A trailer for a short documentary by Luke and John Tchalenko featuring human-rights lawyer and popular writer, Raja Shehadeh (Orwell Prize, 2008). The idyllic West Bank landscape is contrasted with the devastating Arab-Israeli ideological divide. A remarkable player of the ancient Nye flute invokes the vanishing landscape as a Bedouin tribe struggles for existence.

The Writer and the Flautist premiered at the South Bank Literary festival in London and was recently shown at The Filmhouse in Edinburgh as part of the Beyond Borders Festival.

You can see the whole 30-minute film here.

A film for the Tate Modern gallery, directed by Luke Tchalenko, edited by Jeremy Brettingham, with cinematography by Antonio Olmos.

In October 2010, Simon Norfolk began a series of photographs in Afghanistan, which takes its cue from the work of nineteenth-century photographer John Burke. Norfolk’s photographs re-imagine or respond to Burke’s Afghan war scenes in the context of the contemporary conflict.

This film looks at Norfolk’s work and practice in Afghanistan and examines the relationship between the two photographers.

The film was part of an exhibition this year of the same name at at the Tate Modern. You can also see the film on the Tate Channel.

A film for Al Jazeera English by Simon Ostrovskiy, with cinematography by Luke Tchalenko.

The former Soviet state of Uzbekistan has become an important ally for both the US and NATO; its border with Afghanistan providing an invaluable supply route for the West’s war on the Taliban.

But its government, led by Islam Karimov, the country’s president, has a dreadful human rights record. It is a country where political and religious expression is heavily restricted, and where security services allegedly use torture and murder indiscriminately.

Thousands of Uzbeks have fled abroad – a few to Europe or the US, the majority to neighbouring countries in Central Asia. Mostly practising Muslims, they seek sanctuary from the violence and a chance to live in peace.

Instead, many of them face arrest and deportation back to a country where brutal repression is an everyday occurrence.

You can also see this film on the Al Jazeera Channel.

Ukraine has the largest incidence of HIV in Europe. A devastating problem that is still growing and crossing over from high-risk groups to the general population.

People Like Us shows the lives of some of those living with HIV in Ukraine and the efforts of Red Cross Visiting Nurses and other groups to care for them and stem the further rise of the disease.

For more information on the IFRC’s work on HIV/AIDS, please visit their site.

Please visit the Ukrainian Red Cross to see how you can help.