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Desret Flower(2009)
Dir:Sherry Horman
Country:UK | Germany | Austria
1 win & 1 nomination See more »
Based on the world best-selling book DESERT FLOWER by Waris Dirie - the autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 5, sold in marriage at 13, who became an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision.

Born in Somalia in 1965, Dirie fled on foot across the desert to escape an arranged marriage at the age of 13. Migrating to London, she did odd-jobs for years before being talent-spotted by fashion photographer Terence Donovan while working in McDonalds. She became an international celebrity by the late 80s and early 90s, but she gave up modelling at the height of her fame after spontaneously revealing to an American journalist that she had been circumcised as a child in Somalia. She soon became one of the most prominent spokespeople against female circumcision, or female genital mutilation and a UN special ambassador to campaign against the practice.

Desert Flower is more of a rags-to-riches story than a political tract, placing emphasis on character over politics. The scene detailing the young Waris’s circumcision is explored with tact and subtlety. Although brief, it is the film’s most emotionally affecting scene. As a story of friendship and opportunity, and even fashion, Desert Flower is warm and full of heart.

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To the Sea aka Alamer(2009)
Dir:Pedro González-Rubio
Country:Mexico
5 wins See more »

A young boy and his father learn about living in harmony with nature in this languid drama from filmmaker Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio. A man from Mexico (Jorge Machado) travels to Italy and falls in love with a beautiful local woman (Roberta Palombini). Their feelings for one another are strong, but they prove to be short lived, and when they decide to beak up after the birth of their son Natan, he returns to Mexico while she stays in Italy and takes primary custody of the child. However, the father strives to remain a presence in his son's life, and the boy visits his father at least once a year. As the five-year-old Natan travels to Mexico, his father has joined the family' fishing operation near the coral reefs of Banco Chinchorro. Living in an elevated cottage near the shore, Natan and his family devote their summer to an idyllic existence, spending their days catching the plentiful fish and observing the wildlife, and their nights sitting by the fire and admiring the stars. To the father, this simple life teaches an important lesson of existing in peace with the natural world, and Natan comes to see himself as being as much a part of this environment as the fish, the waterfowl and the seaweed. Alamar (aka To The Sea) was the first solo directorial credit for cinematographer Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio.

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Fratricide(2005)
Dir:Yilmaz Arslan
Country:Turkey
4 wins & 1 nomination See more »

Amidst hopeless squalor, four young exiles - two Kurds, two Turks - meet in Germany, unleashing a nightmarish cycle of violence they believed they had left behind. Boasting astonishing performances, this explosive tale of conflict and revenge from award-winning director Yilmaz Arslan presents an unflinching look at refugees struggling to survive despite the cruel and brutal indifference of a society that wants no part of them.