1001 Apples (2013) (view trailer here) In 1988, 182 000 Kurds in Iraq were killed and buried in mass graves during the Anfal Campaign – a genocide executed by Saddam Hussein’s regime. 1001 Apples is a deeply moving and upsetting documentary about the unknown genocide against the Kurds. 16/03 (view trailer here) Haunted by the chemical attacks that claimed the lives of his family, Aryan, a Kurdish sniper, flees his homeland in search of a better life in the United Kingdom. Aryan begins to work in the film industry as a model of an asylum seeker but when an action scene goes horribly wrong and is attacked by terrorists, he is blamed as an insider. As the public outcry mounts against him, Aryan stands alone with only his English girlfriend believing his innocence. Detectives start to dig deeper into Aryan's past and find evidence of his past military training, which adds more weight to the public's desire for vengeance. Will Aryan maintain his innocence, or will he buckle before the weight of the court and public opinion? Kulajo My Heart is Darkened (view movie here) Documentary that depicts how villagers from a Kurdish farming community in Iraq survived the atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein’s regime. Triage (view trailer here) After being badly injured on assignment, battle-scarred photojournalist Mark Walsh (Colin Farrell) returns home from Kurdistan without his friend and colleague David (Jamie Sives). Unable to cope with the horrors he experienced, Mark begins to fall apart both mentally and physically while struggling to unravel the mystery behind David's disappearance.

I Am Rohingya: A Genocide in Four Acts(view trailer here) The movie chronicles the journey of fourteen refugee youth who take to the stage (in front of a live audience) to re-enact their families' harrowing experiences in Burma and beyond; before, during, and immediately after the escalation of military violence in their native homeland, Rakhine state; their unforgiving escape by foot and by boat to makeshift camps in Bangladesh; and their eventual resettlement in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Myanmar’s killing fields (view trailer here and movie here) In this documentary from Evan Williamssecret footage going back years and accounts from victims and their families shine new light on the effort to kill and expel the Rohingya people from Myanmar — an effort that has been described by the United Nations as having the “hallmarks of genocide.” Rohingya, la mécanique du crime (view movie here) Comment, de 2012 à 2017, les militaires birmans ont orchestré l'élimination et l'exode de la minorité musulmane dans l'ouest du pays. Signée Gwenlaouen Le Gouil, une enquête rigoureuse sur un crime de masse.

100 Days (2001) (view trailer here) A local Hutu official is persuaded to implement the government's policy against the Tutsi: To completely wipe them out. Josette, a beautiful young Tutsi girl struggles to survive the killing by taking refuge in a church, supposedly protected by the UNO forces. Meanwhile, Josette's brother is hunted down and murdered and her boyfriend rescued by the rebels. But the Hutu Catholic priest betrays Josette's family and only agrees to spare her life is to submit to the nightly violations. By the time she is reunited with her boyfriend, neither of them can face the brutal reality of their situation: she is pregnant and bears the priest's child, which she immediately abandons. 100 Days was shot in Kibuye, the beautiful landscape had been the back drop to some of the worst atrocities in 1994. In Kibuye Church, the site of an actual massacre, Rwanda actors played killers and victims that were only too familiar to them. Rwanda (2018) (view trailer here) Close your eyes and try to imagine. A man, a woman and their families. The fastest and most systematic genocide in history. He is Hutu, she is Tutsi. He must kill. She must die. A fate similar to many others in that bloody spring. But this time there is a slight difference. When you open your eyes, you will be in their shoes and now the choice is yours. And yours alone. Shake hands with the devil (view film here) The story of General Romeo Dallaire's frustrated efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors. Ghosts of Rwanda (view trailer here) This documentary includes interviews with key government officials and witnesses to the genocide. It highlights the failures in government and intervention that allowed over 800,000 victims to be slaughtered in 100 days. Hotel Rwanda (view trailer here) The dramatized story of hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina, as he harbored more than a thousand Tutsi refugees from the Hutu militia in 1994.

Darfur (view trailer here) After witnessing atrocities in Sudan, three journalists (Billy Zane, Edward Furlong, Kristanna Loken) try to help villagers faced with genocide. Darfur Diaries (view documentary clip here and movie here) Three independent filmmakers tell the stories of the people living through the Darfur genocide in Darfur, Sudan and eastern Chad. Darfur Now (view trailer here) This film looks at the Darfur genocide through the experiences of and action by six people – a UCLA graduate, a Darfuri woman working for Sudanese rebels, Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, a United Nations humanitarian, an actor, and a community leader in Darfur refugee camps. The Devil Came on Horseback (view trailer here) The story of Brian Steidle, a former U.S. Marine Captain who witnessed the Darfur genocide as an official military observer, unable to stop the violence being perpetrated against Darfurians. Outraged at the inaction of the United States government and the world, Steidle resigns and returns to the United States to use his photographs to expose the horrors in Darfur.

La Terre des âmes errantes (2000) (view trailer here) Au Cambodge en 1989 la pose d'un câble de fibre optique entre la Thaïlande et le Vietnam donne du travail à des villageois à travers un pays infesté par les mines et hanté par les âmes errantes de millions de morts sans sépultures. Rithy Panh nous ouvre les yeux sur un peuple traumatisé essayant de renaître en creusant une tranchée qui servira à mettre en œuvre une technologie dont il n'aura pas l'usage. Cambodia: The Betrayal (1990) (view movie here) “Unfortunately, this film is not a celebration of a Cambodia now freed from the threat of another holocaust. It’s about betrayal – a betrayal of those who asked for help for Cambodia, regardless of whether that help meant offending the United States and China, which give direct and indirect support to the Khmer Rouge.” Facing Genocide (view trailer here and movie here) The film is a search into the personality of Khieu Samphan, who was the Head of state of the Khmer Rouge-regime in the Democratic Kampuchea. The film gives insight into his mindset, his life today and his close relation to Pol Pot. The film is a unique story about an ex-leader the time before his arrest and before he is put on trial. Enemies of The People (view trailer here) The film depicts the 10-year quest of co-director Sambath to find truth and closure in the Killing Fields of Cambodia. The film features interviews of former Khmer Rouge officials from the most senior surviving leader to the men and women who slit throats during the regime of Democratic Kampuchea between 1975 and 1979. First they killed my father (view trailer here) This Cambodian–American Khmer language biographical historical thriller film directed by Angelina Jolie and written by Jolie and Loung Ung, is based on Ung's memoir of the same name. Set in 1975, the film depicts 7-year-old Loung, who is forced to be trained as a child soldier while her siblings are sent to labor camps during the Khmer Rouge regime. The Killing Fields (view trailer here and movie here) A 1984 British drama film about the Khmer Rouge’s regime in Cambodia in the 1970’s and the genocide that ensued, based on the experience of Cambodian journalist Dith Pran and American journalist Sydney Schanberg.

Quo vadis Aida? (2021) (view trailer here) Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people-rescue or death? Which move should she take? Srebrenica - A Cry from the Grave (1999) (view movie here) Using testimony of survivors and relatives the documentary tells the story of the massacre of over 8,000 Bosnian men and boys by the Bosnian Serb Army. The documentary was used in the war crimes trial at The Hague. Vukovar poste restante (1994) This movie describes the violent break-up of former Yugoslavia from the Serbian point of view, using the story of ethnicly mixed couple in war-torn city of Vukovar as metaphore. Remember Vukovar (2008) This film illustrates the story of the siege of the Croatian town of Vukovar by the JNA and Serbian paramilitary forces in the autumn of 1991. Vukovar. The final cut (2006) (view movie preview here) This film represents an effort to create a truthful story about everything that happened in Vukovar, Croatia during the spring, summer and fall of 1991, as well as before, shortly after the tragic event of 1991, and what are the historical, social and emotional consequences after years of pain, suffering and disappointment.