Siemenpuu International Film Festival Siirretyt - Displaced is organized on 6th to 9th of october 2011 in Cinema Kino Engel, Sofiankatu 4, Helsinki, Finland



Media accreditation in the festival has begun

You can accreditate yourself as an independent journalist or a journalist serving a certain media by sending the contact information of  your media and yourself  to Ms Mari Arpiainen, at mari.arpiainen at siemenpuu.org  by the 30th of September 2011.  the acceptance is announced on 3rd of October. The request for photos is sent to the same address.
  

The International Guests of the festival

Mme Aminata Dramane Traoré, Mali

Madame Traore is an author, the Former minister of Culture and present social activist, who is in charge among the others in organizing the yearly the Forum  for  another Mali (Forum pour  un autre Mali). She is preforming in the films of the festival, Bamako and Victim of our Riches.

Mr Noel Rajesh Daniel, Thailand

Mr  Rajesh  is originally Indian living in Thailand. He is a researcher, activist and a documentary director. His films The Mekong: Grounds of Plenty and Restless Shores are shown in the festival.

Mr Pablo Martinez, Uruguay

Mr  Martinez is a farmer that has opposed the expansion of pulp plantations in his homeland Uruguay for decades already. His active in the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), whose headquarters are in Uruguay. WRM has produced the films Defend Life and Women and Climate Change in the festival.

Mr K. P. Sasi, India

Mr  Sasi  is an award winning film director and social activist. He has earned distinction especially filming the Indigenous people of India, the Adivasi. His films Gaon Chohab Nahin, Living in Fear, Development at Gunpoint, Redefining Peace, The Source of Life for Sale and Resisting Coastal Invasion are shown in the festival.

Mr Shriprakash, India

Shriprakash has graduated from Ranchi university in present Jharkand state as film director and he has as a mission of his life to document the struggles of the Adivasi in Jharkand and in Bihar. His films Delayed Justice ..?. EER- Stories of the Stone, Buru Garra and Bahaa are shown during the festival.

Mr Nanang Sujana, Indonesia

Nanang Sujana  works in Indonesian environmental NGO Telapak as the director of multimedia unit. His is internationally rewarded director of environmental document films, who tries with his work to lift up the connection between the conservation of nature and ensuring the rights of local communities in Indonesia.  His film Silence Cry in the Kampar Peninsula is shown in the festival.


Interview requests and other information please contact Ms Tove Selin in Siemenpuu Foundation, email tove.selin at siemenpuu.org or tel +358-(0)9- 27 22 336 or 050 5344116.