Asia-Pacific – Frontline Club

HRWFF – Ghost Fleet

Vaughan Smith — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:00:40 +0000

The Frontline Club is a presenting partner for another film from this years Human Rights Watch Film Festival. These screenings will be taking place at Regent Street Cinema on 18th March, 7:30pm and on March 19th at the Barbican, 6:15pm. Bangkok-based Patima Tungpuchayakul has committed her life to rescuing and returning home men from Myanmar, Laos, […]

Unreported World Preview: North Korea’s Reality TV Stars + Panel Discussion

Julianne Rooney — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 11:07:45 +0000

Correspondent Seyi Rhodes and Director Kate Hardie-Buckley report from the set of the hit South Korean TV show that’s made defectors from North Korea into TV stars. More than 400 defectors have been interviewed on the show, and their stories chart the very latest about life under Kim Jong-un. For many South Koreans, it’s become a key source of information about their northern neighbour.

Preview Screening: India’s Ladycops + Q&A

Julianne Rooney — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:07:10 +0000

For the first time, cameras go inside a police station run by and for women, revealing a unique perspective on what’s really going on in Indian society. This surprising documentary follows Parmila and her special team of scooter-mounted female officers who are focused on preventing the harassment of women.

A Country in Motion: Films from Burma

David Child — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 10:35:00 +0000

“The fact that we can even make these films is representative of the change in this country,” said Lamin Oo, speaking to a full Frontline Club from Burma. Oo is one of his nation’s predominant emerging filmmakers and of the many talents being showcased at the Frontline Club’s ‘A Country in Motion: Films From Burma’ […]

Screening: The Defector – Escape from North Korea + Q&A

Julianne Rooney — Wed, 13 May 2015 13:41:33 +0000

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Ann Shin. As the leadership in North Korea changes and Kim Jong-un takes the helm, a man who goes by the name of 'Dragon' smuggles North Korean defectors across borders. His latest trip with two women, Sook-Ja and Yong-hee, takes an unexpected turn when they are left stranded in China. This is only the beginning of an extraordinary 5,000 km journey. Their story reflects the reality of tens of thousands of North Koreans currently in hiding in China.

In the Picture: Brave New Burma with Nic Dunlop

Flora Carmichael — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:15:25 +0000

Photographer and writer Nic Dunlop will present images from his book, Brave New Burma, and speak about the changes he has witnessed in the two decades he has spent covering the transformations taking place in Myanmar.

Kashmir: South Asia’s Palestine?

Millicent Teasdale — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000

The former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir, is seen by many as South Asia's Palestinian counterpart. Bordered by Pakistan, India, China and Afghanistan, each country has laid claim to the territory that lies in the foothills of the Himalayas. It has been caught between continuous contestation of borders and autonomy since the partition of British India.

Join us at the Frontline Club with an expert panel to discuss where Kashmir stands in its fight for freedom and the options that lay before it.

Peter Lloyd sentenced to ten months

Vaughan Smith — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:49:14 +0000

Peter Lloyd, the foreign correspondent arrested in Singapore in July on drugs charges, has been sentenced to ten months in Prison. The New Delhi-based correspondent received eight months in prison for possession and consumption of methamphetamine and an additional two months for “possessing drug paraphernalia stained with ketamine”, Lloyd’s reaction to the sentence could not […]

Gunnar Bergstrom says sorry

Vaughan Smith — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:07:58 +0000

Gunnar Bergstrom reported from Khmer Rouge run Cambodia as a young reporter in 1978. He spent fourteen days in Democratic Kampuchea and filed glowing reports. Seven months after he returned to Sweden he retracted what had originally reported. This week, some thirty years later, he’s back in Cambodia to tell the Cambodians he was conned, […]

Burmese blogger jailed for 20 years

Vaughan Smith — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:49:39 +0000

Nay Phone Latt, the 28 year old Burmese blogger who blogged from the capital Rangoon during the bloody Saffron revolution in September 2007, was jailed for 20 years and 6 months on Monday. According to the blogger’s mother Aye Than he was “convicted of contravening Public Offense Act 505 B by posting a cartoon depicting […]