Chicago not-for-profit documentary collective Kartemquin Films will release Saving Mes Aynak free to the people of Afghanistan. The award-winning documentary exposes a Chinese company's plan to turn a 5,000 year-old archeological site in Afghanistan into a copper mine, destroying priceless Buddhist relics.
We are proud to bring you the official trailer for Saving Mes Aynak! Thank you all for your incredible support; without you, this trailer would not be possible. Please join us in watching the film on July 1 - #SaveMesAynak Day - by supporting our effort through Indiegogo (donate by June 26th, 2015). Help us bring Saving Mes Aynak around the world, and mount an ambition campaign to halt Mes Aynak's Destruction and preserve it for future generations: http://igg.me/at/SaveMesAynak
We are thrilled to announce the Chicago premiere of Kartemquin Film’s newest award-winning documentary Saving Mes Aynak on June 2nd at The Music Box Theatre!
Saving Mes Aynak is screening at the American University of Afghanistan on April 3rd. We are delighted to have this chance to hear responses from the Afghan community.
On April 23rd, the Buddhistdoor and Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong will screen Saving Mes Aynak. Brent will attend and lead post-screening discussion via Skype.
April is an exciting month for Saving Mes Aynak. Thank you for your support!
We are excited to announce that Saving Mes Aynak will be screening at the Master of Art Film Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria. Master of Art is the first international Film Festival on the Balkans for art documentaries.
Saving Mes Aynak will also be in Sweden in April 20 at the National Museum of World Culture in Göteborg alongside an exhibition highlighting contemporary Afghan artists.
Through October 17 and 23, Saving Mes Aynak will participate in the 10th International Meeting of Archaeological Films (AGON).
Saving Mes Aynak continues to run on European TV. The film was featured on French TV on Histoire (HD1) on March 29. KLASIK TV in Croatia will air Saving Mes Ayank later in 2016 as well.
We are grateful for the film's continued successful run in Europe. This is all thanks to your support!
We are incredibly proud to announce that Saving Mes Aynak is an official selection of the 2016 San Francisco Green Film Festival! The SFGFF is one of the preeminent environmental film festivals in the US...
On April 20, 2016, Saving Mes Aynak will screen at the Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg, Sweden!
Saving Mes Aynak will screen Saturday, February 20, 2016 at the Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas as a part of their Sites of Meaning: Cultural Heritage Preservation educational series!
The famed Náprstek Museum in Prague, Czech Republic has a new exhibit on the Buddhist history of Afghanistan, featuring artifacts borrowed from the National Museum in Kabul.
In a wonderful development for Mes Aynak, Saving Mes Aynak will screen at the world famous Musée de Louvre in Paris, France as a part of their 'Journées Internationales du Film Sur L'Art' series on January, 28 2016 at 12:30pm!
We are incredibly excited to announce our new distribution partnership with the renowned Icarus Films! Icarus Films is one of the world's leading distributors of documentary films, and we are proud to have them on board to oversee the North American educational, home, and digital release of Saving Mes Aynak.
We are beyond honored to announce that The Reva & David Logan Foundation has awarded Saving Mes Aynak a $50,000 grant to support our outreach and impact goals. This is a game-changing development for us and the movement to #SaveMesAynak.
Saving Mes Aynak will have its Indian premiere as a part of the Aesthetic Project's symposium, "Treasure and Tragedy from Oxus to Indus: Gandhara, Bactria, and Bamiyan," which takes place January 27 - 28, 2016.
We are overjoyed to announce that Saving Mes Aynak will have a special holiday re-broadcast on Al Jazeera America on 12/24 (Christmas Eve) and 12/26 at 7pm EST...
We are excited to announce that our Canadian premiere is now set for January 30, 2016 at 10am, as an official selection of the Reframe Peterborough International Film Festival...
Saving Mes Aynak director Brent E. Huffman is the recipient of the prestigious IAFOR Documentary Film Award IDFA Honorary Award!
Saving Mes Aynak was reviewed to critical acclaim in this quarter's edition of Current World Archaeology Magazine...
On September 15, 2015, we had the honor of screening Saving Mes Aynak at the world-renowned Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, one of the most important and influential policy think tanks in the world. Click the "Read More" button below to listen to the full audio of the riveting post-screening discussion!
Writer Valentina Tibaldi of Habitat wrote a powerful article about Saving Mes Aynak for the Green Film Network. Thank you to Valentina for her support, and for helping share the message of Mes Aynak...
