical treatments and are deported to remote areas which are difficult to reach for their families. Until recently, the International Red Cross and other humanitarian help organizations were not allowed to visit the prisons. Zarganar describes his time in prison to Human Rights Watch as follows:

I was held in the dog cells in solitary confinement for eight days and was not allowed to bathe for three days. I had to relieve myself on a tray. When it became full, I tried to urinate under the door but the dogs tried to bite me.
To change the situation of artists in Burma, international pressure can be extremely effective. It is crucial that the international community uses its influence to support human rights and make calls for the release of wrongfully detained human rights defenders, journalists, and activists. In her video message, Aung San Suu Kyi stresses the influence of the cinema to change the situation of artists in Burma:

We depend on artists, actors, producers, directors, people who are connected with the cinema to reach out to all the people to whom we are not in the position to reach out by making the world not only a bigger place but at the same time a closer community. You will be able to help all those of us who have been deprived of their basic human rights.
By following Aung San Suu Kyis call on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary Cinema for Peace Gala 2011, you can give hope to the people of Burma for a change of their situation. Aung San Suu Kyi herself was imprisoned repeatedly by Burma's military rulers for her charismatic promotion of democracy and human rights in Burma and her leadership of the opposition party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), which won an election landslide in 1990 but was never permitted to assume power. Aung San Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years. She was first arrested by Burma's military government in 1989 and held under house arrest until 1995. She was placed under house arrest a second time in 2000 and released in 2002. The military junta detained her for a third time in 2003 after an attack on her convoy while travelling in the country. Her house arrest order was extended by another year in May 2008, and it was expected to be unlawfully extended again in May 2009. She finally was released in November 2010.