Dr. Anthony Fauci at the AIDS 2008 conference

Length: 06:24

This interview with dr Anthony Fauci, head of US AIDS research at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH, i Bethesda, USA was made at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in August 2008.
He comments on the global impact of this big AIDS conference, and also on the future prospects of AIDS research and AIDS vaccine trials. Dr Fauci is one of the most respected AIDS adcocates in the world.

Exerpts from interview with Craig MacClure, Executive Director, International AIDS Society

Length: 04:10

This interview with Craig McClure, Executive Director of the International AIDS Society, was made at the IAS headquarter in Geneva in March 2008. He comments on the upcoming AIDS conference in Mexico City, AIDS 2008, and also on some of the earlier AIDS-conferences and there importance as time markers of the AIDS response.

International AIDS Society - the early years

Length: 02:16

The International AIDS Society (IAS) with its headquarter in Geneva, is one of the most important international organizaions on HIV/AIDS, as organizer of the big International AIDS Conferences. One of the co-founders of IAS in 1988, was dr. Lars Olof Kallings, Sweden. In this recent interview, made in Mach 2008, he explains how IAS was started in a small basement in Stockholm, Sweden with only one employee, Josephine Rudebeck, who is also featured in this interview made at the original location of the first IAS office in Stockhholm, Sweden.

International AIDS Society – personal reflections

Length: 06:49

Dr Paul Volberding, University of California, San Fransisco (UCSF) and dr. Lars Olof Kallings, Advisor on HIV/AIDS to the United Nations, were the co-founders of the International AIDS Society, IAS, in 1988. Here they make some personal reflections of developments during the last 20 years. The interview was made in connection with the IAS 20th anniversary during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, August 2008.

Interview with Dr Jonathan Mann. WHO, Geneva, 1988

Length: 07:43

Dr Jonathan Mann first confronted AIDS in central Africa in the early 80´s. He became the first Director of the Global Program on AIDS at the World Health Organization in Geneva. He died in 1998 and is remembered for his unque leadership role in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. This is an excerpt from a longer interview made in Geneva in March 1988 by Staffan Hildebrand, and was one of the first interviews made in the Face of Aids documentation project.

Interview with Justice Michael Kirby

Length: 02:08

The Australian based Justice Michael Kirby, has since mid 80´s been one of the strongest international advocates to connect the fight against HIV/AIDS to human rights. This interview was made in Sydney at his office in april 1988 and is an excerpt of a longer interview made by Staffan Hildebrand.

Interview with Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS, November 2007

Length: 05:48

Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, Geneva, has actively been involved in the global fight against HIV/AIDS since the mid 80´s. During his 12 years as head of UNAIDS, he has seen the global commitment to HIV/AIDS grow from 200 million dollar a year to 8 billion dollars a year. This is an excerpt from a long one to one interview made in his Geneva home in January 2007 by Face of AIDS Staffan Hildebrand.

Julio Montaner at AIDS2008

Length: 05:04

Julio Montaner, Chair in AIDS Research, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, was elected as the new president of the International AIDS Society, IAS, at the XVII International AIDS Society, August 8, 2008. He is a well respected international AIDS expert and pysician, with a longrime experience of fighting HIV/AIDS. In this interview he explains the importance of the Mexico City AIDS Conference and what it means in the future global AIDS response.

Michel Sidibe on the AIDS 2008 conference

Length: 05:00

On December 11 2008, the United Nations appointed Michel Sidibe, of Mali, as its top official in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. He will start as Executive Director of UNAIDS in Geneva in January 2009, replacing Peter Piot of Belgium. Sidibe has been the deputy at UNAIDS for Peter Piot during the last year. Sidibe, 56, has been involved in the AIDS-fight since the early days of the epidemic. This interview was made during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City in August 2008.

Nobel Prize 2008 for HIV/AIDS-research

Length: 00:00

This year the Nobel prize was awarded for HIV/AIDS for the first time in the category Medicine and Physiology. It was awarded to the two discoverers of the HIV virus, dr. Luc Montagnier, World AIDS Foundation, Paris, and dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Dr, Montagnier has been a strong supporter of the Face of AIDS film documentation since Staffan Hildebrands first interview with him, in 1988.

One to one interview: Sharon Stone (long version)

Length: 20:11

The American Holywood actress Sharon Stone, has been active in the fight against HIV/AIDS since 1995. Then she became honorary chair of the American Foundation for AIDS research, AmFar. She has focused much of her work on human rights, gender issues and stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. In the interview she comments on first encounter with HIV/AIDS in 1984, working with the world famous actor Rock Hudson This is the long version of an interview made at a global AIDS-seminar in Stockholm in May 2008..

One to one interview: Sharon Stone (short version)

Length: 07:07

The American Holywood actress Sharon Stone, has been active in the fight against HIV/AIDS since 1995. Then she became honorary chair of the American Foundation for AIDS research, AmFar. This is the short version of an interview made at a global AIDS-seminar in Stockholm in May 2008.

Pedro Cahn, IAS on the development of the AIDS conferences

Length: 06:02

Dr. Pedro Cahn, a respected AIDs scientist from Buenos Aires, was President of the International AIDS Society, IAS, between 2006 – 2008. He was instrumental in bringing the AIDS conference to Latin America for the first time. In this interveiw he reflects about the succesful development of the International AIDS Conferences from 1987 and until today

Portray of an Indonesian AIDS activist

Length: 07:06

This film portrays Frika Chia Iskandar, 26, who is involved in the Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, and works in this NGO from the Bangkok headquarter. Frika is very active in international advocacy, promoting human rights, women's empowerment and human rihts in connection with HIV/AIDS.

Sweden at the AIDS 2008 conference

Length: 05:10

This interview with the Swedish AIDS ambassador Lennarth Hjelmaker, was made during the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, August 2008. Swden was one of the main sponsors to the conference and to IAS. Ambassador Hjelmaker stresses the future commitment to young people in the fight against HIV/AIDS and focuses on the drivers of the pandemic.

The future of AIDS vaccine

Length: 05:30

Dr. Seth Berkley founded the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, IAVI, in 1996 and received the first major fundiung in 1998 from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is the CEO of IAVI, which has its headquarter in New York. IAVI is a key organization in the global effort to develop an AIDS vaccine which is working. In spite of failures to develop a functioning AIDS vaccine in 2007-2008, the effort continues.

The Legacy of Dr. Jonathan Mann, 1947-1998

Length: 09:58

Jonathan Mann, a medical scientist and doctor from the US, became the first Director of the World Health Organization's Global Program on AIDS in 1985. He became one of the most important global AIDS advocates ever, and was the first to connect the global response to HIV/AIDS to the fight for Human Rights. This film was produced for UNAIDS to the ten year commemoration seminar at UNAIDS in Geneva, November 24, 2008 to commemorate dr. Manns death in 1998. A number of world leading AIDS experts comments on the legacy of dr. Mann in this ten minute film.

The WHO 3 by 5 initiative

Length: 08:03

In this interview dr. Jim Kim, from the Francoise Xavier Bagnier Institute for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health and dr. Carissa Etienne, Deputy Secretary General of the WHO, Geneva are discussing how the WHO 3 by 5 initiative developed and has changed the global AIDS situation. Today three million persons living with HIV/AIDS are on antiretro viral treatment.

Three AIDS Pioneers

Length: 05:03

Dr. Paul Volberding, dr. Mervyn Silverman and dr. Lars Olof Kallings became prominent AIDS adcovates very early in the AIDS epidemic, during the mid 80´s. Here they compare their memories of how it was when they became AIDS adcovates and lessons learned from the passed 20 years. The also look into the future response of HIV/AIDS.

Women at the Frontline (Original version)

Length: 24:49

This is the original version of Face of AIDS main film to the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City. The name is "Women at the Frontline" and it portrays four young women living with HIV/AIDS and also deeply involved in the global response to HIV/AIDS. These women are: Frika Chia Iskandar,26, from Jakarta, now involved in the Asian Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, based in Bangkok. Violeta Gracia Ross, from La Paz in Bolivia, is involved in REDBOL, Bolivian People living with HIV/AIDS and is also active on the Latin America arena in fighting stigma and discrimination. Skytt Nzambu, is involved in Kenya Women Network living with AIDS, KENWA abd focusing her work on young people and children. Toni Ros is a Swedish high school art student, 18 years old, living with HIV/AIDS since birth. She is involved in HIV Sweden and is using her art to fight stigma and discrmination.

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Women at the Frontline (Short version)

Length: 06:54

This is a six minute short version of Face of AIDS main film to the AIDS 2008 conference in Mexico City. The name is "Women at the Frontline" and it portrays four young women living with HIV/AIDS and also deeply involved in the global response to HIV/AIDS. These women are: Frika Chia Iskandar,26, from Jakarta, now involved in the Asian Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, APN+, based in Bangkok. Violeta Gracia Ross, from La Paz in Bolivia, is involved in REDBOL, Bolivian People living with HIV/AIDS and is also active on the Latin America arena in fighting stigma and discrimination. Skytt Nzambu, is involved in Kenya Women Network living with AIDS, KENWA abd focusing her work on young people and children. Toni Ros is a Swedish high school art student, 18 years old, living with HIV/AIDS since birth. She is involved in HIV Sweden and is using her art to fight stigma
and discrmination.

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