Interview

Beyond Elections: Redefining Democracy in the Americas (2008)

Actors: Amy Goodman (actress), Eduardo Galeano (actor), Silvia Leindecker (editor), Silvia Leindecker (director), Michael Fox (editor), Michael Fox (director), Martha Harnecker (actress), Emir Sader (actor),

Plot: What is democracy? Freedom, equality, participation? Everyone has his or her own definition. Across the world, 120 countries now have at least the minimum trappings of democracy - the freedom to vote for all citizens. But for many, this is just the beginning not the end. Following decades of US-backed dictatorships, civil wars and devastating structural adjustment policies in the South, and corporate control, electoral corruption, and fraud in the North, representative politics in the Americas is in crisis. Citizens are now choosing to redefine democracy under their own terms: local, direct, and participatory. In 1989, the Brazilian Worker's Party altered the concept of local government when they installed participatory budgeting in Porto Alegre, allowing residents to participate directly in the allocation of city funds. Ten years later, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was swept into power with the promise of granting direct participation to the Venezuelan people; who have now formed tens of thousands of self-organized communal councils. In the Southern Cone, cooperative and recuperated factory numbers have grown, and across the Americas social movements and constitutional assemblies are taking authority away from the ruling elites and putting power into the hands of their members and citizens. Beyond Elections is a journey that takes us across the Americas to attempt to answer one of the most important questions of our time: What is Democracy?

Vihreät niityt: Matti Esko (2007)

Actors: Klaus Thomasson (actor), Klaus Thomasson (actor), Matti Esko (actor), Matti Esko (actor), Anssi Repo (director), Päivi Konttinen (producer), Jari Karjalainen (director), Pertti Jalonen (actor), Kaisa Eskonniemi (actress), Pirjo Eskonniemi (actress), Petri Reinikka (actor), Päivi Koivisto (editor), Esa Sihvola (actor), Hannu Karjalainen (actor),

San Diego Music Awards (2006)

Actors: Gavin Allen (actor), Gavin Allen (producer), Kevin Hellman (producer), John-Ryan Shea (director),

Estradilla: Frederik (2006)

Actors: Frederik (actor), Frederik (actor), Eini (actress), Jutta Annala (actress), Tanja Mihhailova (actress), Eddie Parina (actor), Kai Tapani (actor), Christa Renwall (actress), Arthur Cunanan (actor), Viktoria Vladimirova (actress), Jaku Havukainen (actor), Ilkka Tuomas Kettunen (actor), Kai Kuittinen (actor), Jussi Manninen (actor),

El nüremberg argentino (2004)

Actors: Lito Vitale (composer), Isidro Miguel (producer), Isidro Miguel (producer), Alejo Hoijman (editor), Carpo Cortés (director), Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (actor), Paola Amor (editor), Gustavo Macri (editor), Miguel Rodríguez Arias (director), Miguel Rodríguez Arias (writer), Óscar Azar (miscellaneous crew), Miguel Bonasso (actor), Tomás Abraham (actor), Fredy Torres (writer), Ángel Berlanga (actor),

Hoe zotter hoe liever, het succes van de Vlaamse volksfilms van Edith Kiel e.a. van 1930-1960 (2004)

Actors: Robbe De Hert (actor), Robbe De Hert (writer), Robbe De Hert (director), Jan Verheyen (producer), Klaartje Puttemans (editor),

In the Shadow of the Harbour (2004)

Actors: Robbe De Hert (director), Robbe De Hert (actor), Robbe De Hert (writer), Roland Verhavert (actor), Jef Cassiers (actor), Ilse Somers (producer), Ivo Michiels (actor), Terry Van Ginderen (actress), Tom Meuldermans (director), Tom Meuldermans (editor), Geens Paul (actor),

Het succesverhaal van de megabioscoop (2003)

Actors: Robbe De Hert (actor), Robbe De Hert (producer), Robbe De Hert (director), Klaartje Puttemans (writer), Klaartje Puttemans (editor),

Un tal ragone: Deconstruyendo a pa (2002)

Actors: Fernando Birri (actor), Vanessa Ragone (director), Vanessa Ragone (editor), Vanessa Ragone (writer), José María Paolantonio (actor), Florencia Enghel (producer), Marcos López (actor), Carla Clafiore (actress), Osvaldo Padrevechi (actor), Chirri Rodríguez (actor), Carla Calafiore (actress), José Reinoso Aldao (actor), Raquel Lehmann (actress), Georgina Ragone (actress),

Peces chicos (1999)

Actors: Adrián Caetano (actor), Adrián Caetano (director), Ariel Winograd (writer), Miguel Schverdfinger (editor), Enrique Marmonti (producer), Adrián D'Amore (producer), Gustavo Noriega (actor), Gustavo Vainstub (miscellaneous crew),