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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Announcing the American Premiere of
ASSYRISKA: A National Team Without A Nation


A Five Part Documentary Film Directed By
NURI KINO & ERIK SANDBERG


Part III Competing for the Golden Palm Award As a Finalist at the Beverly Hills Film Festival


April 6, 2006 ­ 8:00 P.M.


CLARITY THEATRE
100 North Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90210
(Running time: 30 minutes)


ASSYRISKA: A National Team Without A Nation is the story of an Assyrian soccer team from Södertälje, a small town in Sweden that was able to achieve international stardom when against all odds as the first ever an immigrant team in Europe reached the national premiere league. It made headlines worldwide. Marking its American premiere as a finalist at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, the episode III depicts the current struggle of the Assyrian people who are a nation without a country in their quest for recognition of the Genocide perpetrated against them in the Ottoman Empire during WWI.

This third episode which originally aired on Sweden's Public Service Network, depicts the team's struggle to be recognized as a Swedish soccer team. But beyond that, the team pushes to cause change in both the Swedish and Turkish governments' attitude to accept and recognize the "forgotten" Assyrian Genocide. This move triggers diplomatic implications. Also featured are ASSYRISKA'S supporters returning to their homeland of Southeast Turkey in an attempt to reclaim their now occupied territories.

Nuri Kino, one of the two directors of ASSYRISKA, will attend the Beverly Hills Film Festival. Nuri Kino's journey as an Assyrian-Swedish freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker began in 2000 but his extraordinary achievements are by no means those of a novice. A five-time nominee for the Swedish Pulitzer Guldspaden, he received three for Best Investigative Journalist in 2001, 2003 and 2004.

He received the Swedish Television and Swedish Radio's Ikaros Prize for Best Public Service Journalism and became the Role Model of the Year for Swedish Journalist Students at Sundsvall University in Sweden. In 2002, Kino was nominated as a finalist for both the Great Journalist Prize and Save the Children Prize for journalists. He also serves as a Jury Member for the Humanity of the World Documentary Film Festival.

Filmography: The Cry Unheard, 2001;
Insider-Pedophiles, 2003; Insider-Quacks, 2003; ASSYRISKA: A National Team
Without A Nation
, 2005.


Media Contact and Management: Tanya Benjamin
TanyaBenjamin@sbcglobal.net
All interviews with Nuri Kino arranged on request

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Who are the Christians of Iraq? 

 An ancient prayer in apreciation of the months in a year

"Through your mercies, Lord, may the months
be for us the source of joy, the years, of delight;
let them bequeath to us in peace, O Lord:
Nisan has its flowers, Iyyar its lilies too,
Haziran its sheaves, Tammuz its heaps of grain;
let Ab and Illul bring along grape-clusters on poles,
let the two Teshris give response to each other in the grape pressing;
let the two Kanuns bring rest, Shebat and Adar, the Fast.
To you, Lord, be the praise."

March = Addar (a's as in Art) 

Announcing the American Premiere of ASSYRISKA: A National Team Without A Nation March 14, 06

Turks' planned demonstration in Berlin stopped March 14, 06

US government report on Iraq's human rights Iraq, Politics March 13, 06

Another Priest attacked in Turkey March 13, 06

Assyrian Elected President of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences March 13, 06

In Syria's prison without cause for More than 20 Years  March 12, 06

Muslim's Blunt Criticism of Islam Draws Threats March 11, 06

An Interview with Rosie Malek-Yonan by akitu.de.vu March 11, 06

IRAQI CHRISTIANS: CAUGHT IN A REFUGEE WEB  March 9, 06

Will You be an Assyrian Actor? March 8, 06

In Turkey Assyrians/Syriacs are being robbed of property they owned for thousands of years March 8, 06

Iraqi Women Attacked for Removing Headscarves, NGO Says March 7, 06

Car bomb in Turkey injures Assyrian March 6, 06

ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS KEEP THE FAITH  March 5, 06

"Christians do not wants to leave Iraq for good" March 4, 06

Iraqi Catholics Donate to Rebuild Samarra Mosque March, 3, 06

Relatives and friends gather at store where 2 were slain March 3, 06

A Preliminary Investigation into Assyrian Identity March 3, 06

Firodil Institute Meets The Christian Fair Trade Group March 2, 06 

UNESCO funding reconstruction of destroyed mosques but not Churches March 2, 06

Christian Churches in Iraq Subjected to Synchronized Terrorism March 1, 06

February = Eshvadt 

A better System of Government for Iraq Feb 28, 06

Exiled in a Museum, the Dream of Peace  Feb. 26, 06

Kurdish Minister Has No Objection to Assyrian Christian Administrative Area Feb. 25, 06

Vatican to Muslims - practise what you preach Feb. 24, 06

The tombs of Ur reveal treasures Feb. 23, 06

Rosie Malek-Yonan To speak at Berkely University Feb. 23, 06

IRAQI CHURCHES BOMBED: LINK WITH DANISH CARTOONS  Feb. 22, 06

Assyrian movie at the multimedia theater in Ankawa  Feb. 21, 06

Policies and Politics Iraq Three years on Feb. 21, 06

The Roman Catholic Church Role in Promoting Chaldean identity for the Catholic Assyrians Feb. 18, 06

Assyrians of Netherlands Concerned About Refugees Being Sent Back  Feb. 17, 06

Terrorism against Christianity in Pakistan Feb. 17, 06

Brought Up To Hate Feb. 17, 06

Christian and Muslim Victims of Violence  Feb. 17, 06

Assyrian-Americans Reach Out to Relatives Displaced By Iraq War Feb. 17, 06

Talabani: Autonomy for Turkmens in Kurdistan Feb. 16, 06

Ending the Exodus of Iraq's Most Vulnerable Feb. 15, 06

Christians targeted in cartoons row Feb. 14, 06

Muhammad Cartoon Protests Move Into Turkish Christian Town Feb. 14, 06

Press Release by the Assyrian Society of United Kingdom Feb. 13, 06

Iraqi Parliament Member Once Sentenced by Death of Hussein Feb. 12, 06

Iraq dignitary's visit marred by bomb threat Feb. 10, 06

SUA condemns the violence and terror against the Christians of Iraq  Feb. 10, 06

We Are Not Arab-Americans Feb. 10, 06

An Interview with Yonadam Kanna Feb. 9, 06

Lebanon bishops express solidarity with Iraqi Christians Feb. 9. 06

Ba-oota d' Ninevayee or the Fast of the Ninevites Feb. 8, 06

Chaldo-Assyrian Iraqi lawmaker speaks to backers in El Cajon Feb. 8, 06

For Iraq's Persecuted Assyrians, a Safe Haven is the Only Solution Feb. 8, 06

The Christian Role on Iraq's Fragmented Streets Feb. 6, 07

Brotherhood of cabbies joins ranks to mourn murdered driver Feb. 6, 6

Iraq Islamic Group Asks Christians to Stop Prayers in Churches Feb. 6, 06

How do Mohammad's caricatures affect the Assyrians? Feb, 6, 06

Protesters Torch Danish Mission in Beirut and ransacked the Christian neighborhood Feb. 6.06

Ongoing Hidden Persecution of Christians In Iraq  Feb 5, 06

Protests Over Muhammad Drawings Intensify Feb. 3, 06 

PRESENTATION OF AN ACADEMIC TEXTBOOK "CLASSICAL ASSYRIAN LANGUAGE" IN YEREVAN Feb. 3, 06

Iraq Christians on Edge As Cartoon Row Escalates Feb. 3, 06

Enough Is Enough - Six Assyrian Christian Churches Bombed in Iraq! Feb. 2, 06

Proposal for an Assyrian Regional Government Basic Law Feb. 2, 06

Ghetto-blaster: Cantons for Assyrians and Yazidis along with the Turkomans Feb. 2, 06 

Christian Watchdog Groups Say Iraqi Christians 'Endangered,' Fear Mass Exodus Feb. 2. 06

Iraq Christians Urge Westerners to Refrain from Inflaming the Situation. Feb. 2, 06

Legislation seeks to limit NGOs in Iraq  Feb. 2, 06

January = Canoon Kharaya 

Iraq's Simultaneous bomb attacks killed 3 Christians Jan. 31, 06

British House of Commons Holds Hearing on Assyrian Genocide Jan. 31, 06

IRAQ: Sectarian tensions on the rise Jan. 31, 06

The World's Silence over Terrorizing Christians in Iraq Jan. 30, 06

Explosions target Christian churches in Iraq Jan. 30, 06

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Comments about Iraq Jan. 28, 06

Insurgents Driven From Tal Afar in Northern Iraq: US Commander Jan. 27, 06

Saga of Assyrians in Iran comes to life in works by Turlock artist Jan.27, 06

Azerbaijani Soldiers Desecrate Armenian Christian Cemetery Jan. 25, 06

Iraq's WMD Secreted in Syria, Says Former Iraqi General Jan. 25. 06

The Armenians appreciate the Assyrian efforts for Seyfo's recognition. Jan. 25, 06 

Cash meant for Iraqis 'misused' Jan. 25, 06

Explosion Rocks Baghdad's Assyrian District Jan. 25, 06

UC Berkeley Course "Assyrians, the Forgotten OnesJan. 25, 06

Moslem Protesters set Fire to a Christian House of Worship in Egypt Jan. 24, 06

Seyfo: Report of Conference at the House of Commons about the Armenian and Assyrian Genocide Jan. 24, 06

BRITISH FILM PREMIERE. DOCUMENTARY ON ARMENIAN AND ASSYRIANS GENOCIDES, 1915 Jan. 23, 06

Kidnapping of the Assyrians in Iraq continues Jan. 23, 05

Praying in Jesus' Own Language Jan. 23, 06

Renowned Assyrian Scholar Erica Reiner Jan. 22, 06

How does Iran effect Assyrians in Turlock California? Jan. 21, 06

The Seyfo Seminar at the House of Commons Jan. 21, 06

ADO: An Apolitical Petty Bourgeois Organisation or a Mature Political Leadership? Jan. 21, 06

Ammo Baba: tied, eye-folded, beaten, and then robbed Jan. 20, 06

The Final Iraq's Election's Results! Jan. 20, 06

Tomb raiders Jan. 18, 06

The Assyrian Republican mayor , Man on the move  Jan. 18, 06

Donations For Allan Enwiyah Jan. 18, 06

Exhibition by the Assyrian artist Hannibal Alkhas Jan. 17, 06

Politics & Policies: Deconstructing Iraq Jan. 16, 06

Poly Sci Course on Assyrians Offered at UC, Berkeley Jan. 15, 06

Kurds focus on corruption in Kurdistan administration  Jan. 13, 06

Ecumenism and the Eucharist Jan. 13, 06

An Assyrian Coach of the Canadian Beaver Bruins hockey team Jan.12, 06

Turkey's massacre of the Assyrians and the Armenians Jan. 11, 06

New Iraqi Constitution May Limit Women's Freedoms Jan. 10, 06

The Boomerang Effect in Iraq: If 'Kurdistan', Why Not Assyria? Jan. 10, 06

Bishop's Report From the Assyrians of Iraq Jan. 9, 06

woman journalist abducted in Iraq, interpreter, killed jan. 9, 06

PanGlobal TV adds AssyriaSat to channel lineup Jan. 9, 06

Bishop Worrys About the future of the Christians in Iraq Jan. 7, 06

Major Terror Plot Against US Ignored By US Media Jan. 6, 06 Jan. 6, 06

U.S. troops deliver gifts to Iraq - school supplies Jan. 5, 06

Iraq Election Despair Spreads To Expatriates Jan. 5, 06

Assyriologist, Erica Reiner Dead at 81- 1924-2005 Jan. 4, 06

The Last Assyrians Jan. 3, 06

Egypt Appoints First Christian Governor in Three Decades Jan, 3, 06

If Only Rocks Could Talk!  Jan . 2, 06

Car bombs, fuel riots usher in New Year in Iraq Jan. 1, 06

Errors in Biblical Dating According to Ancient Assyrian records January 1, 06

 

 

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