| Thu 27 May, 7pm Price: £12.50 (Early Booking £10) This event is in association with FiveBooks. Can violence be used to stop the tribal, ethnic and religious conflicts that have flared up in cities around the world? What can be done once counter-insurgency has run its course in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and beyond? Fri 28 May, 7pm Price: £10 (Early Booking £8) Followed by a Q&A with Director George Gittoes. Director George Gittoes meets the locals and gets up (too) close to the clash of fundamentalism and entertainment, virtual and real, in this off beat doc-drama, which takes us on a totally surprising, sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying journey, into the forbidden zones of Pakistan's North West Frontier. Tue 1 Jun, 7pm Price: £12.50 (Early Booking £10) A welcome return to the Frontline Club for comedian Ivor Dembina with his remarkable show about the Middle East conflict. Dembina tells the story of how a young Jewish man from Hendon finds his support for the Jewish State challenged by his visit to the Occupied Territories. From London to the West Bank via Auschwitz and Jerusalem we see him decide to speak out against the Occupation despite hostility from within his own Jewish community. Wed 2 Jun, 7pm Price: £12.50 (Early Booking £10) One year on from Iran's tumultuous and controversial presidential elections, how far is the country from genuine democracy? And with a new government in Downing Street, what will the UK's response be to an anxious and potentially nuclear-armed Iran? Join us for another of our First Wednesday discussions with an expert panel to discuss modern Iran and its challenges Fri 4 Jun, 7pm Price: £10 (Early Booking £8) Hosted by Robert West Co-Founder and Executive Director of Working Films The Frontline Club is delighted to be hosting the premiere of this year's Media That Matters Film Festival showcasing inspirational short films from young independent filmmakers. This is the tenth year that Media That Matters has brought together a collection of 12 short films - each under 12 minutes - aimed at engaging diverse audiences and inspiring action. Screenings May Fri 28/5/10, 7pm The Miscreants of Taliwood June Fri 4/6/10, 7pm London Premiere: Media Matters Festival Sun 6/6/10, 4pm Sunday Screening: Aisheen (Still Alive in Gaza) Mon 7/6/10, 7pm The War is Over Thu 10/6/10, 7pm Human Terrain Fri 11/6/10, 7pm Bhutto Sun 13/6/10, 4pm Durakovo: Village of Fools Mon 14/6/10, 7pm Starsuckers Thu 24/6/10, 7pm Orphans of Burma's Cyclone Fri 25/6/10, 7pm Africa Rising Sun 27/6/10, 4pm War Games and the Man Who Stopped Them | Talks Wed 26/5/10, 7pm Insight with Fatima Bhuto Thu 27/5/10, 7pm Modern Warfare: What are the new rules for war and peace? Wed 2/6/10, 7pm First Wednesday: Iran, democracy and an international war of words Tue 8/6/10, 7pm On the media: What now for local and regional media in UK? Wed 9/6/10, 7pm In the Picture with Daniel Schwartz: Central Asia, the Hinterland of War Tue 15/6/10, 7pm Digital Economy Act: Changing the Habits of a Generation Wed 16/6/10, 7pm Climate Change: Five Years to Save the World Mon 21/6/10, 8.15pm Reflections: Jon Snow Wed 23/6/10, 7pm Bosnia: Will the Peace Deal Hold? Mon 28/6/10, 7pm Tokyo Vice: Yakuza, Murder and Crime Reporting in Japan Tue 29/6/10, 7pm Gary Younge: Who are we - and should it matter? | Special events Tue 1/6/10, 7pm Comedy Night: Ivor Dambina, This is not a subject for comedy
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