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Skip to main content Syndicado Boards BLIX, a Portrait of Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Who Failed to Prevent Iraq War (EXCLUSIVE) Christopher Vourlias, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Syndicado Film Sales has acquired world rights to “BLIX,” director Greta Stocklassa’s documentary about former U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix, which is being pitched during Hot Docs Forum, the Toronto fest’s co-production and financing event. The Toronto-based sales agent is also boarding the project as executive producers. “BLIX” follows the former head of the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission, who was sent to Iraq in 2003 to determine whether U.S. suspicions that the country was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction were founded. Though the final report found no evidence of an Iraqi weapons program under Saddam Hussein, the U.S. and a coalition of allies nevertheless decided to invade the country. ....
FIFDH Impact Day announces its 2021 selection An image from a previous edition of Impact Day The third edition of FIFDH Impact Day, the special programme on impact strategy for documentaries at any stage of production, will take place in a hybrid format. Focusing on the possibilities of filmmakers, producers, NGOs, organisations and foundations to create potential alliances and strategies, the programme is inviting 16 projects. The Impact Day is a part of the Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH) whose 19 th edition runs from 5 to 14 March. (The article continues below - Commercial information) A total of 131 documentary projects coming from 70 countries (considering both production and co-production territories) were submitted and 16 of them have been picked for the Impact Day 2021. The topics are spread around a vast array of current issues and include, among others, human rights abuses in Libya’s detention centres, children t ....