May19
Posted by Stephanie Boyd for the New Internationalist blog I have an extra day in Qatar, once the film festival is over. My friends encourage me to visit the desert – where I can ride camels or sand buggies and sleep under the stars – or go scuba-diving, or even catch a short flight to
May11
A view of the city of Doha Posted by Stephanie Boyd It feels like I’ve won the lottery. A documentary I made about Peruvian farmers standing up to US and British-owned mining companies has been selected for the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Doha, Qatar. Suddenly I find myself far from my Andean
Apr23
Once a year, stock market investors have their fill of milk and honey – on the annual Investor’s Day. Newmont Mining, the world’s second largest gold mining company on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges, is no exception.On April 7, it was time.
Mar30
… once again, the Movie that Matters Film Festivaltook place again this year in Den Haag – a city in Holland that is also the headquarters of important international tribunals and courts. The main section of the film festival A Matter of Act highlights the dangerous and important work by human rights advocates from
Mar17
Auditorium Arditi, Geneva An audience of nearly 600 watched The Devil Operation at the Auditorium Arditi in Genf at the closing festivities of the FIFDH film festival. Stephanie Boyd und Marco Arana can be seen here in the picture on the left as they deliver a thank you speech. Their film was awarded a