A short film by veteran Bermudian filmmaker Robert Zuill has been added to the line-up for the Bermuda Documentary Film Festival (Bermuda Docs) which starts today.

The festival will screen ten top documentary feature films from around the world today through to Sunday in the Tradewinds Auditorium at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.

'Kabul Water Project', rated 'G' by Bermuda's Broadcasting Commissioners, will screen before the Academy Award-nominated feature length documentary, 'Which Way Home', at 4 p.m. tomorrow. It proposes a solar-powered solution to an issue facing refugees from rural Afghanistan who have gone to live in the mountains surrounding Kabul. Mr. Zuill was in Afghanistan during August and September of 2009 – he is seeking to raise $40,000 so that the project can get underway. Mr. Zuill, who spent ten years working as a producer for CNN's top newsmagazine programme, runs his own production company, Terra Sea Productions, which produces documentaries, television ads, and corporate videos.

"Afghanistan is a fascinating place, and my visit there has created a huge desire in me to go back and help to provide some solutions to the country's development issues," Mr. Zuill said. "I would love to sit down with some people or organisations in Bermuda that are interested in assisting. What we in wealthy Bermuda consider a relatively small amount of money can go a long way towards providing some basic needs in Afghanistan."

There will be a preview of another local film at the festival, 'Democracy 2.0 – Have You Upgraded Yet', tonight. Bermudian filmmakers Charles Reilly and Walter Cudlip, and Canadian partner Wendy Loten, will provide an update of their work-in-progress.

Tickets to Bermuda Docs, presented by Mini, are $15 and on sale online at www.bdatix.bm, in person at the iStore, 46 Reid Street, Hamilton, and at Fabulous Fashions, Heron Bay Plaza, Southampton, or by telephone (232-2255).

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