Donkey in Lahore tells the real life tale of Brian, an Australian Goth whose skills as a puppeteer takes him on a journey that transcends borders, religion and love. While visiting Lahore in Pakistan to perform at a puppet festival, Brian meets Amber, 17. Ten years Brian's junior, Amber doesn't seem a likely match for this tear-away Goth. She's a devout Muslim and still lives at home with her tight-knit family. Yet in a whirlwind two-week romance during which the pair are never alone together, they fall in love. Over the next two years, Brian and Amber continue their relationship by correspondence. Brian converts to Islam in order to be accepted by Amber's family and so that he can marry her. Brian's struggle to marry Amber is fraught as he battles the Australian immigration system, costly trips between the two countries, his own religious conversion, lifestyle changes and last but not least the stern disapproval of Amber's parents! What unfolds is a real life Romeo and Juliet tale that spans the globe, a captivating story of love that borders on obsessive. From Brisbane to Lahore, from Christianity to Islam, can these star-cross'd lovers live happily ever after? Donkey in Lahore is a documentary five years in the making. Filmed in true observational style, award-winning Australian director Faramarz K-Rahber uses his unique access and skills to deliver a powerful film full of intimacy and intrigue.

Official selection, Singapore International Film Festiva
Official selection, Tribeca Film Festival

Monday, December 8, 2008  05.00 pm/Senin, 8 Desember, 17:00, Goethe Haus
Tuesday, December 9, 2008,07.30 pm/Selasa, 9 Desember, 19:30, Goethe Haus

A documentary charting the remarkable world journey taken by filmmaker Jeremy Gilley, to create a Day of Peace on September 21. He galvanizes the countries of the world to recognize this as an official day of ceasefire and non-violence. Jeremy's true quest, though, is to use the day to save lives. Celebrity as well as corporate support from Coca-Cola enhances the momentum. Jeremy's persistence is rewarded when UNICEF, the World Health Organization, and local affected communities decide to try and use the Day to carry out a mass vaccination against polio in one of the toughest conflict areas in the world, Afghanistan. Gilley asks Jude Law to accompany him to Afghanistan, to help persuade the government and insurgents to ratify Peace Day. The task seems impossible…

Official selection, Cannes Film Festival
Official selection, Britdoc Film Festival
Official selection, Warsaw International FilmFest

Saturday, December 6, 2008/Sabtu, 6 Desember, 19:30, Goethe Haus
Sunday, December 7, 2008/Minggu, 7 Desember, 17:00, Goethe Haus

If Morgan Spurlock has learned anything from over 30 years of movie-watching, its that if the world needs saving, its best done by one lone man willing to face danger head on to take it down, action hero style. So, with no military experience, knowledge or expertise, he sets off to do what the CIA, FBI and countless bounty hunters have failed to do: find the worlds most wanted man. Why take on such a seemingly impossible mission? Simple-he wants to make the world safe for his soon to be born child. But before he finds Osama bin Laden, he first needs to learn where he came from, what makes him tick, and most importantly, what exactly created bin Laden to begin with.

Won Most Popular Documentary, Melbourne International Film Festival 2008

Friday, December 5 2008/Jum’at, 5 Desember, 19:00, FX Platinum XXI Studio 4
Monday, December 8, 2008/Senin, 8 Desember, 21:30, FX Platinum XXI Studio 4

A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze - navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. At the river's edge - a young woman says goodbye to her family as the floodwaters rise towards their small homestead. The Three Gorges Dam - contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle - provides the epic backdrop for Up the Yangtze, a dramatic feature documentary on life inside modern China.

Won Don Haig Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2008
Won Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival 2008
Won Best Canadian Documentary, Vancouver International Film Festival 2007
Official selection, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival
Official selection, Sundance Film Festival
Official selection, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Official selection, Human Rights Watch Film Festival
Official selection, Wisconsin Film Festival
Official selection, RiverRun International Film Festival
Official selection, Trento Film Festival
Official selection, Seattle International Film Festival

Sunday, December 7, 2008/Minggu, 7 Desember, 14:30, Goethe Haus
Tuesday, December 9, 2008/Selasa, 9 Desember, 14:30, Erasmus Huis

Eve is a precocious nine year-old girl with a wild imagination growing up in a traditional Chinese immigrant family in Vancouver where Confucian doctrines, superstitious obsessions and divine visions abound. When Buddhism and Catholicism are thrown into the mix, life for Eve and her 11-year-old prim and authoritative sister, Karena, escalates into a fantasia of catastrophe, sainthood and cultural confusion. The journey of a young girl and her sister striving to grow up in world where childhood is lonely and the world is full of wonder.

Won Most Popular Canadian Film, Vancouver International Film Festival 2005
Won Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2006
Official selection, Toronto Film Festival
Official selection, South by Southwest Film Festival
Official selection, VC Film Festival
Official selection, Seattle International Film Festival
Official selection, Durban Film Festival
Official selection, Karlovy Vary Film Festival
Official selection, Film by the Sea Film Festival

Friday, December 5 2008/Jum’at, 5 Desember, 19:30, Erasmus Huis
Monday, December 8, 2008/ Senin, 8 Desember, 19:30, Goethe Haus