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It was a proud President of the FIFE International Environmental Film Festival of Paris, who stepped on to the stage of the Conseil de Paris, near the Pagode Cinema Babylone to announce the closing night ceremony of the 37th event.

"I can't believe it's been over 50 years since I first stepped foot in Gombi," explained Dr. Jane Goodall.

In introduction at the Pagode Cinema, in Paris, of German Director, Lorenz Knauer's new autobiographical film of the British paleontologist " Jane'S Journey", at a special screening of the Paris Environmental Film Festival, end November 2010.

In 1999, the United Nations established the day of November 25th, as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of the three Mirabal sisters.

As Closing Night film, before the awarding of the single "Audience Award", To Win on Vincere by Marco Bellocchio.

The Anchorage directed by Swede Anders Edstrom and American CW Winter, is a sort of minimalist half installation/ half-documentary about primitive Swedish life in the woods.

Screening outside, on the second evening of Kinotok was Egyptian film director, Yousry Nasrallah's seventh feature, Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story, a film about women for women, by the socially conscious director, a Copt, born in 1952.

Outstanding films of developing countries, cinephiles and friends gathered together again, September 8th, 2010, on the Adriatic Coast, for the Kinotok Isola Cinema Festival - a laid-back feast of cinema off the beaten track in Slovenia.

2003 Noble Prize Winner, Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer and human rights advocate talked with famous screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière at The Day in Tehran event, organized, June 13th, in Paris, France on the grounds of the Cinémathèque Française.

Slender, elegant Korean beauty, Lee Hye-Young, one of the country`s famous actresses, flew into Paris for a few days early May, from Seoul, to present the exclusive and unprecedented tribute to her father Lee Man He, Korea`s unforgettable national cinematographer who disappeared at the too early age of 45, leaving behind a phenomenal collection of 51 films turned out over 15 years!

The Last Of The Tattooed Head Hunters.

The Konyak Tribes Of Nagaland, India very year, I selected an interesting short film screening at the Cannes Festival's expanding Short Film Corner section and was lucky to hit upon a charming couple from India - she, Vikeyeno Zao, the Director and he - Indrajit Narayan Dev, Producer and Director of Photography of the film, who made the trip over to promote their work inspite of the volcano ash hinderance.