IN THE NAME OF CORPORATE GREED

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NOKIA-SIEMENS DELIVERS EQUIPMENT FOR
TURKMENISTAN DICTATORSHIP CELLULAR NETWORK

SIEMENS CREATED WIRETAPPING SYSTEM FOR
TURKMENISTAN SECRET POLICE

BOUYGUES - THE LAW OF THE SUN KING

THE DEADLY WATCHFUL EYE OF TURKMENISTAN'S HOLY BOOK
ARTO HALONEN'S FILM OFFERS HOPE TO HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
IN CENTRAL ASIAN FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC

OPEN LETTER TO FINNISH GOVERNMENT

HONORARY CEREMONY FOR ARTO HALONEN

Why are some of the world's biggest international companies translating the Ruhnama, an absurd government propaganda book from Turkmenistan, into their own languages?

SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK exposes the immorality of international companies doing business with the dictatorship of oil-and-gas-rich Turkmenistan, thus helping to hide its human rights and free speech abuses - all in the name of profit and corporate greed.


“FIVE INSPIRATIONAL STARS FOR A DOCUGATION GONE SURREAL, THIS GROWS ON ME, IN THAT FUNNY MEGALOMANICAL WAY.”
 POV Magazine/ Peter Wintonick, Canada
“OCCASIONALLY TONGUE-IN-CHEEK BUT ALWAYS CHEEKY”
 VARIETY/John Anderson, USA
“SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK IS CHARGED BY HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS AND ARMED WITH A KEEN SENSE OF THE ABSURD”
 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival/ Lilly Papagianni, Greece
”ASTOUNDING, REVEALING”
 ILKKA/Leea Pienimäki, Finland 		“ENTERTAINING AND CHILLING”
 Turun Sanomat/Taneli Topelius, Finland
”THIS IS THE REAL THING! EXCITING AND WELL-DESIGNED”
 Metro/Tero Toivanen, Finland 		”BRAVE AND A VERY STARTLING FILM”
 YLE TÄHTIHETKI/Anna Laine, Finland
“AN EXQUISITE NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM BY ARTO HALONEN”
 Gloria/Miia Kauhanen, Finland 		“A FILM THAT EVERYONE SHOULD SEE”
 Aamulehti/Antti Lähde, Finland
”SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK CONTINUES THE GREAT TRADITION OF DOCUMENTARY FILM-MAKING,
THE PRINCIPLE OF WHICH CAN BE DESCRIBED AS MILITANT HUMANISM AND THE REPRESENTATIVES
OF WHICH IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA HAVE BEEN, AMONGST OTHERS, JORIS IVENS,
ROMAN KARMEN AND, MORE RECENTLY, MICHAEL MOORE”
Karjalainen/Raimo Turunen, Finland
“ARTO HALONEN IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY MAKERS TODAY”
 Festival director of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, and festival programmer
of Toronto International Film Festival/ Dimitri Eipides, Greece


IN CINEMAS IN FINLAND - STARTING 29.2.2008

SHADOW OF THE HOLY BOOK HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING FILM FESTIVALS: PLEASE CHECK FOR REGULAR UPDATES

July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007