The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in collaboration with Paragon Cineplex selects four award-winning films and documentaries to mark World Refugee Day (Jun 20). Screening from Jun 20-22, at Paragon Cineplex (5/F, Siam Paragon, Rama I Rd., BTS Siam). The movies are all subtitled in Thai, and the line-up includes: Sergio (USA, 2009): Winner of the Best Editing (Documentary) award At Sundance, the film portrays the story of Sergio Viera de Mello, a devoted United Nations diplomat, who was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq; Moving to Mars (UK, 2007); is the story of two refugee families who spend almost twenty years in a Thai refugee camp before being resettled to the alien city of Sheffield, UK; The Visitor (USA, 2007): When Professor Walter Vale finds a Syrian/Senegalese couple living in his New York apartment, he lets them stay and they change his life; and The Heart of Jenin (Germany, 2008): When his 12-year-old son is shot and killed by Israeli forces, Ismail, a Palestinian living in the Jenin refugee camp, donates his organs which end up saving the lives of four people living in different parts of Israel. Free admission. For reservation, call 02-288-1697. Visit www.unhcr.or.th for more information.
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