Videos | Timor - Leste

Korean movie A Barefoot Dream - Full movie with English subtitle After a series of pipe dream ventures go belly up, retired pro soccer player Kim Won-kang happens to visit East Timor, where he finds children playing the game barefoot on rocky pitches. Sensing a new business opportunity on finding the country doesn?t have a single sporting goods store, he embarks on a scheme to get rich quick by purveying athletic shoes to the unshod youngsters. Sadly, no one there can afford to pay $60 for a pair of shoes, even on a generous installment plan, and before he knows it, he is reduced to coaching a team of ragged 10-year-olds and prospects are looking grim.

Em 1975, a pequena nação de Timor-Leste declarou a independência depois de 400 anos de domínio colonial português. Nove dias depois, a Indonésia invadiu Timor-Leste. O mundo não quis saber. Há mais de 30 anos que os eventos desses dias estão envolvidos em segredo. Esta é uma história verdadeira.

The Shadow Over East Timor(1987) In December 1975, 20,000 Indonesian troops launched a takeover of East Timor. Australia turned a blind eye and the United States increased its military aid to Indonesia. This conflict is the least reported in modern history and this film brings to light eyewitness accounts of the real events. The people of East Timor are still continuing their struggle for independence. Producers and directors: Denis Freney, James Kesteven, Mandy King. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission. See here:

Same - Same But Different , is a documentary about Peace in Timor Leste made in 2009 by David Palazón a visual artist who had worked on a variety of media: incidental documentary, research-based design, photography and installation art. His work focuses on social and cultural issues, development, audience authorship and visual anthropology., starring Jose Ramos Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Former President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste." "O homem que ama o seu país é o homem que o orgulho de ser um cidadão do seu próprio país, embora ele talvez possa estar interessado em beleza e riqueza de outro país também possível que ele pode ser tentado a se tornar um cidadão de outro país, mas por causa da amores de sua própria terra natal, ele teria que jogar fora todas as tentações de seus sonhos. Como um Timorenses propria, eu tenho orgulho de ser chamado de "Timor oan" ou "Ema Timor". JRR LEMOS (Beioan Dato Resi-Sargimil) London - 2013