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WikiLeaks founder to judge films at the 21st Raindance Film Festival; 2013 line-up unveiled.Scroll down for full line-up of films

Julian Assange has joined the jury of the 21st Raindance Film Festival (Sept 25 - Oct 6), a London-based event that celebrates independent film in the UK and around the world.

The appointment is a controversial one. The Australian editor-in-chief and founder of WikiLeaks took refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning about sexual assault allegations.

It is understood that he fears Sweden would extradite him to the Us, where he believes he is wanted in relation to WikiLeaks’ disclosure of a significant amount of classified Us military and diplomatic documents.

Commenting on Assange’s appointment, Raindance founder Elliot Grove said: “Every year Raindance invites interesting people to join our jury. In the past we have had musicians like Mick Jones, Marky Ramone and [link...

Since Wednesday, the international non-fiction industry has descended on the Venice of the North for the 25th anniversary of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, or Idfa for short -- the largest such gathering in the world. While the event's Forum begins today, where new projects are pitched to the leading funders and TV commissioning editors around the world, a number of completed projects screening in the festival have generated some buzz among programmers polled over its first weekend. With literally hundreds of new films on offer, it may be telling that the following are among those that have popped - keep an eye out for them at other upcoming festivals: "Propaganda" (World Premiere) The title that seems to have generated the most pre-screening curiosity is this anonymous North Korean entry in the fest's "Reflecting Images - Panorama" section. According to Idfa's program, the film made its way into Western hands via a.